diff --git a/examples/basics/globalArray/globalArray_write.cpp b/examples/basics/globalArray/globalArray_write.cpp
index 0a27cda44e7978daecaf26fb5a8d790e46885286..6a8a34d46a7f8440acd36709beaa31778c8064b8 100644
--- a/examples/basics/globalArray/globalArray_write.cpp
+++ b/examples/basics/globalArray/globalArray_write.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifdef ADIOS2_HAVE_MPI
     adios::ADIOS adios("globalArray.xml", MPI_COMM_WORLD);
 #else
-    adios::ADIOS adios("globalArray.xml", adios::Verbose::WARN);
+    adios::ADIOS adios("globalArray.xml");
 #endif
 
     // Application variables for output
diff --git a/examples/basics/joinedArray/joinedArray_write.cpp b/examples/basics/joinedArray/joinedArray_write.cpp
index bf3e85ef1872b964dcfb855031da74a6de0a5175..d878ed891430122545fc2bee66e04f0556ec014a 100644
--- a/examples/basics/joinedArray/joinedArray_write.cpp
+++ b/examples/basics/joinedArray/joinedArray_write.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifdef ADIOS2_HAVE_MPI
     adios::ADIOS adios("localArray.xml", MPI_COMM_WORLD);
 #else
-    adios::ADIOS adios("localArray.xml", adios::Verbose::WARN);
+    adios::ADIOS adios("localArray.xml");
 #endif
 
     // Application variables for output
diff --git a/examples/basics/localArray/localArray_write.cpp b/examples/basics/localArray/localArray_write.cpp
index 6a38151c2ce07ecd50c1390e94ef04d770853deb..1efba98b20b3ab2d5b558ce609ff22027936a8bc 100644
--- a/examples/basics/localArray/localArray_write.cpp
+++ b/examples/basics/localArray/localArray_write.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifdef ADIOS2_HAVE_MPI
     adios::ADIOS adios("localArray.xml", MPI_COMM_WORLD);
 #else
-    adios::ADIOS adios("localArray.xml", adios::Verbose::WARN);
+    adios::ADIOS adios("localArray.xml");
 #endif
 
     // Application variables for output