--- a/client.mk
+++ b/client.mk
@@ -11,26 +11,16 @@
 #
 # Options:
 #   MOZ_OBJDIR           - Destination object directory
 #   MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS       - Flags to pass to $(MAKE)
 #
 #######################################################################
 # Defines
 
-ifdef MACH
-ifndef NO_BUILDSTATUS_MESSAGES
-define BUILDSTATUS
-@echo 'BUILDSTATUS $1'
-
-endef
-endif
-endif
-
-
 CWD := $(CURDIR)
 
 ifeq "$(CWD)" "/"
 CWD   := /.
 endif
 
 PYTHON ?= $(shell which python2.7 > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo python2.7 || echo python)
 
@@ -137,25 +127,22 @@ endif
 configure-files: $(CONFIGURES)
 
 configure-preqs = \
   configure-files \
   $(OBJDIR)/.mozconfig.json \
   $(NULL)
 
 configure:: $(configure-preqs)
-	$(call BUILDSTATUS,TIERS configure)
-	$(call BUILDSTATUS,TIER_START configure)
 	@echo cd $(OBJDIR);
 	@echo $(CONFIGURE) $(CONFIGURE_ARGS)
 	@cd $(OBJDIR) && $(CONFIGURE_ENV_ARGS) $(CONFIGURE) $(CONFIGURE_ARGS) \
 	  || ( echo '*** Fix above errors and then restart with\
                "$(MAKE) -f client.mk build"' && exit 1 )
 	@touch $(OBJDIR)/Makefile
-	$(call BUILDSTATUS,TIER_FINISH configure)
 
 ifneq (,$(MAKEFILE))
 $(OBJDIR)/Makefile: $(OBJDIR)/config.status
 
 $(OBJDIR)/config.status: $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPS)
 else
 $(OBJDIR)/Makefile: $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPS)
 endif

--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/controller/building.py
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/controller/building.py
@@ -1095,18 +1095,17 @@ class BuildDriver(MozbuildObject):
             else:
                 # Try to call the default backend's build() method. This will
                 # run configure to determine BUILD_BACKENDS if it hasn't run
                 # yet.
                 config = None
                 try:
                     config = self.config_environment
                 except Exception:
-                    config_rc = self.configure(buildstatus_messages=True,
-                                               line_handler=output.on_line)
+                    config_rc = self.configure(line_handler=output.on_line)
                     if config_rc != 0:
                         return config_rc
 
                     # Even if configure runs successfully, we may have trouble
                     # getting the config_environment for some builds, such as
                     # OSX Universal builds. These have to go through client.mk
                     # regardless.
                     try:
@@ -1276,34 +1275,29 @@ class BuildDriver(MozbuildObject):
                         'https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Developer_Guide/So_You_Just_Built_Firefox')
             except Exception:
                 # Ignore Exceptions in case we can't find config.status (such
                 # as when doing OSX Universal builds)
                 pass
 
         return status
 
-    def configure(self, options=None, buildstatus_messages=False,
-                  line_handler=None):
+    def configure(self, options=None, line_handler=None):
         # Disable indexing in objdir because it is not necessary and can slow
         # down builds.
         mkdir(self.topobjdir, not_indexed=True)
 
         def on_line(line):
             self.log(logging.INFO, 'build_output', {'line': line}, '{line}')
 
         line_handler = line_handler or on_line
 
         options = ' '.join(shell_quote(o) for o in options or ())
         append_env = {b'CONFIGURE_ARGS': options.encode('utf-8')}
 
-        # Only print build status messages when we have an active
-        # monitor.
-        if not buildstatus_messages:
-            append_env[b'NO_BUILDSTATUS_MESSAGES'] =  b'1'
         status = self._run_client_mk(target='configure',
                                      line_handler=line_handler,
                                      append_env=append_env)
 
         if not status:
             print('Configure complete!')
             print('Be sure to run |mach build| to pick up any changes');
 

--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mach_commands.py
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mach_commands.py
@@ -168,27 +168,26 @@ class Build(MachCommandBase):
             verbose=verbose,
             keep_going=keep_going,
             mach_context=self._mach_context)
 
     @Command('configure', category='build',
         description='Configure the tree (run configure and config.status).')
     @CommandArgument('options', default=None, nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
                      help='Configure options')
-    def configure(self, options=None, buildstatus_messages=False, line_handler=None):
+    def configure(self, options=None, line_handler=None):
         from mozbuild.controller.building import (
             BuildDriver,
         )
 
         self.log_manager.enable_all_structured_loggers()
         driver = self._spawn(BuildDriver)
 
         return driver.configure(
             options=options,
-            buildstatus_messages=buildstatus_messages,
             line_handler=line_handler)
 
     @Command('resource-usage', category='post-build',
         description='Show information about system resource usage for a build.')
     @CommandArgument('--address', default='localhost',
         help='Address the HTTP server should listen on.')
     @CommandArgument('--port', type=int, default=0,
         help='Port number the HTTP server should listen on.')