diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9dbe2ce4c..1a24a3436 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ver 0.23.11 (not yet released)
   - fix path traversal bug because backslash was allowed in playlist names
 * Android/Windows
   - update OpenSSL to 3.0.7
+  - re-enable CURL's verbose error strings
 
 ver 0.23.10 (2022/10/14)
 * storage
diff --git a/python/build/libs.py b/python/build/libs.py
index f50e164c6..4f35588e8 100644
--- a/python/build/libs.py
+++ b/python/build/libs.py
@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@ curl = CmakeProject(
     [
         '-DBUILD_CURL_EXE=OFF',
         '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF',
-        '-DCURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS=ON',
         '-DCURL_DISABLE_LDAP=ON',
         '-DCURL_DISABLE_TELNET=ON',
         '-DCURL_DISABLE_DICT=ON',