diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini b/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini
index 7f74daa37..86962e798 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/tox.ini
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ deps =
     ruff
     black
 commands =
-    black --check --diff src/ examples/ tests/
+    black --quiet --check --diff src/ examples/ tests/
     ruff src/ examples/ tests/
diff --git a/python/tox.ini b/python/tox.ini
index 6a50005c5..f22c5252a 100644
--- a/python/tox.ini
+++ b/python/tox.ini
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ deps =
     pygments
     restructuredtext_lint 
 commands =
-    black --check --diff setup.py install_python_bindings.py src/deltachat examples/ tests/
+    black --quiet --check --diff setup.py install_python_bindings.py src/deltachat examples/ tests/
     ruff src/deltachat tests/ examples/
     rst-lint --encoding 'utf-8' README.rst