diff --git a/src/arduino/arduino.ts b/src/arduino/arduino.ts
index 612a53ba..5263b533 100644
--- a/src/arduino/arduino.ts
+++ b/src/arduino/arduino.ts
@@ -102,12 +102,15 @@ export class ArduinoApp {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Upload code to selected board
-     * @param {BuildMode} buildMode Build mode.
-     *  * BuildMode.Upload: Compile and upload
-     *  * BuildMode.UploadProgrammer: Compile and upload using the user
-     *     selectable programmer
-     * @param {bool} [compile=true] - Indicates whether to compile the code when using the CLI to upload
+     * Runs the arduino builder to build/compile and - if necessary - upload
+     * the current sketch.
+     * @param buildMode Build mode. BuildMode.Upload: Compile and upload,
+     * BuildMode.UploadProgrammer: Compile and upload using the user selectable
+     * programmer, BuildMode.Analyze: Compile, analyze the output and generate
+     * IntelliSense configuration from it, BuildMode.Verify: Just compile.
+     * @param {bool} compile - Indicates whether to compile the code when using the CLI to upload
+     * @param buildDir Override the build directory set by the project settings
+     * with the given directory.
      */
     public async build(buildMode: BuildMode, compile: boolean, buildDir?: string): Promise<boolean> {
         const dc = DeviceContext.getInstance();
@@ -314,212 +317,6 @@ export class ArduinoApp {
         return success;
     }
 
-    public async verify(buildMode: BuildMode, buildDir?: string): Promise<boolean> {
-        const compile = true;
-        const dc = DeviceContext.getInstance();
-        const args: string[] = [];
-        let restoreSerialMonitor: boolean = false;
-        let cocopa: ICoCoPaContext;
-
-        const boardDescriptor = this.getBoardBuildString();
-        if (!boardDescriptor) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (!this.useArduinoCli()) {
-            args.push("--board", boardDescriptor);
-        }
-
-        if (!ArduinoWorkspace.rootPath) {
-            vscode.window.showWarningMessage("Cannot find the sketch file.");
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if (!dc.sketch || !util.fileExistsSync(path.join(ArduinoWorkspace.rootPath, dc.sketch))) {
-            await this.getMainSketch(dc);
-        }
-
-        const selectSerial = async () => {
-            const choice = await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
-                "Serial port is not specified. Do you want to select a serial port for uploading?",
-                "Yes", "No");
-            if (choice === "Yes") {
-                vscode.commands.executeCommand("arduino.selectSerialPort");
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (buildMode === BuildMode.Upload) {
-            if ((!dc.configuration || !/upload_method=[^=,]*st[^,]*link/i.test(dc.configuration)) && !dc.port) {
-                await selectSerial();
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (!compile && !this.useArduinoCli()) {
-                arduinoChannel.error("This command is only available when using the Arduino CLI");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (!this.useArduinoCli()) {
-                args.push("--upload");
-            } else {
-                // TODO: add the --clean argument to the cli args when v 0.14 is released (this will clean up the build folder after uploading)
-                if (compile) {
-                    args.push("compile", "--upload");
-                } else {
-                    args.push("upload");
-                }
-                args.push("-b", boardDescriptor);
-            }
-
-            if (dc.port) {
-                args.push("--port", dc.port);
-            }
-        } else if (buildMode === BuildMode.UploadProgrammer) {
-            const programmer = this.getProgrammerString();
-            if (!programmer) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            if (!dc.port) {
-                await selectSerial();
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (!compile && !this.useArduinoCli()) {
-                arduinoChannel.error("This command is only available when using the Arduino CLI");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (!this.useArduinoCli()) {
-                args.push("--upload");
-            } else {
-                // TODO: add the --clean argument to the cli args when v 0.14 is released (this will clean up the build folder after uploading)
-                if (compile) {
-                    args.push("compile", "--upload");
-                } else {
-                    args.push("upload");
-                }
-                args.push("-b", boardDescriptor);
-            }
-
-            if (this.useArduinoCli()) {
-                args.push("--programmer", programmer)
-            } else {
-                args.push("--useprogrammer", "--pref", "programmer=arduino:" + programmer)
-            }
-
-            args.push("--port", dc.port);
-        } else if (buildMode === BuildMode.Analyze) {
-            if (!isCompilerParserEnabled()) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            cocopa = makeCompilerParserContext(dc);
-            if (!this.useArduinoCli()) {
-                args.push("--verify", "--verbose");
-            } else {
-                args.push("compile", "--verbose", "-b", boardDescriptor);
-            }
-        } else {
-            if (!this.useArduinoCli()) {
-                args.push("--verify");
-            } else {
-                args.push("compile", "-b", boardDescriptor);
-            }
-        }
-
-        const verbose = VscodeSettings.getInstance().logLevel === "verbose";
-        if (buildMode !== BuildMode.Analyze && verbose) {
-            args.push("--verbose");
-        }
-
-        await vscode.workspace.saveAll(false);
-
-        arduinoChannel.show();
-        arduinoChannel.start(`${buildMode} sketch '${dc.sketch}'`);
-
-        if (!await this.runPreBuildCommand(dc)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if ((buildDir || dc.output) && compile) {
-            const outputPath = path.resolve(ArduinoWorkspace.rootPath, buildDir || dc.output);
-            const dirPath = path.dirname(outputPath);
-            if (!util.directoryExistsSync(dirPath)) {
-                logger.notifyUserError("InvalidOutPutPath", new Error(constants.messages.INVALID_OUTPUT_PATH + outputPath));
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (this.useArduinoCli()) {
-                args.push("--build-path", outputPath);
-
-            } else {
-                args.push("--pref", `build.path=${outputPath}`);
-            }
-
-            arduinoChannel.info(`Please see the build logs in output path: ${outputPath}`);
-        } else {
-            const msg = "Output path is not specified. Unable to reuse previously compiled files. Build will be slower. See README.";
-            arduinoChannel.warning(msg);
-        }
-
-        // stop serial monitor when everything is prepared and good
-        // what makes restoring of its previous state easier
-        if (buildMode === BuildMode.Upload || buildMode === BuildMode.UploadProgrammer) {
-            restoreSerialMonitor = await SerialMonitor.getInstance().closeSerialMonitor(dc.port);
-            UsbDetector.getInstance().pauseListening();
-        }
-
-        let success = false;
-
-        // Push sketch as last argument
-        args.push(path.join(ArduinoWorkspace.rootPath, dc.sketch));
-
-        const cleanup = async () => {
-            if (cocopa) {
-                cocopa.conclude();
-            }
-            if (buildMode === BuildMode.Upload || buildMode === BuildMode.UploadProgrammer) {
-                UsbDetector.getInstance().resumeListening();
-                if (restoreSerialMonitor) {
-                    await SerialMonitor.getInstance().openSerialMonitor();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        // TODO: Get rid of spawn's channel parameter and just support
-        // stdout and stderr callbacks
-        const stdoutCallback = (line: string) => {
-            if (cocopa) {
-                cocopa.callback(line);
-                if (verbose) {
-                    arduinoChannel.channel.append(line);
-                }
-            } else {
-                arduinoChannel.channel.append(line);
-            }
-        }
-
-        await util.spawn(
-            this._settings.commandPath,
-            arduinoChannel.channel,
-            args,
-            undefined,
-            stdoutCallback,
-        ).then(async () => {
-            await cleanup();
-            arduinoChannel.end(`${buildMode} sketch '${dc.sketch}'${os.EOL}`);
-            success = true;
-        }, async (reason) => {
-            await cleanup();
-            const msg = reason.code ?
-                `Exit with code=${reason.code}` :
-                reason.message ?
-                    reason.message :
-                    JSON.stringify(reason);
-            arduinoChannel.error(`${buildMode} sketch '${dc.sketch}': ${msg}${os.EOL}`);
-        });
-
-        return success;
-    }
-
     public tryToUpdateIncludePaths() {
         const configFilePath = path.join(ArduinoWorkspace.rootPath, constants.CPP_CONFIG_FILE);
         if (!fs.existsSync(configFilePath)) {
diff --git a/src/debug/configurationProvider.ts b/src/debug/configurationProvider.ts
index 315378db..51c5368c 100644
--- a/src/debug/configurationProvider.ts
+++ b/src/debug/configurationProvider.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export class ArduinoDebugConfigurationProvider implements vscode.DebugConfigurat
             config.program = path.join(ArduinoWorkspace.rootPath, outputFolder, `${path.basename(dc.sketch)}.elf`);
 
             // always compile elf to make sure debug the right elf
-            if (!await ArduinoContext.arduinoApp.verify(BuildMode.Verify, outputFolder)) {
+            if (!await ArduinoContext.arduinoApp.build(BuildMode.Verify, true, outputFolder)) {
                 vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Failure to verify the program, please check output for details.");
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index eb7bd209..5e3b1545 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
                     location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Window,
                     title: "Arduino: Verifying...",
                 }, async () => {
-                    await arduinoContextModule.default.arduinoApp.verify(BuildMode.Verify);
+                    await arduinoContextModule.default.arduinoApp.build(BuildMode.Verify, true);
                 });
             } catch (ex) {
             }