--- pym/_emerge/actions.py
+++ pym/_emerge/actions.py
@@ -1707,13 +1707,9 @@
 			((cp + ":").ljust(cp_max_len + 1), versions))
 
 	repos = portdb.settings.repositories
-	if "--verbose" in myopts:
-		append("Repositories:\n")
-		for repo in repos:
-			append(repo.info_string())
-	else:
-		append("Repositories: %s" % \
-			" ".join(repo.name for repo in repos))
+	append("Repositories:\n")
+	for repo in repos:
+		append(repo.info_string())
 
 	installed_sets = sorted(s for s in
 		root_config.sets['selected'].getNonAtoms() if s.startswith(SETPREFIX))
@@ -1726,8 +1722,8 @@
 		myvars = list(settings)
 	else:
 		myvars = ['GENTOO_MIRRORS', 'CONFIG_PROTECT', 'CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK',
-		          'PORTDIR', 'DISTDIR', 'PKGDIR', 'PORTAGE_TMPDIR',
-		          'PORTDIR_OVERLAY', 'PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND',
+		          'DISTDIR', 'PKGDIR', 'PORTAGE_TMPDIR',
+		          'PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND',
 		          'PORTAGE_BZIP2_COMMAND',
 		          'USE', 'CHOST', 'CFLAGS', 'CXXFLAGS',
 		          'ACCEPT_KEYWORDS', 'ACCEPT_LICENSE', 'FEATURES',
@@ -1735,6 +1731,16 @@
 
 		myvars.extend(portage.util.grabfile(settings["PORTDIR"]+"/profiles/info_vars"))
 
+	skipped_vars = ['PORTAGE_REPOSITORIES', '_']
+	# Deprecated variables
+	skipped_vars.extend(('PORTDIR', 'PORTDIR_OVERLAY', 'SYNC'))
+
+	for skipped_var in skipped_vars:
+		try:
+			myvars.remove(skipped_var)
+		except ValueError:
+			pass
+
 	myvars_ignore_defaults = {
 		'PORTAGE_BZIP2_COMMAND' : 'bzip2',
 	}