diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/build_dependencies.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/build_dependencies.sh
index 20f61528d14..57ef45a7d5d 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/build_dependencies.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/build_dependencies.sh
@@ -410,22 +410,12 @@ install_pkg_deps() {
     done
 
     if [[ ${host_binpkg_deps} ]]; then
-        if [ -z "$XBPS_QUIET" ]; then
-            # normal messages in bold
-            [[ $NOCOLORS ]] || printf "\033[1m"
-            echo "=> $pkgver: installing host dependencies: ${host_binpkg_deps[@]} ..."
-            [[ $NOCOLORS ]] || printf "\033[m"
-        fi
+        msg_normal "$pkgver: installing host dependencies: ${host_binpkg_deps[*]} ...\n"
         install_pkg_from_repos "" host "${host_binpkg_deps[@]}"
     fi
 
     if [[ ${binpkg_deps} ]]; then
-        if [ -z "$XBPS_QUIET" ]; then
-            # normal messages in bold
-            [[ $NOCOLORS ]] || printf "\033[1m"
-            echo "=> $pkgver: installing target dependencies: ${binpkg_deps[@]} ..."
-            [[ $NOCOLORS ]] || printf "\033[m"
-        fi
+        msg_normal "$pkgver: installing target dependencies: ${binpkg_deps[*]} ...\n"
         install_pkg_from_repos "$cross" target "${binpkg_deps[@]}"
     fi