diff --git a/core/src/constants.ts b/core/src/constants.ts
index 4a628db2c7..4bf5af7b04 100644
--- a/core/src/constants.ts
+++ b/core/src/constants.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const gardenEnv = {
   GARDEN_ENVIRONMENT: env.get("GARDEN_ENVIRONMENT").required(false).asString(),
   GARDEN_EXPERIMENTAL_BUILD_STAGE: env.get("GARDEN_EXPERIMENTAL_BUILD_STAGE").required(false).asBool(),
   GARDEN_GE_SCHEDULED: env.get("GARDEN_GE_SCHEDULED").required(false).asBool(),
-  GARDEN_GIT_SCAN_MODE: env.get("GARDEN_GIT_SCAN_MODE").required(false).asEnum(gitScanModes),
+  GARDEN_GIT_SCAN_MODE: env.get("GARDEN_GIT_SCAN_MODE").required(false).default("repo").asEnum(gitScanModes),
   GARDEN_LEGACY_BUILD_STAGE: env.get("GARDEN_LEGACY_BUILD_STAGE").required(false).asBool(),
   GARDEN_LOG_LEVEL: env.get("GARDEN_LOG_LEVEL").required(false).asString(),
   GARDEN_LOGGER_TYPE: env.get("GARDEN_LOGGER_TYPE").required(false).asString(),
diff --git a/core/src/vcs/git-repo.ts b/core/src/vcs/git-repo.ts
index b78ab71870..7d8645e64c 100644
--- a/core/src/vcs/git-repo.ts
+++ b/core/src/vcs/git-repo.ts
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ export class GitRepoHandler extends GitHandler {
       existing = this.cache.get(log, key)
 
       if (existing) {
-        params.log.silly(`Found cached repository match at ${path}`)
+        log.silly(`Found cached repository match at ${path}`)
         return existing
       }
 
-      params.log.info(`Scanning repository at ${path}`)
+      log.silly(`Scanning repository at ${path}`)
       const files = await super.getFiles({ ...params, scanRoot: undefined })
 
       const fileTree = FileTree.fromFiles(files)
diff --git a/core/test/unit/src/plugins/container/container.ts b/core/test/unit/src/plugins/container/container.ts
index 1e6126bbe4..627883ad5a 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/src/plugins/container/container.ts
+++ b/core/test/unit/src/plugins/container/container.ts
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ describe("plugins.container", () => {
         config: moduleConfig,
         buildDependencies: [],
         forceVersion: true,
-        scanRoot: garden.projectRoot,
+        scanRoot: projectRoot,
       })
     }