diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
index 36a8bdc7be810c..496664baf8897a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
@@ -630,7 +630,9 @@ export function runOptimizeDeps(
           stringifyDepsOptimizerMetadata(metadata, depsCacheDir),
         )
 
-        debug(`deps bundled in ${(performance.now() - start).toFixed(2)}ms`)
+        debug(
+          `Dependencies bundled in ${(performance.now() - start).toFixed(2)}ms`,
+        )
 
         return createProcessingResult()
       })
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/optimizer.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/optimizer.ts
index 9e016310709f8c..5c159f3b6d9d8a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/optimizer.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/optimizer.ts
@@ -221,16 +221,6 @@ async function createDepsOptimizer(
             const deps = await discover.result
             discover = undefined
 
-            debug(
-              colors.green(
-                Object.keys(deps).length > 0
-                  ? `dependencies found by scanner: ${depsLogString(
-                      Object.keys(deps),
-                    )}`
-                  : `no dependencies found by scanner`,
-              ),
-            )
-
             // Add these dependencies to the discovered list, as these are currently
             // used by the preAliasPlugin to support aliased and optimized deps.
             // This is also used by the CJS externalization heuristics in legacy mode
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
index 32f9b2b1f4b979..37e5c52b07950c 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { transformGlobImport } from '../plugins/importMetaGlob'
 
 type ResolveIdOptions = Parameters<PluginContainer['resolveId']>[2]
 
+const isDebug = process.env.DEBUG
 const debug = createDebugger('vite:deps')
 
 const htmlTypesRE = /\.(html|vue|svelte|astro|imba)$/
@@ -83,7 +84,11 @@ export function scanImports(config: ResolvedConfig): {
     }
     if (scanContext.cancelled) return
 
-    debug(`Crawling dependencies using entries:\n  ${entries.join('\n  ')}`)
+    debug(
+      `Crawling dependencies using entries: ${entries
+        .map((entry) => `\n  ${colors.dim(entry)}`)
+        .join('')}`,
+    )
     return prepareEsbuildScanner(config, entries, deps, missing, scanContext)
   })
 
@@ -135,10 +140,15 @@ export function scanImports(config: ResolvedConfig): {
       throw e
     })
     .finally(() => {
-      debug(
-        `Scan completed in ${(performance.now() - start).toFixed(2)}ms:`,
-        deps,
-      )
+      if (isDebug) {
+        const duration = (performance.now() - start).toFixed(2)
+        const depsStr =
+          Object.keys(orderedDependencies(deps))
+            .sort()
+            .map((id) => `\n  ${colors.cyan(id)} -> ${colors.dim(deps[id])}`)
+            .join('') || colors.dim('no dependencies found')
+        debug(`Scan completed in ${duration}ms: ${depsStr}`)
+      }
     })
 
   return {