diff --git a/bob/devtools/build.py b/bob/devtools/build.py
index ee5fa7c6634ebb0c102682b0407de8594f3bac13..9e8f5ff205551e07c10b9a33ac5f2bafa847b6c6 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/build.py
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
   channels = bootstrap.get_channels(
       public=(os.environ['CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY']=='public'),
       stable=(not is_prerelease), server=bootstrap._SERVER, intranet=True)
-  logger.info('Using the following channels during build:%s',
-      '\n  - '.join(channels))
+  logger.info('Using the following channels during build:\n  - %s',
+      '\n  - '.join(channels + ['defaults']))
   condarc_options['channels'] = channels + ['defaults']
 
   conda_config = make_conda_config(conda_build_config, pyver, recipe_append,
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
index b1075d8facca7b75a3687b87ced396a81c2f0aa2..e8208504ed3622c066507817b2a1adbb07bb166c 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ def build(recipe_dir, python, condarc, config, no_test, append_file,
   else:
     # use default and add channels
     condarc_options = yaml.load(BASE_CONDARC)  #n.b.: no channels
-    logger.info('Using the following channels during build:%s',
-        '\n  - '.join(channels))
+    logger.info('Using the following channels during build:\n  - %s',
+        '\n  - '.join(channels + ['defaults']))
     condarc_options['channels'] = channels + ['defaults']
 
   conda_config = make_conda_config(config, python, append_file, condarc_options)