diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index 49e073dcc139..eaf2a40f2fad 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class RustBuild(object):
 
         # At this point we're pretty sure the user is running NixOS
         nix_os_msg = "info: you seem to be running NixOS. Attempting to patch"
-        print(" ".join([nix_os_msg, fname]))
+        print(nix_os_msg, fname)
 
         try:
             interpreter = subprocess.check_output(