diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 34971bc3f51c..a9b65bb0245b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@ megatest.nim
 /lib/pure/*.js
 
 !/.builds/
+
+# ignore debug dirs generated by dsymutil on OSX
+*.dSYM
diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index f8b7ac150ce6..de6c0ca3b5c8 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -835,8 +835,7 @@ template tryExceptOSErrorMessage(conf: ConfigRef; errorPrefix: string = "", body
 
 proc execLinkCmd(conf: ConfigRef; linkCmd: string) =
   tryExceptOSErrorMessage(conf, "invocation of external linker program failed."):
-    execExternalProgram(conf, linkCmd,
-      if optListCmd in conf.globalOptions or conf.verbosity > 1: hintExecuting else: hintLinking)
+    execExternalProgram(conf, linkCmd, hintLinking)
 
 proc maybeRunDsymutil(conf: ConfigRef; exe: AbsoluteFile) =
   when defined(osx):
diff --git a/compiler/lineinfos.nim b/compiler/lineinfos.nim
index 479ed2f75c74..ae570904492a 100644
--- a/compiler/lineinfos.nim
+++ b/compiler/lineinfos.nim
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const
     hintName: "$1",
     hintPattern: "$1",
     hintExecuting: "$1",
-    hintLinking: "",
+    hintLinking: "$1",
     hintDependency: "$1",
     hintSource: "$1",
     hintPerformance: "$1",