diff --git a/mkosi/run.py b/mkosi/run.py
index 30d7103568..4a10a1fe47 100644
--- a/mkosi/run.py
+++ b/mkosi/run.py
@@ -125,10 +125,7 @@ def log_process_failure(sandbox: Sequence[str], cmdline: Sequence[str], returnco
         else:
             logging.error(f"{cmdline[0]} not found.")
     else:
-        logging.error(
-            f'"{shlex.join([*sandbox, *cmdline] if ARG_DEBUG.get() else cmdline)}"'
-            f" returned non-zero exit code {returncode}."
-        )
+        logging.error(f'"{shlex.join([*sandbox, *cmdline])}" returned non-zero exit code {returncode}.')
 
 
 def run(