diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 7bed505b72..1198e3f068 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class FormulaInstaller
     if deps.empty? && only_deps?
       puts "All dependencies for #{formula.full_name} are satisfied."
     else
-      oh1 "Installing dependencies for #{formula.full_name}: #{Tty.green}#{deps.map(&:first)*", "}#{Tty.reset}"
+      oh1 "Installing dependencies for #{formula.full_name}: #{Tty.green}#{deps.map(&:first)*", "}#{Tty.reset}" unless deps.empty?
       deps.each { |dep, options| install_dependency(dep, options) }
     end