diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/linkage.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/linkage.rb
index e8835ba087..57cbb9ea1d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/linkage.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/linkage.rb
@@ -77,29 +77,16 @@ module Homebrew
     end
 
     def display_normal_output
-      unless @system_dylibs.empty?
-        display_items "System libraries", @system_dylibs
-      end
-      unless @brewed_dylibs.empty?
-        display_items "Homebrew libraries", @brewed_dylibs
-      end
-      unless @variable_dylibs.empty?
-        display_items "Variable-referenced libraries", @variable_dylibs
-      end
-      unless @broken_dylibs.empty?
-        display_items "Missing libraries", @broken_dylibs
-      end
-      unless @undeclared_deps.empty?
-        display_items "Possible undeclared dependencies", @undeclared_deps
-      end
+      display_items "System libraries", @system_dylibs
+      display_items "Homebrew libraries", @brewed_dylibs
+      display_items "Variable-referenced libraries", @variable_dylibs
+      display_items "Missing libraries", @broken_dylibs
+      display_items "Possible undeclared dependencies", @undeclared_deps
     end
 
     def display_test_output
-      if @broken_dylibs.empty?
-        puts "No broken dylib links"
-      else
-        display_items "Missing libraries", @broken_dylibs
-      end
+      display_items "Missing libraries", @broken_dylibs
+      puts "No broken dylib links" if @broken_dylibs.empty?
     end
 
     private
@@ -107,6 +94,7 @@ module Homebrew
     # Display a list of things.
     # Things may either be an array, or a hash of (label -> array)
     def display_items(label, things)
+      return if things.empty?
       puts "#{label}:"
       if things.is_a? Hash
         things.sort.each do |list_label, list|