diff --git a/src/api/removeOrphanPkgs.ts b/src/api/removeOrphanPkgs.ts
index 6961a35720..044b54b951 100644
--- a/src/api/removeOrphanPkgs.ts
+++ b/src/api/removeOrphanPkgs.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {read as readStore, save as saveStore} from '../fs/storeController'
 import R = require('ramda')
 import {PackageSpec} from '../resolve'
 import removeTopDependency from '../removeTopDependency'
+import logger from 'pnpm-logger'
 
 export default async function removeOrphanPkgs (
   oldShr: Shrinkwrap,
@@ -29,16 +30,20 @@ export default async function removeOrphanPkgs (
   const store = await readStore(storePath) || {}
   const notDependents = R.difference(oldPkgIds, newPkgIds)
 
-  await Promise.all(Array.from(notDependents).map(async notDependent => {
-    if (store[notDependent]) {
-      store[notDependent].splice(store[notDependent].indexOf(root), 1)
-      if (!store[notDependent].length) {
-        delete store[notDependent]
-        await rimraf(path.join(storePath, notDependent))
+  if (notDependents.length) {
+    logger.info(`Removing ${notDependents.length} orphan packages from node_modules`);
+
+    await Promise.all(notDependents.map(async notDependent => {
+      if (store[notDependent]) {
+        store[notDependent].splice(store[notDependent].indexOf(root), 1)
+        if (!store[notDependent].length) {
+          delete store[notDependent]
+          await rimraf(path.join(storePath, notDependent))
+        }
       }
-    }
-    await rimraf(path.join(rootModules, `.${notDependent}`))
-  }))
+      await rimraf(path.join(rootModules, `.${notDependent}`))
+    }))
+  }
 
   const newDependents = R.difference(newPkgIds, oldPkgIds)
 
diff --git a/src/link/index.ts b/src/link/index.ts
index 4ac81ab902..3105fd7d64 100644
--- a/src/link/index.ts
+++ b/src/link/index.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export default async function (
   newPkgResolvedIds: string[],
 }> {
   const topPkgIds = topPkgs.map(pkg => pkg.id)
+  logger.info(`Creating dependency tree`)
   const pkgsToLink = await resolvePeers(tree, rootNodeIds, topPkgIds, opts.topParents, opts.independentLeaves)
   const newShr = updateShrinkwrap(pkgsToLink, opts.shrinkwrap, opts.pkg)
 
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ async function linkNewPackages (
     }
   }
 
+  if (!newPkgs.length) return []
+
+  logger.info(`Adding ${newPkgs.length} packages to node_modules`)
+
   await Promise.all([
     linkAllModules(newPkgs, pkgsToLink, {optional: opts.optional}),
     (async () => {