diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e30f019a2c..6f7d230320 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ DEFAULT_SCHEME_SRC = racket/src/build/ChezScheme
 MAKE_BUILD_SCHEME = y
 
 CHEZ_SCHEME_REPO = https://github.com/mflatt/ChezScheme
-GIT_CLONE_ARGS_qq = --depth 1
+GIT_CLONE_ARGS_qq = -q --depth 1
 
 # Altenative source for Chez Scheme repo, normally set by
 # the distro-build client driver
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ racket/src/build/ChezScheme:
           else $(MAKE) clone-ChezScheme-as-extra GIT_CLONE_ARGS_qq="" ; fi
 
 update-ChezScheme:
-	cd racket/src/build/ChezScheme && git pull && git submodule update
+	cd racket/src/build/ChezScheme && git pull -q && git submodule -q update
 
 clone-ChezScheme-as-extra:
 	cd racket/src/build && git clone $(GIT_CLONE_ARGS_qq) $(EXTRA_REPOS_BASE)ChezScheme/.git
diff --git a/racket/src/expander/run/status.rkt b/racket/src/expander/run/status.rkt
index 7688a4292e..0158c02c38 100644
--- a/racket/src/expander/run/status.rkt
+++ b/racket/src/expander/run/status.rkt
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 (provide log-status
          lines)
 
-(define stderr (current-error-port))
+(define stdout (current-output-port))
 
 (define (log-status fmt . args)
-  (apply fprintf stderr (string-append fmt "\n") args))
+  (apply fprintf stdout (string-append fmt "\n") args))
 
 (define (lines prefix vals)
   (apply