diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index a02c548a..f60a1d39 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -223,14 +223,15 @@ class Build(object):
             exclude += " " + env_exclude
 
         # -- build
-        if target != 'order' and not args.build_order:
-            print("calculating order for modules ... ")
         order = []
 
         glob_prereq_types = [ "build" ]
         if re.match("pkg-.*", target) is not None:
             glob_prereq_types = [ "build", "run", "release", "devel" ]
+
+        if target != 'order' and not args.build_order:
             print("using prerequisite types " + ' '.join(glob_prereq_types))
+            print("calculating order for modules ... ")
 
         self.calculate_order(order, modules, glob_prereq_types)
         if args.ignore_deps: