diff --git a/src/cmd/init.zig b/src/cmd/init.zig
index 13b1636f5e506a68e26934d6a15983db3e2fd8a9..774e99ac5f5682421bcd01a13c6f27b2eadd065d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/init.zig
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
                 .lib => try writeLibManifest(w, id, name, entry.?, license, description),
             }
             std.debug.print("\n", .{});
-            u.print("Successfully initialized new package {s}!\n", .{name});
+            std.debug.print("Successfully initialized new package {s}!\n", .{name});
         },
     }
 
diff --git a/src/common.zig b/src/common.zig
index da106f4bf63837953d5f23450570ef8cde33cb25..06b33372e3a7ca7b626e61ef32fd1d1502f42d5e 100644
--- a/src/common.zig
+++ b/src/common.zig
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn get_modpath(cachepath: string, d: zigmod.Dep, options: *CollectOptions) !
     if (!nocache and u.list_contains(options.already_fetched.items, pv)) return pv;
 
     if (options.log and d.type != .local) {
-        u.print("fetch: {s}: {s}", .{ @tagName(d.type), d.path });
+        std.debug.print("fetch: {s}: {s}\n", .{ @tagName(d.type), d.path });
     }
     defer {
         if (!bootstrap and options.log and d.type != .local) {
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index a07087b8e1c3e39b3cd380f07175f0339107d40f..ed177ac16ab26ef0db03d216d42fd23b61069603 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     const available = if (build_options.bootstrap) zigmod.commands_to_bootstrap else zigmod.commands;
 
     if (args.len == 0) {
-        u.print("zigmod {s} {s} {s} {s}", .{
+        std.debug.print("zigmod {s} {s} {s} {s}\n", .{
             build_options.version,
             @tagName(builtin.os.tag),
             @tagName(builtin.cpu.arch),
             @tagName(builtin.abi),
         });
-        u.print("", .{});
-        u.print("The commands available are:", .{});
+        std.debug.print("\n", .{});
+        std.debug.print("The commands available are:\n", .{});
         inline for (comptime std.meta.declarations(available)) |decl| {
-            u.print("  - {s}", .{decl.name});
+            std.debug.print("  - {s}\n", .{decl.name});
         }
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index b096bb76aa6e552e12f97a224f420d40c4a61231..42d82cc67d8c87365f0eacc0beb25ebe6e2e8d7e 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -11,16 +11,12 @@ pub const kb = b * 1024;
 pub const mb = kb * 1024;
 pub const gb = mb * 1024;
 
-pub fn print(comptime fmt: string, args: anytype) void {
-    std.debug.print(fmt ++ "\n", args);
-}
-
 const ansi_red = "\x1B[31m";
 const ansi_reset = "\x1B[39m";
 
 pub fn assert(ok: bool, comptime fmt: string, args: anytype) void {
     if (!ok) {
-        print(ansi_red ++ fmt ++ ansi_reset, args);
+        std.debug.print(ansi_red ++ fmt ++ ansi_reset ++ "\n", args);
         std.os.exit(1);
     }
 }