diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b8421ca3d..903134d61 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Internal
 - No need to use `typing.Pattern` instead of `re.Pattern` in Python 3.9+.
 - Always use newest artifact upload/download actions from the v4 series in the CI build.
 - Use `datetime.datetime.now()`, not ``.utcnow()`` to silence a deprecation warning.
+- Suppress logging about Flynt unless Flynt is enabled.
 
 
 2.1.1_ - 2024-04-16
diff --git a/src/darker/__main__.py b/src/darker/__main__.py
index 43d80a7e6..3689a0e82 100644
--- a/src/darker/__main__.py
+++ b/src/darker/__main__.py
@@ -209,11 +209,6 @@ def _reformat_and_flynt_single_file(  # noqa: PLR0913
         relative_path_in_rev2, exclude.flynt, edited_linenums_differ, rev2_isorted
     )
     has_fstring_changes = fstringified != rev2_isorted
-    logger.debug(
-        "Flynt resulted in %s lines, with %s changes from fstringification",
-        len(fstringified.lines),
-        "some" if has_fstring_changes else "no",
-    )
     # 3. run the code re-formatter on the isorted and fstringified contents of each
     #    edited to-file
     formatted = _maybe_reformat_single_file(
@@ -279,7 +274,13 @@ def _maybe_flynt_single_file(
     if glob_any(relpath_in_rev2, exclude):
         # `--flynt` option not specified, don't reformat
         return rev2_isorted
-    return apply_flynt(rev2_isorted, relpath_in_rev2, edited_linenums_differ)
+    result = apply_flynt(rev2_isorted, relpath_in_rev2, edited_linenums_differ)
+    logger.debug(
+        "Flynt resulted in %s lines, with %s changes from fstringification",
+        len(result.lines),
+        "some" if result != rev2_isorted else "no",
+    )
+    return result
 
 
 def _maybe_reformat_single_file(