diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 1e7ec7d97255..2d205e9925ef 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -774,11 +774,8 @@ int SimpleCameraData::setupFormats(V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 		}
 
 		LOG(SimplePipeline, Debug)
-			<< "Link '" << source->entity()->name()
-			<< "':" << source->index()
-			<< " -> '" << sink->entity()->name()
-			<< "':" << sink->index()
-			<< " configured with format " << *format;
+			<< "Link " << *link << ": configured with format "
+			<< *format;
 	}
 
 	return 0;