diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/cache.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/cache.go
index 104fce86dd..947192bd83 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/cache.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/cache.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"cmd/go/internal/base"
 	"cmd/go/internal/cfg"
@@ -28,8 +27,6 @@ import (
 
 var PkgMod string // $GOPATH/pkg/mod; set by package modload
 
-const logFindingDelay = 1 * time.Second
-
 func cacheDir(path string) (string, error) {
 	if PkgMod == "" {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("internal error: modfetch.PkgMod not set")
@@ -140,11 +137,6 @@ func (r *cachingRepo) Versions(prefix string) ([]string, error) {
 		err  error
 	}
 	c := r.cache.Do("versions:"+prefix, func() interface{} {
-		logTimer := time.AfterFunc(logFindingDelay, func() {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go: finding versions for %s\n", r.path)
-		})
-		defer logTimer.Stop()
-
 		list, err := r.r.Versions(prefix)
 		return cached{list, err}
 	}).(cached)
@@ -167,11 +159,6 @@ func (r *cachingRepo) Stat(rev string) (*RevInfo, error) {
 			return cachedInfo{info, nil}
 		}
 
-		logTimer := time.AfterFunc(logFindingDelay, func() {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go: finding %s %s\n", r.path, rev)
-		})
-		defer logTimer.Stop()
-
 		info, err = r.r.Stat(rev)
 		if err == nil {
 			// If we resolved, say, 1234abcde to v0.0.0-20180604122334-1234abcdef78,
@@ -199,11 +186,6 @@ func (r *cachingRepo) Stat(rev string) (*RevInfo, error) {
 
 func (r *cachingRepo) Latest() (*RevInfo, error) {
 	c := r.cache.Do("latest:", func() interface{} {
-		logTimer := time.AfterFunc(logFindingDelay, func() {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go: finding %s latest\n", r.path)
-		})
-		defer logTimer.Stop()
-
 		info, err := r.r.Latest()
 
 		// Save info for likely future Stat call.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/import.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/import.go
index 3170ffab88..5906d648b4 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/import.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/import.go
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ func Import(path string) (m module.Version, dir string, err error) {
 		return module.Version{}, "", &ImportMissingError{Path: path}
 	}
 
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go: finding module for package %s\n", path)
+
 	candidates, err := QueryPackage(path, "latest", Allowed)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_load_badchain.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_load_badchain.txt
index 2c532f1fda..67d9a1584f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_load_badchain.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_load_badchain.txt
@@ -75,12 +75,14 @@ go: example.com/badchain/a@v1.1.0 requires
 	module declares its path as: badchain.example.com/c
 	        but was required as: example.com/badchain/c
 -- list-missing-expected --
+go: finding module for package example.com/badchain/c
 go: found example.com/badchain/c in example.com/badchain/c v1.1.0
 go: m/use imports
 	example.com/badchain/c: example.com/badchain/c@v1.1.0: parsing go.mod:
 	module declares its path as: badchain.example.com/c
 	        but was required as: example.com/badchain/c
 -- list-missing-test-expected --
+go: finding module for package example.com/badchain/c
 go: found example.com/badchain/c in example.com/badchain/c v1.1.0
 go: m/testuse tested by
 	m/testuse.test imports