diff --git a/pkg/providers/amifamily/ami.go b/pkg/providers/amifamily/ami.go
index 446b40d5679b..189c795dcb86 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/amifamily/ami.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/amifamily/ami.go
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ func (p *DefaultProvider) List(ctx context.Context, nodeClass *v1beta1.EC2NodeCl
 		}
 	}
 	amis.Sort()
-	if p.cm.HasChanged(fmt.Sprintf("amis/%s", nodeClass.Name), amis) {
-		logging.FromContext(ctx).With("ids", amis, "count", len(amis)).Debugf("discovered amis")
+	uniqueAMIs := lo.Uniq(lo.Map(amis, func(a AMI, _ int) string { return a.AmiID }))
+	if p.cm.HasChanged(fmt.Sprintf("amis/%s", nodeClass.Name), uniqueAMIs) {
+		logging.FromContext(ctx).With(
+			"ids", uniqueAMIs).Debugf("discovered amis")
 	}
 	return amis, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go b/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go
index e55aafc254e2..c257111900b1 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 
 	corev1beta1 "sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/apis/v1beta1"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/karpenter/pkg/utils/pretty"
 
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter-provider-aws/pkg/apis/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter-provider-aws/pkg/providers/amifamily/bootstrap"
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ func (r Resolver) Resolve(nodeClass *v1beta1.EC2NodeClass, nodeClaim *corev1beta
 	}
 	mappedAMIs := MapToInstanceTypes(instanceTypes, nodeClass.Status.AMIs)
 	if len(mappedAMIs) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no instance types satisfy requirements of amis %v", pretty.Slice(lo.Map(nodeClass.Status.AMIs, func(a v1beta1.AMI, _ int) string { return a.ID }), 25))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no instance types satisfy requirements of amis %v", lo.Uniq(lo.Map(nodeClass.Status.AMIs, func(a v1beta1.AMI, _ int) string { return a.ID })))
 	}
 	var resolvedTemplates []*LaunchTemplate
 	for amiID, instanceTypes := range mappedAMIs {