diff --git a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
index 98758d163..5aee5ea42 100644
--- a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
+++ b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #### Features 🚀
 
 - Many non-Latin languages (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean) are usable now that multi-byte characters are measured correctly. [#817](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/817)
+- Fix duplicate success logs in watch mode. [830](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/830)
 
 #### Improvements 🧹
 
+- Cleaner watch mode logs without timestamps. [830](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/830)
+
 #### Bugfixes ⛑️
 
 - Fixes edge case where layouts with dagre show a connection from the bottom side of shapes being slightly disconnected from the shape. [#820](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/820)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5303a9b2c..6634e25a8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State) (err error) {
 		if inputPath == "-" {
 			return xmain.UsageErrorf("-w[atch] cannot be combined with reading input from stdin")
 		}
-		ms.Log.SetTS(true)
 		w, err := newWatcher(ctx, ms, watcherOpts{
 			layoutPlugin:  plugin,
 			sketch:        *sketchFlag,
@@ -232,6 +231,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State) (err error) {
 }
 
 func compile(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State, plugin d2plugin.Plugin, sketch bool, pad, themeID int64, inputPath, outputPath string, bundle, forceAppendix bool, page playwright.Page) (_ []byte, written bool, _ error) {
+	start := time.Now()
 	input, err := ms.ReadPath(inputPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false, err
@@ -256,38 +256,41 @@ func compile(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State, plugin d2plugin.Plugin, sketc
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
 
-	svg, err := render(ctx, ms, plugin, sketch, pad, inputPath, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, diagram)
+	compileDir := time.Since(start)
+	svg, err := render(ctx, ms, compileDir, plugin, sketch, pad, inputPath, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, diagram)
 	if err != nil {
 		return svg, false, err
 	}
 	return svg, true, nil
 }
 
-func render(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State, plugin d2plugin.Plugin, sketch bool, pad int64, inputPath, outputPath string, bundle, forceAppendix bool, page playwright.Page, ruler *textmeasure.Ruler, diagram *d2target.Diagram) ([]byte, error) {
+func render(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State, compileDur time.Duration, plugin d2plugin.Plugin, sketch bool, pad int64, inputPath, outputPath string, bundle, forceAppendix bool, page playwright.Page, ruler *textmeasure.Ruler, diagram *d2target.Diagram) ([]byte, error) {
 	outputPath = layerOutputPath(outputPath, diagram)
 	for _, dl := range diagram.Layers {
-		_, err := render(ctx, ms, plugin, sketch, pad, inputPath, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, dl)
+		_, err := render(ctx, ms, compileDur, plugin, sketch, pad, inputPath, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, dl)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 	for _, dl := range diagram.Scenarios {
-		_, err := render(ctx, ms, plugin, sketch, pad, inputPath, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, dl)
+		_, err := render(ctx, ms, compileDur, plugin, sketch, pad, inputPath, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, dl)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 	for _, dl := range diagram.Steps {
-		_, err := render(ctx, ms, plugin, sketch, pad, inputPath, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, dl)
+		_, err := render(ctx, ms, compileDur, plugin, sketch, pad, inputPath, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, dl)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
+	start := time.Now()
 	svg, err := _render(ctx, ms, plugin, sketch, pad, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, diagram)
 	if err != nil {
 		return svg, err
 	}
-	ms.Log.Success.Printf("successfully compiled %v to %v", inputPath, outputPath)
+	dur := compileDur + time.Since(start)
+	ms.Log.Success.Printf("successfully compiled %s to %s in %s", inputPath, outputPath, dur)
 	return svg, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/watch.go b/watch.go
index 8872551bc..85c88de82 100644
--- a/watch.go
+++ b/watch.go
@@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ func (w *watcher) compileLoop(ctx context.Context) error {
 			}
 			errs = err.Error()
 			w.ms.Log.Error.Print(errs)
-		} else {
-			w.ms.Log.Success.Printf("successfully %scompiled %v to %v", recompiledPrefix, w.inputPath, w.outputPath)
 		}
 		w.broadcast(&compileResult{
 			SVG: string(svg),