diff --git a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-rootfs.sh b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-rootfs.sh
index 46828e6305..7ef38d848f 100644
--- a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-rootfs.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-rootfs.sh
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ function artifact_rootfs_cli_adapter_config_prep() {
 
 	# If BOARD is set, use it to convert to an ARCH.
 	if [[ -n ${BOARD} ]]; then
-		display_alert "BOARD is set, converting to ARCH for rootfs building" "'BOARD=${BOARD}'" "warn"
+		display_alert "BOARD is set, converting to ARCH for rootfs building" "'BOARD=${BOARD}'" "info"
 		# Convert BOARD to ARCH; source the BOARD and FAMILY stuff
 		LOG_SECTION="config_source_board_file" do_with_conditional_logging config_source_board_file
 		LOG_SECTION="source_family_config_and_arch" do_with_conditional_logging source_family_config_and_arch
-		display_alert "Done sourcing board file" "'${BOARD}' - arch: '${ARCH}'" "warn"
+		display_alert "Done sourcing board file" "'${BOARD}' - arch: '${ARCH}'" "info"
 	fi
 
 	declare -a vars_need_to_be_set=("RELEASE" "ARCH")
diff --git a/lib/functions/host/host-utils.sh b/lib/functions/host/host-utils.sh
index 60b0888eae..16590324dd 100644
--- a/lib/functions/host/host-utils.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/host/host-utils.sh
@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ function local_apt_deb_cache_prepare() {
 		declare sdcard_var_cache_apt_dir="${SDCARD}/var/cache/apt"
 		if [[ -d "${sdcard_var_cache_apt_dir}" ]]; then
 			if ! mountpoint -q "${sdcard_var_cache_apt_dir}"; then
-				declare -i sdcard_var_cache_apt_size_mb
-				sdcard_var_cache_apt_size_mb=$(du -sm "${sdcard_var_cache_apt_dir}" | cut -f1)
-				if [[ "${sdcard_var_cache_apt_size_mb}" -gt 0 ]]; then
-					display_alert "WARNING: SDCARD /var/cache/apt dir is not empty" "${when_used} :: ${sdcard_var_cache_apt_dir} (${sdcard_var_cache_apt_size_mb} MB)" "wrn"
+				declare -i sdcard_var_cache_apt_files_count
+				sdcard_var_cache_apt_files_count=$(find "${sdcard_var_cache_apt_dir}" -type f | wc -l)
+				if [[ "${sdcard_var_cache_apt_files_count}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+					display_alert "WARNING: SDCARD /var/cache/apt dir is not empty" "${when_used} :: ${sdcard_var_cache_apt_dir} (${sdcard_var_cache_apt_files_count} files)" "wrn"
 					run_host_command_logged ls -lahtR "${sdcard_var_cache_apt_dir}" # list the contents so we can try and identify what is polluting it
 				fi
 			fi
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ function local_apt_deb_cache_prepare() {
 		declare sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_dir="${SDCARD}/var/lib/apt/lists"
 		if [[ -d "${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_dir}" ]]; then
 			if ! mountpoint -q "${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_dir}"; then
-				declare -i sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_size_mb
-				sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_size_mb=$(du -sm "${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_dir}" | cut -f1)
-				if [[ "${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_size_mb}" -gt 0 ]]; then
-					display_alert "WARNING: SDCARD /var/lib/apt/lists dir is not empty" "${when_used} :: ${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_dir} (${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_size_mb} MB)" "wrn"
+				declare -i sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_files_count
+				sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_files_count=$(find "${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_dir}" -type f | wc -l)
+				if [[ "${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_files_count}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+					display_alert "WARNING: SDCARD /var/lib/apt/lists dir is not empty" "${when_used} :: ${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_dir} (${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_files_count} files)" "wrn"
 					run_host_command_logged ls -lahtR "${sdcard_var_lib_apt_lists_dir}" # list the contents so we can try and identify what is polluting it
 				fi
 			fi