diff --git a/conda_build/render.py b/conda_build/render.py
index ea1c9074ab..c75838a65b 100644
--- a/conda_build/render.py
+++ b/conda_build/render.py
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def execute_download_actions(m, actions, env, package_subset=None, require_files
 
     # this should be just downloading packages.  We don't need to extract them -
 
-    # NOTE: The following out-commented execute_actions was defunct
+    # NOTE: The following commented execute_actions is defunct
     # (FETCH/EXTRACT were replaced by PROGRESSIVEFETCHEXTRACT).
     #
     # download_actions = {
diff --git a/conda_build/utils.py b/conda_build/utils.py
index 03a322caea..b1cd33608f 100644
--- a/conda_build/utils.py
+++ b/conda_build/utils.py
@@ -2199,4 +2199,4 @@ def samefile(path1: Path, path2: Path) -> bool:
 
 
 def package_record_to_requirement(prec: PackageRecord) -> str:
-    return " ".join((prec.name, prec.version, prec.build)).rstrip()
+    return f"{prec.name} {prec.version} {prec.build}".rstrip()