diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/parallel.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/parallel.go
index eca0b37742f..96698e7fd38 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/parallel.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/parallel.go
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ func InParallel(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, tags tag.ImageTags, artifact
 	defer cancel()
 
 	results := new(sync.Map)
-	outputs := make([]chan []byte, len(artifacts))
+	outputs := make([]chan string, len(artifacts))
 
 	// Run builds in //
 	wg.Add(len(artifacts))
 	for i := range artifacts {
-		outputs[i] = make(chan []byte, buffSize)
+		outputs[i] = make(chan string, buffSize)
 		r, w := io.Pipe()
 		cw := setUpColorWriter(w, out)
 
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ func runBuild(ctx context.Context, cw io.WriteCloser, tags tag.ImageTags, artifa
 	cw.Close()
 }
 
-func readOutputAndWriteToChannel(r io.Reader, lines chan []byte) {
+func readOutputAndWriteToChannel(r io.Reader, lines chan string) {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
-		lines <- scanner.Bytes()
+		lines <- scanner.Text()
 	}
 	close(lines)
 }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func getBuildResult(ctx context.Context, cw io.Writer, tags tag.ImageTags, artif
 	return build(ctx, cw, artifact, tag)
 }
 
-func collectResults(out io.Writer, artifacts []*latest.Artifact, results *sync.Map, outputs []chan []byte) ([]Artifact, error) {
+func collectResults(out io.Writer, artifacts []*latest.Artifact, results *sync.Map, outputs []chan string) ([]Artifact, error) {
 	var built []Artifact
 	for i, artifact := range artifacts {
 		// Wait for build to complete.
@@ -140,9 +140,8 @@ func collectResults(out io.Writer, artifacts []*latest.Artifact, results *sync.M
 	return built, nil
 }
 
-func printResult(out io.Writer, output chan []byte) {
+func printResult(out io.Writer, output chan string) {
 	for line := range output {
-		out.Write(line)
-		fmt.Fprintln(out)
+		fmt.Fprintln(out, line)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/parallel_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/parallel_test.go
index be6feca30b1..817836e0ef0 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/parallel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/parallel_test.go
@@ -325,10 +325,10 @@ func TestColoredOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setUpChannels(n int) []chan []byte {
-	outputs := make([]chan []byte, n)
+func setUpChannels(n int) []chan string {
+	outputs := make([]chan string, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-		outputs[i] = make(chan []byte, 10)
+		outputs[i] = make(chan string, 10)
 		close(outputs[i])
 	}
 	return outputs