diff --git a/plugins/commands/compare/src/main/kotlin/CompareCommand.kt b/plugins/commands/compare/src/main/kotlin/CompareCommand.kt
index d6b3e16c9d32c..6d7fb8c5b59c4 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/compare/src/main/kotlin/CompareCommand.kt
+++ b/plugins/commands/compare/src/main/kotlin/CompareCommand.kt
@@ -543,8 +543,8 @@ private fun ScannerRun?.diff(other: ScannerRun?, context: SemanticDiffContext):
             config = if (context.ignoreConfig) null else config.diff(other.config),
             provenancesA = (provenances - other.provenances).takeUnless { it.isEmpty() },
             provenancesB = (other.provenances - provenances).takeUnless { it.isEmpty() },
-            scannersA = scanners.takeIf { it != other.scanners },
-            scannersB = other.scanners.takeIf { it != scanners },
+            scannersA = scanners.diff(other.scanners).takeUnless { it.isEmpty() },
+            scannersB = other.scanners.diff(scanners).takeUnless { it.isEmpty() },
             filesA = if (context.ignoreFileList) null else (files - other.files).takeUnless { it.isEmpty() },
             filesB = if (context.ignoreFileList) null else (other.files - files).takeUnless { it.isEmpty() },
             scanResultDiff = differentResults.takeUnless { it.isEmpty() }
@@ -552,6 +552,10 @@ private fun ScannerRun?.diff(other: ScannerRun?, context: SemanticDiffContext):
     }
 }
 
+private fun Map<Identifier, Set<String>>.diff(other: Map<Identifier, Set<String>>): Map<Identifier, Set<String>> {
+    return filter { (id, values) -> other[id] != values }
+}
+
 private fun ScannerConfiguration?.diff(other: ScannerConfiguration?): ScannerConfigurationDiff? {
     if (this == other) return null