diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ebc463b5be..3039770559 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -77,15 +77,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ansitok",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ansi_term"
-version = "0.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d52a9bb7ec0cf484c551830a7ce27bd20d67eac647e1befb56b0be4ee39a55d2"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ansitok"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2105,7 +2096,6 @@ version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "074bff749d092e2e818fe954952102f88e21f67fc69f4d350621aab15a1810f1"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term",
  "crossterm 0.24.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 98523da1e4..4ca7377315 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ is-root = "0.1.2"
 itertools = "0.10.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.14"
-lscolors = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["crossterm"]}
+lscolors = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["crossterm"], default-features = false }
 md5 = { package = "md-5", version = "0.10.0" }
 meval = "0.2.0"
 mime = "0.3.16"
diff --git a/crates/nu-utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-utils/Cargo.toml
index 20309ac15a..05e6cbf5ab 100644
--- a/crates/nu-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ name = "utils"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-lscolors = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["crossterm"]}
+lscolors = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["crossterm"], default-features = false }
 num-format = { version = "0.4.3" }
 sys-locale = "0.2.1"