diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index b31a6a52f..a49ed633b 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def main(argv=sys.argv):
     from sphinx.application import Sphinx, SphinxError
     from docutils.utils import SystemMessage
 
-    if not sys.stdout.isatty() or sys.platform == 'win32' or not color_terminal():
+    if not sys.stdout.isatty() or not color_terminal():
         # Windows' poor cmd box doesn't understand ANSI sequences
         nocolor()
 
diff --git a/sphinx/quickstart.py b/sphinx/quickstart.py
index fd4376bca..030245355 100644
--- a/sphinx/quickstart.py
+++ b/sphinx/quickstart.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from os import path
 TERM_ENCODING = getattr(sys.stdin, 'encoding', None)
 
 from sphinx.util import make_filename
-from sphinx.util.console import purple, bold, red, turquoise, nocolor
+from sphinx.util.console import purple, bold, red, turquoise, nocolor, color_terminal
 from sphinx.util.texescape import tex_escape_map
 
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ def do_prompt(d, key, text, default=None, validator=nonempty):
 def inner_main(args):
     d = {}
 
-    if os.name == 'nt' or not sys.stdout.isatty():
+    if not sys.stdout.isatty() or not color_terminal():
         nocolor()
 
     print bold('Welcome to the Sphinx quickstart utility.')