diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d937cfb14..ccd069ad4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 elif (3, 0) < py_version < (3, 2):
     raise RuntimeError('On Python 3, Supervisor requires Python 3.2 or later')
 
-requires = ['meld3 >= 1.0.0',
-            'colorama']
+requires = ['meld3 >= 1.0.0']
 tests_require = []
 if py_version < (3, 3):
     tests_require.append('mock')
diff --git a/supervisor/colors.py b/supervisor/colors.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0bba337f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supervisor/colors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+ESC = '\033['
+
+
+class ansicolors:
+    class fg:
+        black = ESC + '30m'
+        red = ESC + '31m'
+        green = ESC + '32m'
+        yellow = ESC + '33m'
+        blue = ESC + '34m'
+        magenta = ESC + '35m'
+        cyan = ESC + '36m'
+        white = ESC + '37m'
+        reset = ESC + '39m'
+
+    class bg:
+        black = ESC + '40m'
+        red = ESC + '41m'
+        green = ESC + '42m'
+        yellow = ESC + '43m'
+        blue = ESC + '44m'
+        magenta = ESC + '45m'
+        cyan = ESC + '46m'
+        white = ESC + '47m'
+        reset = ESC + '49m'
+
+    class style:
+        bright = ESC + '1m'
+        dim = ESC + '2m'
+        normal = ESC + '22m'
+        reset_all = ESC + '0m'
diff --git a/supervisor/supervisorctl.py b/supervisor/supervisorctl.py
index 3512903a7..47b6923e8 100755
--- a/supervisor/supervisorctl.py
+++ b/supervisor/supervisorctl.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 import errno
 import threading
 
-import colorama
-
+from supervisor.colors import ansicolors
 from supervisor.compat import xmlrpclib
 from supervisor.compat import urlparse
 from supervisor.compat import unicode
@@ -626,13 +625,13 @@ def _get_status_template(self, colorize_output, maxlen):
 
     def _colorize_state(self, statename):
         colors = {
-            'RUNNING': colorama.Style.BRIGHT + colorama.Fore.GREEN,
-            'STOPPED': colorama.Style.BRIGHT + colorama.Fore.YELLOW,
-            'BACKOFF': colorama.Style.BRIGHT + colorama.Fore.RED,
-            'FATAL': colorama.Style.BRIGHT + colorama.Fore.RED,
+            'RUNNING': ansicolors.style.bright + ansicolors.fg.green,
+            'STOPPED': ansicolors.style.bright + ansicolors.fg.yellow,
+            'BACKOFF': ansicolors.style.bright + ansicolors.fg.red,
+            'FATAL': ansicolors.style.bright + ansicolors.fg.red,
         }
         color = colors.get(statename, '')
-        return '%s%s%s' % (color, statename, colorama.Fore.RESET)
+        return '%s%s%s' % (color, statename, ansicolors.fg.reset)
 
     def do_status(self, arg):
         if not self.ctl.upcheck():
@@ -1321,8 +1320,6 @@ def help_fg(self,args=None):
 
 
 def main(args=None, options=None):
-    colorama.init()
-
     if options is None:
         options = ClientOptions()