diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9fb0f36..aee50dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "clap",
  "insta",
- "owo-colors",
  "rustversion",
  "serde",
  "toml",
@@ -297,12 +296,6 @@ version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "owo-colors"
-version = "3.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "predicates"
 version = "3.0.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 39f6cf1..e1f8784 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ required-features = ["cli"]
 
 [features]
 default = ["cli"]
-cli = ["dep:clap", "dep:owo-colors"]
+cli = ["dep:clap"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.40"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 clap = { version = "4.3.19", optional = true }
-owo-colors = { version = "3.5.0", optional = true }
 rustversion = "1.0.14"
 serde = { version = "1.0.149", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "0.5.9"
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 4603a07..8718990 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Arg;
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 use clap::Command;
-use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 
 use crate::binary;
 use crate::cargo_config;
@@ -18,13 +17,13 @@ fn install_all_binaries() -> Result<()> {
         binary::install(binary_package)?;
     }
 
-    println!("{}", "Done!".green());
+    println!("\x1b[32m{}\x1b[0m", "Done!");
     return Ok(());
 }
 
 fn sync_aliases() -> Result<()> {
     cargo_config::sync_aliases()?;
-    println!("{}", "Done!".green());
+    println!("\x1b[32m{}\x1b[0m", "Done!");
     return Ok(());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4b86cf0..640466c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 use std::process;
 
-use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
-
 fn main() {
     let res = cargo_run_bin::cli::run();
 
     // Only reached if run-bin code fails, otherwise process exits early from within
     // binary::run.
     if let Err(res) = res {
-        eprintln!("{}", format!("run-bin failed: {res}").red());
+        eprintln!("\x1b[31m{}\x1b[0m", format!("run-bin failed: {res}"));
         process::exit(1);
     }
 }