diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Drivers/V2/MainLoopCoordinator.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Drivers/V2/MainLoopCoordinator.cs
index a2cc34c49..a70b08956 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Drivers/V2/MainLoopCoordinator.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Drivers/V2/MainLoopCoordinator.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ internal class MainLoopCoordinator<T> : IMainLoopCoordinator
     private ConsoleDriverFacade<T> _facade;
     private Task _inputTask;
     private readonly ITimedEvents _timedEvents;
-    private readonly bool _isWindowsTerminal;
 
     private readonly SemaphoreSlim _startupSemaphore = new (0, 1);
 
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ internal class MainLoopCoordinator<T> : IMainLoopCoordinator
         _inputProcessor = inputProcessor;
         _outputFactory = outputFactory;
         _loop = loop;
-        _isWindowsTerminal = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable ("WT_SESSION") is { } || Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable ("VSAPPIDNAME") != null;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -162,11 +160,6 @@ internal class MainLoopCoordinator<T> : IMainLoopCoordinator
                            _loop.AnsiRequestScheduler,
                            _loop.WindowSizeMonitor);
 
-            if (!_isWindowsTerminal)
-            {
-                Application.Force16Colors = _facade.Force16Colors = true;
-            }
-
             Application.Driver = _facade;
 
             _startupSemaphore.Release ();