diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/future_incompat.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/future_incompat.rs
index e94e42c390c4..5d43848af492 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/future_incompat.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/future_incompat.rs
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ impl OnDiskReports {
         self.reports.last().map(|r| r.id).unwrap()
     }
 
+    /// Returns an ANSI-styled report
     pub fn get_report(
         &self,
         id: u32,
@@ -269,11 +270,6 @@ impl OnDiskReports {
 
         let shell = config.shell();
 
-        let to_display = if shell.err_supports_color() && shell.out_supports_color() {
-            to_display
-        } else {
-            anstream::adapter::strip_str(&to_display).to_string()
-        };
         Ok(to_display)
     }
 }