diff --git a/src/bun.js/VirtualMachine.zig b/src/bun.js/VirtualMachine.zig
index c80048a9ee..0e8bba0807 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/VirtualMachine.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/VirtualMachine.zig
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ pub inline fn autoGarbageCollect(this: *const VirtualMachine) void {
 
 pub fn reload(this: *VirtualMachine, _: *HotReloader.Task) void {
     Output.debug("Reloading...", .{});
-    const should_clear_terminal = !this.transpiler.env.hasSetNoClearTerminalOnReload(!Output.enable_ansi_colors);
+    const should_clear_terminal = !this.transpiler.env.hasSetNoClearTerminalOnReload(!Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout);
     if (this.hot_reload == .watch) {
         Output.flush();
         bun.reloadProcess(
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ pub fn printException(
         .stack_check = bun.StackCheck.init(),
     };
     defer formatter.deinit();
-    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
         this.printErrorlikeObject(exception.value(), exception, exception_list, &formatter, Writer, writer, true, allow_side_effects);
     } else {
         this.printErrorlikeObject(exception.value(), exception, exception_list, &formatter, Writer, writer, false, allow_side_effects);
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ pub noinline fn runErrorHandler(this: *VirtualMachine, result: JSValue, exceptio
             .error_display_level = .full,
         };
         defer formatter.deinit();
-        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |enable_colors| this.printErrorlikeObject(result, null, exception_list, &formatter, @TypeOf(writer), writer, enable_colors, true),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/bun.js/api/BunObject.zig b/src/bun.js/api/BunObject.zig
index 60a13a1e83..596aa7c18f 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/api/BunObject.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/api/BunObject.zig
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ pub fn getOrigin(globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, _: *jsc.JSObject) jsc.JSValue
 
 pub fn enableANSIColors(globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, _: *jsc.JSObject) jsc.JSValue {
     _ = globalThis;
-    return JSValue.jsBoolean(Output.enable_ansi_colors);
+    return JSValue.jsBoolean(Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout or Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr);
 }
 
 fn getMain(globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject) callconv(jsc.conv) jsc.JSValue {
diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/JSGlobalObject.zig b/src/bun.js/bindings/JSGlobalObject.zig
index 478558a99a..3ef7062c74 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/JSGlobalObject.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/JSGlobalObject.zig
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ pub const JSGlobalObject = opaque {
     }
 
     pub fn throwPretty(this: *JSGlobalObject, comptime fmt: [:0]const u8, args: anytype) bun.JSError {
-        const instance = switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        const instance = switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |enabled| this.createErrorInstance(Output.prettyFmt(fmt, enabled), args),
         };
         bun.assert(instance != .zero);
diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/JSValue.zig b/src/bun.js/bindings/JSValue.zig
index 9a208b2d4b..fd8ab95131 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/JSValue.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/JSValue.zig
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ pub const JSValue = enum(i64) {
         defer buf.deinit();
 
         var writer = buf.writer();
-        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |enabled| try writer.print(Output.prettyFmt(fmt, enabled), args),
         }
         return String.init(buf.slice()).toJS(globalThis);
diff --git a/src/bun.js/hot_reloader.zig b/src/bun.js/hot_reloader.zig
index 2f00201003..ec49bcf0f9 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/hot_reloader.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/hot_reloader.zig
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ pub fn NewHotReloader(comptime Ctx: type, comptime EventLoopType: type, comptime
                 this.transpiler.resolver.watcher = bun.resolver.ResolveWatcher(*Watcher, Watcher.onMaybeWatchDirectory).init(this.bun_watcher.?);
             }
 
-            clear_screen = !this.transpiler.env.hasSetNoClearTerminalOnReload(!Output.enable_ansi_colors);
+            clear_screen = !this.transpiler.env.hasSetNoClearTerminalOnReload(!Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout);
 
             reloader.getContext().start() catch @panic("Failed to start File Watcher");
         }
diff --git a/src/bun.js/test/diff_format.zig b/src/bun.js/test/diff_format.zig
index ee78b91e84..d4d60f7d05 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/test/diff_format.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/test/diff_format.zig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub const DiffFormatter = struct {
         // defer scope.deinit(); // TODO: fix leaks
         const allocator = scope.allocator();
 
-        const diff_config: DiffConfig = .default(Output.isAIAgent(), Output.enable_ansi_colors);
+        const diff_config: DiffConfig = .default(Output.isAIAgent(), Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr);
 
         if (this.expected_string != null and this.received_string != null) {
             const received = this.received_string.?;
diff --git a/src/bun.js/test/expect.zig b/src/bun.js/test/expect.zig
index 3c7483b831..441970f034 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/test/expect.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/test/expect.zig
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub const Expect = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn throwPrettyMatcherError(globalThis: *JSGlobalObject, custom_label: bun.String, matcher_name: anytype, matcher_params: anytype, flags: Flags, comptime message_fmt: string, message_args: anytype) bun.JSError {
-        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |colors| {
                 const chain = switch (flags.promise) {
                     .resolves => if (flags.not) Output.prettyFmt("resolves<d>.<r>not<d>.<r>", colors) else Output.prettyFmt("resolves<d>.<r>", colors),
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ pub const Expect = struct {
         };
         value.ensureStillAlive();
 
-        const matcher_params = switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        const matcher_params = switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |colors| comptime Output.prettyFmt(matcher_params_fmt, colors),
         };
         return processPromise(this.custom_label, this.flags, globalThis, value, matcher_name, matcher_params, false);
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ pub const Expect = struct {
             "Matcher functions should return an object in the following format:\n" ++
             "  {{message?: string | function, pass: boolean}}\n" ++
             "'{any}' was returned";
-        const err = switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        const err = switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |colors| globalThis.createErrorInstance(Output.prettyFmt(fmt, colors), .{ matcher_name, result.toFmt(&formatter) }),
         };
         err.put(globalThis, ZigString.static("name"), bun.String.static("InvalidMatcherError").toJS(globalThis));
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ pub const Expect = struct {
         }
 
         const matcher_params = CustomMatcherParamsFormatter{
-            .colors = Output.enable_ansi_colors,
+            .colors = Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr,
             .globalThis = globalThis,
             .matcher_fn = matcher_fn,
         };
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ pub const Expect = struct {
         const matcher_name = try matcher_fn.getName(globalThis);
 
         const matcher_params = CustomMatcherParamsFormatter{
-            .colors = Output.enable_ansi_colors,
+            .colors = Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr,
             .globalThis = globalThis,
             .matcher_fn = matcher_fn,
         };
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ pub const ExpectMatcherUtils = struct {
         var writer = buffered_writer.writer();
 
         if (comptime color_or_null) |color| {
-            if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+            if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                 try writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt(color, true));
             }
         }
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ pub const ExpectMatcherUtils = struct {
         try writer.print("{}", .{value.toFmt(&formatter)});
 
         if (comptime color_or_null) |_| {
-            if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+            if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                 try writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<r>", true));
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toHaveBeenCalledWith.zig b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toHaveBeenCalledWith.zig
index 9ca450da6f..2ff75bd71c 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toHaveBeenCalledWith.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toHaveBeenCalledWith.zig
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub fn toHaveBeenCalledWith(this: *Expect, globalThis: *JSGlobalObject, callfram
         \\    Number of calls: {d}
     ;
 
-    switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+    switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
         inline else => |colors| {
             return this.throw(globalThis, signature, Output.prettyFmt("\n\n" ++ fmt ++ "\n", colors), .{
                 expected_args_js_array.toFmt(&formatter),
diff --git a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toHaveReturnedWith.zig b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toHaveReturnedWith.zig
index a7c5de26d6..3de3197ada 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/test/expect/toHaveReturnedWith.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/test/expect/toHaveReturnedWith.zig
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pub fn toHaveReturnedWith(this: *Expect, globalThis: *JSGlobalObject, callframe:
             \\    Number of calls:   {d}
         ;
 
-        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |colors| {
                 return this.throw(globalThis, signature, Output.prettyFmt("\n\n" ++ fmt ++ "\n", colors), .{
                     expected.toFmt(&formatter),
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub fn toHaveReturnedWith(this: *Expect, globalThis: *JSGlobalObject, callframe:
             \\    Number of returns: {d}
         ;
 
-        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |colors| {
                 return this.throw(globalThis, signature, Output.prettyFmt("\n\n" ++ fmt ++ "\n", colors), .{
                     expected.toFmt(&formatter),
diff --git a/src/cli/create_command.zig b/src/cli/create_command.zig
index 7edff915f2..412c4eab6d 100644
--- a/src/cli/create_command.zig
+++ b/src/cli/create_command.zig
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub const ProgressBuf = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn pretty(comptime fmt: string, args: anytype) !string {
-        if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) {
             return ProgressBuf.print(comptime Output.prettyFmt(fmt, true), args);
         } else {
             return ProgressBuf.print(comptime Output.prettyFmt(fmt, false), args);
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ pub const Example = struct {
         );
         async_http.client.flags.reject_unauthorized = env_loader.getTLSRejectUnauthorized();
 
-        if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) {
             async_http.client.progress_node = progress_node;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/cli/init_command.zig b/src/cli/init_command.zig
index e2ed22ead6..4f88e56bbf 100644
--- a/src/cli/init_command.zig
+++ b/src/cli/init_command.zig
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub const InitCommand = struct {
     extern fn Bun__ttySetMode(fd: i32, mode: i32) i32;
 
     fn processRadioButton(label: string, comptime Choices: type) !Choices {
-        const colors = Output.enable_ansi_colors;
+        const colors = Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout;
         const choices = switch (colors) {
             inline else => |colors_comptime| comptime choices: {
                 const choices_fields = bun.meta.EnumFields(Choices);
diff --git a/src/cli/outdated_command.zig b/src/cli/outdated_command.zig
index c3b742568d..df8162d0a3 100644
--- a/src/cli/outdated_command.zig
+++ b/src/cli/outdated_command.zig
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub const OutdatedCommand = struct {
             .ok => |ok| ok.lockfile,
         };
 
-        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) {
             inline else => |enable_ansi_colors| {
                 if (manager.options.filter_patterns.len > 0) {
                     const filters = manager.options.filter_patterns;
diff --git a/src/cli/pack_command.zig b/src/cli/pack_command.zig
index f527bfc64b..a8564ea9fb 100644
--- a/src/cli/pack_command.zig
+++ b/src/cli/pack_command.zig
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ pub const PackCommand = struct {
             var node: *Progress.Node = undefined;
             if (log_level.showProgress()) {
                 progress = .{};
-                progress.supports_ansi_escape_codes = Output.enable_ansi_colors;
+                progress.supports_ansi_escape_codes = Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr;
                 node = progress.start("", pack_queue.count() + bundled_pack_queue.count() + 1);
                 node.unit = " files";
             }
diff --git a/src/cli/publish_command.zig b/src/cli/publish_command.zig
index 8951d05654..08cd1aada0 100644
--- a/src/cli/publish_command.zig
+++ b/src/cli/publish_command.zig
@@ -779,12 +779,12 @@ pub const PublishCommand = struct {
             const offset = 0;
             const padding = 1;
 
-            const horizontal = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) "─" else "-";
-            const vertical = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) "│" else "|";
-            const top_left = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) "┌" else "|";
-            const top_right = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) "┐" else "|";
-            const bottom_left = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) "└" else "|";
-            const bottom_right = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) "┘" else "|";
+            const horizontal = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) "─" else "-";
+            const vertical = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) "│" else "|";
+            const top_left = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) "┌" else "|";
+            const top_right = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) "┐" else "|";
+            const bottom_left = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) "└" else "|";
+            const bottom_right = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) "┘" else "|";
 
             const width = (padding * 2) + auth_url_str.len;
 
diff --git a/src/cli/update_interactive_command.zig b/src/cli/update_interactive_command.zig
index 7380fce640..276204dc64 100644
--- a/src/cli/update_interactive_command.zig
+++ b/src/cli/update_interactive_command.zig
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ pub const UpdateInteractiveCommand = struct {
     }
 
     fn processMultiSelect(state: *MultiSelectState, initial_terminal_size: TerminalSize) ![]bool {
-        const colors = Output.enable_ansi_colors;
+        const colors = Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout;
 
         // Clear any previous progress output
         Output.print("\r\x1B[2K", .{}); // Clear entire line
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ pub const UpdateInteractiveCommand = struct {
 
                     const uses_default_registry = pkg.manager.options.scope.url_hash == Install.Npm.Registry.default_url_hash and
                         pkg.manager.scopeForPackageName(pkg.name).url_hash == Install.Npm.Registry.default_url_hash;
-                    const package_url = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors and uses_default_registry)
+                    const package_url = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout and uses_default_registry)
                         try std.fmt.allocPrint(bun.default_allocator, "https://npmjs.org/package/{s}/v/{s}", .{ pkg.name, brk: {
                             if (selected) {
                                 if (pkg.use_latest) {
diff --git a/src/crash_handler.zig b/src/crash_handler.zig
index d1d98ff074..4a8bfdae92 100644
--- a/src/crash_handler.zig
+++ b/src/crash_handler.zig
@@ -255,11 +255,11 @@ pub fn crashHandler(
                         has_printed_message = true;
                     }
                 } else {
-                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                         writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<red>", true)) catch std.posix.abort();
                     }
                     writer.writeAll("oh no") catch std.posix.abort();
-                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                         writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<r><d>: multiple threads are crashing<r>\n", true)) catch std.posix.abort();
                     } else {
                         writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt(": multiple threads are crashing\n", true)) catch std.posix.abort();
@@ -267,13 +267,13 @@ pub fn crashHandler(
                 }
 
                 if (reason != .out_of_memory or debug_trace) {
-                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                         writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<red>", true)) catch std.posix.abort();
                     }
 
                     writer.writeAll("panic") catch std.posix.abort();
 
-                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                         writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<r><d>", true)) catch std.posix.abort();
                     }
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ pub fn crashHandler(
                     }
 
                     writer.writeAll(": ") catch std.posix.abort();
-                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                         writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<r>", true)) catch std.posix.abort();
                     }
                     writer.print("{}\n", .{reason}) catch std.posix.abort();
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ pub fn crashHandler(
                     if (!has_printed_message) {
                         has_printed_message = true;
                         writer.writeAll("oh no") catch std.posix.abort();
-                        if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                        if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                             writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<r><d>:<r> ", true)) catch std.posix.abort();
                         } else {
                             writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt(": ", true)) catch std.posix.abort();
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ pub fn crashHandler(
                         }
                     }
 
-                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                         writer.print(Output.prettyFmt("<cyan>", true), .{}) catch std.posix.abort();
                     }
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ pub fn crashHandler(
                     writer.writeAll("\n") catch std.posix.abort();
                 }
 
-                if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                     writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<r>\n", true)) catch std.posix.abort();
                 } else {
                     writer.writeAll("\n") catch std.posix.abort();
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ pub fn printMetadata(writer: anytype) !void {
         }
     }
 
-    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
         try writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<r><d>", true));
     }
 
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ pub fn printMetadata(writer: anytype) !void {
         try writer.writeAll("\n");
     }
 
-    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
         try writer.writeAll(Output.prettyFmt("<r>", true));
     }
     try writer.writeAll("\n");
diff --git a/src/fmt.zig b/src/fmt.zig
index a3faac9a6d..df5266eeaa 100644
--- a/src/fmt.zig
+++ b/src/fmt.zig
@@ -707,12 +707,6 @@ pub const QuickAndDirtyJavaScriptSyntaxHighlighter = struct {
         check_for_unhighlighted_write: bool = true,
 
         redact_sensitive_information: bool = false,
-
-        pub const default: Options = .{
-            .enable_colors = Output.enable_ansi_colors,
-            .check_for_no_highlighting = true,
-            .redact_sensitive_information = false,
-        };
     };
 
     const ColorCode = enum {
diff --git a/src/install/PackageInstaller.zig b/src/install/PackageInstaller.zig
index fa615f787b..3e5e633bbf 100644
--- a/src/install/PackageInstaller.zig
+++ b/src/install/PackageInstaller.zig
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ pub const PackageInstaller = struct {
                         const args = .{ name, @errorName(err) };
 
                         if (log_level.showProgress()) {
-                            switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                            switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                                 inline else => |enable_ansi_colors| {
                                     this.progress.log(comptime Output.prettyFmt(fmt, enable_ansi_colors), args);
                                 },
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ pub const PackageInstaller = struct {
                     const args = .{ package_name, @errorName(err) };
 
                     if (log_level.showProgress()) {
-                        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                        switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                             inline else => |enable_ansi_colors| {
                                 this.progress.log(comptime Output.prettyFmt(fmt, enable_ansi_colors), args);
                             },
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ pub const PackageInstaller = struct {
                 const args = .{ folder_name, @errorName(err) };
 
                 if (log_level.showProgress()) {
-                    switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                    switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
                         inline else => |enable_ansi_colors| {
                             this.progress.log(comptime Output.prettyFmt(fmt, enable_ansi_colors), args);
                         },
diff --git a/src/install/PackageManager/ProgressStrings.zig b/src/install/PackageManager/ProgressStrings.zig
index 308ae7f5bc..eabe5e40fd 100644
--- a/src/install/PackageManager/ProgressStrings.zig
+++ b/src/install/PackageManager/ProgressStrings.zig
@@ -25,23 +25,23 @@ pub const ProgressStrings = struct {
     pub const script_emoji: string = "  ⚙️  ";
 
     pub inline fn download() string {
-        return if (Output.isEmojiEnabled()) download_with_emoji else download_no_emoji;
+        return if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) download_with_emoji else download_no_emoji;
     }
 
     pub inline fn save() string {
-        return if (Output.isEmojiEnabled()) save_with_emoji else save_no_emoji;
+        return if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) save_with_emoji else save_no_emoji;
     }
 
     pub inline fn extract() string {
-        return if (Output.isEmojiEnabled()) extract_with_emoji else extract_no_emoji;
+        return if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) extract_with_emoji else extract_no_emoji;
     }
 
     pub inline fn install() string {
-        return if (Output.isEmojiEnabled()) install_with_emoji else install_no_emoji;
+        return if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) install_with_emoji else install_no_emoji;
     }
 
     pub inline fn script() string {
-        return if (Output.isEmojiEnabled()) script_with_emoji else script_no_emoji;
+        return if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) script_with_emoji else script_no_emoji;
     }
 };
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub fn setNodeName(
     emoji: string,
     comptime is_first: bool,
 ) void {
-    if (Output.isEmojiEnabled()) {
+    if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
         if (is_first) {
             @memcpy(this.progress_name_buf[0..emoji.len], emoji);
             @memcpy(this.progress_name_buf[emoji.len..][0..name.len], name);
diff --git a/src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.zig b/src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.zig
index cb2406913c..62615573ae 100644
--- a/src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.zig
+++ b/src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.zig
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ fn printInstallSummary(
             // We deliberately do not disable it after this.
             Output.enableBuffering();
             const writer = Output.writerBuffered();
-            switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+            switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) {
                 inline else => |enable_ansi_colors| {
                     try Lockfile.Printer.Tree.print(&printer, this, @TypeOf(writer), writer, enable_ansi_colors, log_level);
                 },
diff --git a/src/install/PackageManager/security_scanner.zig b/src/install/PackageManager/security_scanner.zig
index f1ad798378..ad1f9e0f7a 100644
--- a/src/install/PackageManager/security_scanner.zig
+++ b/src/install/PackageManager/security_scanner.zig
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ pub const SecurityScanSubprocess = struct {
                 },
             }
         } else if (this.manager.options.log_level != .silent and duration >= 1000) {
-            const maybeHourglass = if (Output.isEmojiEnabled()) "⏳" else "";
+            const maybeHourglass = if (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) "⏳" else "";
             if (packages_scanned == 1) {
                 Output.prettyErrorln("<d>{s}[{s}] Scanning 1 package took {d}ms<r>", .{ maybeHourglass, security_scanner, duration });
             } else {
diff --git a/src/logger.zig b/src/logger.zig
index ab70c6b1c5..73239b6411 100644
--- a/src/logger.zig
+++ b/src/logger.zig
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ pub const Log = struct {
     }
 
     pub inline fn allocPrint(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, comptime fmt: string, args: anytype) OOM!string {
-        return switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        return switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |enable_ansi_colors| std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, Output.prettyFmt(fmt, enable_ansi_colors), args),
         };
     }
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ pub const Log = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn print(self: *const Log, to: anytype) !void {
-        return switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+        return switch (Output.enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
             inline else => |enable_ansi_colors| self.printWithEnableAnsiColors(to, enable_ansi_colors),
         };
     }
diff --git a/src/output.zig b/src/output.zig
index e5dc464b2b..21ac5729d1 100644
--- a/src/output.zig
+++ b/src/output.zig
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ pub const Source = struct {
 
                 enable_ansi_colors_stdout = enable_color orelse is_stdout_tty;
                 enable_ansi_colors_stderr = enable_color orelse is_stderr_tty;
-                enable_ansi_colors = enable_ansi_colors_stdout or enable_ansi_colors_stderr;
             }
 
             stdout_stream = new_source.stream;
@@ -407,7 +406,7 @@ pub const OutputStreamDescriptor = enum {
     terminal,
 };
 
-pub var enable_ansi_colors = Environment.isNative;
+pub const enable_ansi_colors = @compileError("Deprecated to prevent accidentally using the wrong one. Use enable_ansi_colors_stdout or enable_ansi_colors_stderr instead.");
 pub var enable_ansi_colors_stderr = Environment.isNative;
 pub var enable_ansi_colors_stdout = Environment.isNative;
 pub var enable_buffering = Environment.isNative;
@@ -429,10 +428,6 @@ pub inline fn isStdinTTY() bool {
     return bun_stdio_tty[0] != 0;
 }
 
-pub inline fn isEmojiEnabled() bool {
-    return enable_ansi_colors;
-}
-
 pub fn isGithubAction() bool {
     if (bun.env_var.GITHUB_ACTIONS.get()) {
         // Do not print github annotations for AI agents because that wastes the context window.
@@ -525,7 +520,7 @@ pub fn disableBuffering() void {
 pub fn panic(comptime fmt: string, args: anytype) noreturn {
     @branchHint(.cold);
 
-    if (isEmojiEnabled()) {
+    if (enable_ansi_colors_stderr) {
         std.debug.panic(comptime prettyFmt(fmt, true), args);
     } else {
         std.debug.panic(comptime prettyFmt(fmt, false), args);
@@ -562,7 +557,7 @@ pub fn writerBuffered() Source.BufferedStream.Writer {
 }
 
 pub fn resetTerminal() void {
-    if (!enable_ansi_colors) {
+    if (!enable_ansi_colors_stderr and !enable_ansi_colors_stdout) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1016,14 +1011,6 @@ pub noinline fn prettyWithPrinter(comptime fmt: string, args: anytype, comptime
     }
 }
 
-pub noinline fn prettyWithPrinterFn(comptime fmt: string, args: anytype, comptime printFn: anytype, ctx: anytype) void {
-    if (enable_ansi_colors) {
-        printFn(ctx, comptime prettyFmt(fmt, true), args);
-    } else {
-        printFn(ctx, comptime prettyFmt(fmt, false), args);
-    }
-}
-
 pub noinline fn pretty(comptime fmt: string, args: anytype) void {
     prettyWithPrinter(fmt, args, print, .stdout);
 }
diff --git a/src/semver/Version.zig b/src/semver/Version.zig
index ed18ba2910..c1e49881ca 100644
--- a/src/semver/Version.zig
+++ b/src/semver/Version.zig
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pub fn VersionType(comptime IntType: type) type {
             other_buf: string,
 
             pub fn format(this: DiffFormatter, comptime fmt_: []const u8, options: std.fmt.FormatOptions, writer: anytype) !void {
-                if (!Output.enable_ansi_colors) {
+                if (!Output.enable_ansi_colors_stdout) {
                     // print normally if no colors
                     const formatter: Formatter = .{ .version = this.version, .input = this.buf };
                     return Formatter.format(formatter, fmt_, options, writer);