diff --git a/lib/bundler/ui/shell.rb b/lib/bundler/ui/shell.rb
index 35da1edfc7..92476be7d2 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/ui/shell.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/ui/shell.rb
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ module Bundler
       attr_writer :shell
 
       def initialize(options = {})
-        if options["no-color"]
-          Thor::Base.shell = Thor::Shell::Basic
-        end
+        Thor::Base.shell = options["no-color"] ? Thor::Shell::Basic : nil
         @shell = Thor::Base.shell.new
         @level = ENV["DEBUG"] ? "debug" : "info"
         @warning_history = []
diff --git a/spec/bundler/bundler/source_spec.rb b/spec/bundler/bundler/source_spec.rb
index d70fd7e549..9ef8e7e50f 100644
--- a/spec/bundler/bundler/source_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bundler/bundler/source_spec.rb
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ RSpec.describe Bundler::Source do
             before { Bundler.ui = Bundler::UI::Shell.new }
 
             it "should return a string with the spec name and version and locked spec version" do
-              if Bundler.ui.instance_variable_get(:@shell).is_a?(Bundler::Thor::Shell::Basic)
-                skip "tty color is not supported with Thor::Shell::Basic environment."
-              end
-
               expect(subject.version_message(spec)).to eq("nokogiri >= 1.6\e[32m (was < 1.5)\e[0m")
             end
           end
@@ -83,10 +79,6 @@ RSpec.describe Bundler::Source do
             before { Bundler.ui = Bundler::UI::Shell.new }
 
             it "should return a string with the locked spec version in yellow" do
-              if Bundler.ui.instance_variable_get(:@shell).is_a?(Bundler::Thor::Shell::Basic)
-                skip "tty color is not supported with Thor::Shell::Basic environment."
-              end
-
               expect(subject.version_message(spec)).to eq("nokogiri 1.6.1\e[33m (was 1.7.0)\e[0m")
             end
           end
@@ -100,10 +92,6 @@ RSpec.describe Bundler::Source do
             before { Bundler.ui = Bundler::UI::Shell.new }
 
             it "should return a string with the locked spec version in green" do
-              if Bundler.ui.instance_variable_get(:@shell).is_a?(Bundler::Thor::Shell::Basic)
-                skip "tty color is not supported with Thor::Shell::Basic environment."
-              end
-
               expect(subject.version_message(spec)).to eq("nokogiri 1.7.1\e[32m (was 1.7.0)\e[0m")
             end
           end