diff --git a/lib/internal/util/colors.js b/lib/internal/util/colors.js
index 812048c923bee7..0b37694b513fb0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/colors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/colors.js
@@ -24,16 +24,27 @@ module.exports = {
         stream.getColorDepth() > 2 : true);
   },
   refresh() {
-    const hasColors = module.exports.shouldColorize(process.stderr);
-    module.exports.blue = hasColors ? '\u001b[34m' : '';
-    module.exports.green = hasColors ? '\u001b[32m' : '';
-    module.exports.white = hasColors ? '\u001b[39m' : '';
-    module.exports.yellow = hasColors ? '\u001b[33m' : '';
-    module.exports.red = hasColors ? '\u001b[31m' : '';
-    module.exports.gray = hasColors ? '\u001b[90m' : '';
-    module.exports.clear = hasColors ? '\u001bc' : '';
-    module.exports.reset = hasColors ? '\u001b[0m' : '';
-    module.exports.hasColors = hasColors;
+    if (module.exports.shouldColorize(process.stderr)) {
+      module.exports.blue = '\u001b[34m';
+      module.exports.green = '\u001b[32m';
+      module.exports.white = '\u001b[39m';
+      module.exports.yellow = '\u001b[33m';
+      module.exports.red = '\u001b[31m';
+      module.exports.gray = '\u001b[90m';
+      module.exports.clear = '\u001bc';
+      module.exports.reset = '\u001b[0m';
+      module.exports.hasColors = true;
+    } else {
+      module.exports.blue = '';
+      module.exports.green = '';
+      module.exports.white = '';
+      module.exports.yellow = '';
+      module.exports.red = '';
+      module.exports.gray = '';
+      module.exports.clear = '';
+      module.exports.reset = '';
+      module.exports.hasColors = false;
+    }
   },
 };