diff --git a/src/commands/CmdVersion.cpp b/src/commands/CmdVersion.cpp
index e8425b373..881bde884 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdVersion.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdVersion.cpp
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ int CmdVersion::execute (std::string& output)
   link.add (Column::factory ("string", ""));
   link.set (link.addRow (), 0, STRING_CMD_VERSION_DOCS);
 
-  Color bold ("bold");
+  Color bold;
+  if (context.color ())
+    bold = Color ("bold");
 
   out << "\n"
-      << format (STRING_CMD_VERSION_BUILT,
-                 (context.color () ? bold.colorize (PACKAGE) : PACKAGE),
-                 (context.color () ? bold.colorize (VERSION) : VERSION))
+      << format (STRING_CMD_VERSION_BUILT, bold.colorize (PACKAGE), bold.colorize (VERSION))
 
 #if defined (DARWIN)
       << "darwin"