diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ceced6be0..74883d568 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ macro(ADD_C_COMPILER_FLAG_IF_AVAILABLE flag have)
 endmacro(ADD_C_COMPILER_FLAG_IF_AVAILABLE)
 
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fdiagnostics-color=always -Wall -Wno-comment -Wno-reorder -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-variable -Wtype-limits -std=c++11")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wno-comment -Wno-reorder -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-variable -Wtype-limits -std=c++11")
 
   find_package(SSE)
   if (HAVE_AVX2)