diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 08dfd23aa20c0071059d4c7793e074081acd8a7d..4762e2e223f011272dfc78068ad8cba1d7445318 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ gem 'sidetiq', '~> 0.6.3'
 gem "httparty", '~> 0.13.3'
 
 # Colored output to console
-gem "colored", '~> 1.2'
-gem "colorize", '~> 0.5.8'
+gem "colorize", '~> 0.7.0'
 
 # GitLab settings
 gem 'settingslogic', '~> 2.0.9'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8466e86492e8df6b7f708920108c6fb1bac6cf02..46247dd88e27d3f2bfe35f74e04a9d8e17fe2656 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ GEM
       coffee-script-source
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.9.1.1)
-    colored (1.2)
-    colorize (0.5.8)
+    colorize (0.7.7)
     connection_pool (2.2.0)
     coveralls (0.8.2)
       json (~> 1.8)
@@ -815,8 +814,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   carrierwave (~> 0.9.0)
   charlock_holmes (~> 0.7.3)
   coffee-rails (~> 4.1.0)
-  colored (~> 1.2)
-  colorize (~> 0.5.8)
+  colorize (~> 0.7.0)
   coveralls (~> 0.8.2)
   creole (~> 0.5.0)
   d3_rails (~> 3.5.5)
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/task_helpers.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/task_helpers.rake
index c95b6540ebc6e2ce4315f2a74b2d3d2cf050b383..efb863a8764b40b5285832e418b79333c8540a46 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/task_helpers.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/task_helpers.rake
@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@ module Gitlab
   class TaskAbortedByUserError < StandardError; end
 end
 
-unless STDOUT.isatty
-  module Colored
-    extend self
-
-    def colorize(string, options={})
-      string
-    end
-  end
-end
-
 namespace :gitlab do
 
   # Ask if the user wants to continue
@@ -103,7 +93,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       gitlab_user = Gitlab.config.gitlab.user
       current_user = run(%W(whoami)).chomp
       unless current_user == gitlab_user
-        puts "#{Colored.color(:black)+Colored.color(:on_yellow)} Warning #{Colored.extra(:clear)}"
+        puts " Warning ".colorize(:black).on_yellow
         puts "  You are running as user #{current_user.magenta}, we hope you know what you are doing."
         puts "  Things may work\/fail for the wrong reasons."
         puts "  For correct results you should run this as user #{gitlab_user.magenta}."