diff --git a/src/nle.c b/src/nle.c
index 8922fbf1d..a3ed8292b 100644
--- a/src/nle.c
+++ b/src/nle.c
@@ -538,10 +538,6 @@ check_linux_console()
     }
 }
 
-#ifdef NEED_HAS_COLORS_DECL
-int has_colors();
-#endif
-
 void
 init_linux_cons()
 {
@@ -550,8 +546,8 @@ init_linux_cons()
         atexit(linux_mapon);
         linux_mapoff();
 #ifdef TEXTCOLOR
-        if (has_colors())
-            iflags.use_color = TRUE;
+        /*if (has_colors())*/ /* Assume true in NLE. */
+        iflags.use_color = TRUE;
 #endif
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index a918a2aa1..ee6cdce3c 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.0
+0.6.1