diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 998b15274005a8..3e93a41795c8d8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(inspect, 'defaultOptions', {
   }
 });
 
-// TODO(BridgeAR): Add further color codes.
 // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#graphics
 inspect.colors = ObjectAssign(ObjectCreate(null), {
   bold: [1, 22],
@@ -272,8 +271,7 @@ inspect.colors = ObjectAssign(ObjectCreate(null), {
   green: [32, 39],
   magenta: [35, 39],
   red: [31, 39],
-  yellow: [33, 39],
-  brightRed: [91, 39]
+  yellow: [33, 39]
 });
 
 // Don't use 'blue' not visible on cmd.exe
diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 1328c1bfe189d7..9a536e9165ea77 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -550,14 +550,9 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
         errStack = self.writer(e);
       }
       const lines = errStack.split(/(?<=\n)/);
-      let colors = '';
-      if (options.useColors) {
-        colors = `\u001b[${inspect.colors.brightRed[0]}m` +
-                 `\u001b[${inspect.colors.bold[0]}m`;
-      }
       let matched = false;
 
-      errStack = colors;
+      errStack = '';
       for (const line of lines) {
         if (!matched && /^\[?([A-Z][a-z0-9_]*)*Error/.test(line)) {
           errStack += writer.options.breakLength >= line.length ?
@@ -570,16 +565,10 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
       }
       if (!matched) {
         const ln = lines.length === 1 ? ' ' : ':\n';
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
-        errStack = errStack.replace(/\u001b\[[0-9]{1,3}m/g, '');
-        errStack = `${colors}Uncaught${ln}${errStack}`;
+        errStack = `Uncaught${ln}${errStack}`;
       }
       // Normalize line endings.
       errStack += errStack.endsWith('\n') ? '' : '\n';
-      if (options.useColors) {
-        errStack += `\u001b[${inspect.colors.brightRed[1]}m` +
-                    `\u001b[${inspect.colors.bold[1]}m`;
-      }
       top.outputStream.write(errStack);
       top.clearBufferedCommand();
       top.lines.level = [];
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-pretty-stack.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-pretty-stack.js
index a528cdefaf4390..456e866b7b20f9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-pretty-stack.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-pretty-stack.js
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ const tests = [
   {
     command: '(() => { const err = Error(\'Whoops!\'); ' +
              'err.foo = \'bar\'; throw err; })()',
-    expected: '\u001b[91m\u001b[1m' +
-              'Uncaught Error: Whoops!\n    at repl:*:* {\n  foo: ' +
-              "\u001b[32m'bar'\u001b[39m\n}\n\u001b[39m\u001b[22m",
+    expected: 'Uncaught Error: Whoops!\n    at repl:*:* {\n  foo: ' +
+              "\u001b[32m'bar'\u001b[39m\n}\n",
     useColors: true
   },
   {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-uncaught-exception.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-uncaught-exception.js
index 063a2a0e7c67d3..28e62dff22bf3a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-uncaught-exception.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-uncaught-exception.js
@@ -40,16 +40,12 @@ const tests = [
   {
     useColors: true,
     command: 'x',
-    expected: '\u001b[91m\u001b[1m' +
-              'Uncaught ReferenceError: x is not defined\n' +
-              '\u001b[39m\u001b[22m'
+    expected: 'Uncaught ReferenceError: x is not defined\n'
   },
   {
     useColors: true,
     command: 'throw { foo: "test" }',
-    expected: '\u001b[91m\u001b[1m' +
-              "Uncaught { foo: 'test' }\n" +
-              '\u001b[39m\u001b[22m'
+    expected: "Uncaught { foo: \x1B[32m'test'\x1B[39m }\n"
   },
   {
     command: 'process.on("uncaughtException", () => console.log("Foobar"));\n',