diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef39b4c5..36a8abf5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ Options:
     	provides help text on how to use nancy
   -no-color
     	indicate output should not be colorized
-  -noColor
-    	indicate output should not be colorized (deprecated: please use no-color)
   -output string
     	Styling for output format. ["json-pretty" "text" "csv" "json"] (default "text")
   -quiet
diff --git a/configuration/parse.go b/configuration/parse.go
index e03f5dc5..c0d8a6a3 100644
--- a/configuration/parse.go
+++ b/configuration/parse.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ func Parse(args []string) (Configuration, error) {
 	config := Configuration{}
 	var excludeVulnerabilityFilePath string
 	var outputFormat string
-	var noColorDeprecated bool
 
 	var outputFormats = map[string]logrus.Formatter{
 		"json":        &audit.JsonFormatter{},
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ func Parse(args []string) (Configuration, error) {
 
 	flag.BoolVar(&config.Help, "help", false, "provides help text on how to use nancy")
 	flag.BoolVar(&config.NoColor, "no-color", false, "indicate output should not be colorized")
-	flag.BoolVar(&noColorDeprecated, "noColor", false, "indicate output should not be colorized (deprecated: please use no-color)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&config.Quiet, "quiet", false, "indicate output should contain only packages with vulnerabilities")
 	flag.BoolVar(&config.Version, "version", false, "prints current nancy version")
 	flag.BoolVar(&config.CleanCache, "clean-cache", false, "Deletes local cache directory")
@@ -69,13 +67,6 @@ func Parse(args []string) (Configuration, error) {
 		config.Path = args[len(args)-1]
 	}
 
-	if noColorDeprecated == true {
-		fmt.Println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
-		fmt.Println("!!!! DEPRECATION WARNING : Please change 'noColor' param to be 'no-color'. This one will be removed in a future release. !!!!")
-		fmt.Println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
-		config.NoColor = noColorDeprecated
-	}
-
 	if outputFormats[outputFormat] != nil {
 		config.Formatter = outputFormats[outputFormat]
 	} else {
diff --git a/configuration/parse_test.go b/configuration/parse_test.go
index 34a63bc9..af55e258 100644
--- a/configuration/parse_test.go
+++ b/configuration/parse_test.go
@@ -46,14 +46,13 @@ CVN-543`)
 		expectedConfig Configuration
 		expectedErr    error
 	}{
-		"defaults":                               {args: []string{"/tmp/go.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: false, Quiet: false, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}, Path: "/tmp/go.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
-		"help":                                   {args: []string{"-help", "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{Help: true, NoColor: false, Quiet: false, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}, Path: "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
-		"no color":                               {args: []string{"-no-color", "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: true, Quiet: false, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}, Path: "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
-		"no color (deprecated)":                  {args: []string{"-noColor", "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: true, Quiet: false, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}, Path: "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
-		"quiet":                                  {args: []string{"-quiet", "/tmp/go3.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: false, Quiet: true, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}, Path: "/tmp/go3.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
-		"version":                                {args: []string{"-version", "/tmp/go4.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: false, Quiet: false, Version: true, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}, Path: "/tmp/go4.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
-		"exclude vulnerabilities":                {args: []string{"-exclude-vulnerability=CVE123,CVE988", "/tmp/go5.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: false, Quiet: false, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{Cves: []string{"CVE123", "CVE988"}}, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}, Path: "/tmp/go5.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
-		"std in as input":                        {args: []string{}, expectedConfig: Configuration{UseStdIn: true, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}}, expectedErr: nil},
+		"defaults":                               {args: []string{"/tmp/go.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: false, Quiet: false, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Path: "/tmp/go.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		"help":                                   {args: []string{"-help", "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{Help: true, NoColor: false, Quiet: false, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Path: "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		"no color":                               {args: []string{"-no-color", "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: true, Quiet: false, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Path: "/tmp/go2.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		"quiet":                                  {args: []string{"-quiet", "/tmp/go3.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: false, Quiet: true, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Path: "/tmp/go3.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		"version":                                {args: []string{"-version", "/tmp/go4.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: false, Quiet: false, Version: true, CveList: types.CveListFlag{}, Path: "/tmp/go4.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		"exclude vulnerabilities":                {args: []string{"-exclude-vulnerability=CVE123,CVE988", "/tmp/go5.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{NoColor: false, Quiet: false, Version: false, CveList: types.CveListFlag{Cves: []string{"CVE123", "CVE988"}}, Path: "/tmp/go5.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		"std in as input":                        {args: []string{}, expectedConfig: Configuration{UseStdIn: true}, expectedErr: nil},
 		"path but invalid arg":                   {args: []string{"-invalid", "/tmp/go6.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{}, expectedErr: errors.New("flag provided but not defined: -invalid")},
 		"exclude vulnerabilities when has comments":                                  {args: []string{"-exclude-vulnerability-file=" + commentedFile.Name(), "/tmp/go14.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{CveList: types.CveListFlag{Cves: []string{"CVN-111", "CVN-123", "CVN-543"}}, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}, Path: "/tmp/go14.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},
 		"exclude vulnerabilities with sane file": {args: []string{"-exclude-vulnerability-file=" + file.Name(), "/tmp/go7.sum"}, expectedConfig: Configuration{CveList: types.CveListFlag{Cves: []string{"CVF-000", "CVF-123", "CVF-9999"}}, Formatter: &audit.AuditLogTextFormatter{}, Path: "/tmp/go7.sum"}, expectedErr: nil},