--- /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mercurial/localrepo.py.orig
+++ /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
                     setupfunc(self.ui, self.supported)
         else:
             self.supported = self._basesupported
-        color.setup(self.ui)
+        #color.setup(self.ui)

         # Add compression engines.
         for name in util.compengines: