diff --git a/packages/kbn-cli-dev-mode/src/dev_server.test.ts b/packages/kbn-cli-dev-mode/src/dev_server.test.ts
index e0513a39b3556..4b4b0496f8851 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-cli-dev-mode/src/dev_server.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-cli-dev-mode/src/dev_server.test.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ describe('#run$', () => {
             "env": Object {
               "<inheritted process.env>": true,
               "ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME": "kibana",
-              "FORCE_COLOR": "true",
               "isDevCliChild": "true",
             },
             "nodeOptions": Array [