diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index faaf90b87..5ff2c2cc9 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 use clap::{crate_version, App, AppSettings, Arg};
 
 pub fn build_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
+    let clap_color_setting =
+        if std::env::var_os("NO_COLOR").is_none() {
+            AppSettings::ColoredHelp
+        } else {
+            AppSettings::ColorNever
+        };
+
     let mut app = App::new("fd")
         .version(crate_version!())
         .usage("fd [FLAGS/OPTIONS] [<pattern>] [<path>...]")
-        .setting(AppSettings::ColoredHelp)
+        .setting(clap_color_setting)
         .setting(AppSettings::DeriveDisplayOrder)
         .after_help(
             "Note: `fd -h` prints a short and concise overview while `fd --help` gives all \
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 235866936..bc3ce4add 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -377,11 +377,11 @@ fn run() -> Result<ExitCode> {
         exclude_patterns: matches
             .values_of("exclude")
             .map(|v| v.map(|p| String::from("!") + p).collect())
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| vec![]),
+            .unwrap_or_else(Vec::new),
         ignore_files: matches
             .values_of("ignore-file")
             .map(|vs| vs.map(PathBuf::from).collect())
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| vec![]),
+            .unwrap_or_else(Vec::new),
         size_constraints: size_limits,
         time_constraints,
         #[cfg(unix)]
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index d2737c61f..7f4c5e0bc 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use std::process;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use ansi_term;
 use lscolors::{LsColors, Style};
 
 use crate::exit_codes::ExitCode;