diff --git a/extensions/css-language-features/server/test/index.js b/extensions/css-language-features/server/test/index.js
index 4ab853bd503..1699883a574 100644
--- a/extensions/css-language-features/server/test/index.js
+++ b/extensions/css-language-features/server/test/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const suite = 'Integration CSS Extension Tests';
 
 const options = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	useColors: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/test/index.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/test/index.ts
index cf92c7a6c3f..4f09c798c31 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/test/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/test/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner');
 
 const options: any = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/test/index.ts b/extensions/git/src/test/index.ts
index 3fe682fc27f..bed72035cde 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/test/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/test/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner');
 
 const options: any = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/html-language-features/server/test/index.js b/extensions/html-language-features/server/test/index.js
index 5f7aa21e58a..50e250b78b8 100644
--- a/extensions/html-language-features/server/test/index.js
+++ b/extensions/html-language-features/server/test/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const suite = 'Integration HTML Extension Tests';
 
 const options = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	useColors: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/test/index.ts b/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/test/index.ts
index 4589f10f8d9..2f00d0d5338 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/test/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/test/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner');
 
 const options: any = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test-all.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test-all.ts
index ef6cc04ce70..71e88e4a60d 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test-all.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test-all.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner');
 // See https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/wiki/Using-mocha-programmatically#set-options for more info
 testRunner.configure({
 	ui: 'tdd', 		// the TDD UI is being used in extension.test.ts (suite, test, etc.)
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'), // colored output from test results (only windows cannot handle)
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000,
 });
 
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/index.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/index.ts
index 11204e863b4..1d2d4f89358 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner');
 // See https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/wiki/Using-mocha-programmatically#set-options for more info
 testRunner.configure({
 	ui: 'tdd', 		// the TDD UI is being used in extension.test.ts (suite, test, etc.)
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'), // colored output from test results (only windows cannot handle)
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000,
 });
 
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/smoke/index.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/smoke/index.ts
index ab3d87566e5..16d163fa241 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/smoke/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/smoke/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner'
 // See https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/wiki/Using-mocha-programmatically#set-options for more info
 testRunner.configure({
 	ui: 'tdd', 		// the TDD UI is being used in extension.test.ts (suite, test, etc.)
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'), // colored output from test results (only windows cannot handle)
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000,
 });
 
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/unit/index.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/unit/index.ts
index ab3d87566e5..16d163fa241 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/unit/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/unit/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner'
 // See https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/wiki/Using-mocha-programmatically#set-options for more info
 testRunner.configure({
 	ui: 'tdd', 		// the TDD UI is being used in extension.test.ts (suite, test, etc.)
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'), // colored output from test results (only windows cannot handle)
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000,
 });
 
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/index.ts b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/index.ts
index 2b283c396be..de9ebf36165 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner');
 
 const options: any = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace-tests/index.ts b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace-tests/index.ts
index ba41f64f480..9c23f586b14 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace-tests/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/workspace-tests/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner');
 
 const options: any = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/index.ts b/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/index.ts
index f8066005703..4dcda1af3f9 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const suite = 'Integration Colorize Tests';
 
 const options: any = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-custom-editor-tests/src/test/index.ts b/extensions/vscode-custom-editor-tests/src/test/index.ts
index dbaab6b4c74..4a5238f776c 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-custom-editor-tests/src/test/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-custom-editor-tests/src/test/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const suite = 'Custom Editor Tests';
 
 const options: any = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-notebook-tests/src/index.ts b/extensions/vscode-notebook-tests/src/index.ts
index c6aec5845fc..2f8fb129206 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-notebook-tests/src/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-notebook-tests/src/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const testRunner = require('../../../test/integration/electron/testrunner');
 
 const options: any = {
 	ui: 'tdd',
-	color: (!process.env.BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY && process.platform !== 'win32'),
+	color: true,
 	timeout: 60000
 };