diff --git a/src/screen.cpp b/src/screen.cpp
index 7ef17100b..bc06f50d3 100644
--- a/src/screen.cpp
+++ b/src/screen.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ static bool is_two_byte_escape_seq(const wchar_t *code, size_t *resulting_length
 
 /// Generic VT100 CSI-style sequence. <esc>, followed by zero or more ASCII characters NOT in
 /// the range [@,_], followed by one character in that range.
+/// This will also catch color sequences.
 static bool is_csi_style_escape_seq(const wchar_t *code, size_t *resulting_length) {
     if (code[1] != L'[') {
         return false;
@@ -214,37 +215,6 @@ static bool is_csi_style_escape_seq(const wchar_t *code, size_t *resulting_lengt
     return true;
 }
 
-/// Detect whether the escape sequence sets foreground/background color. Note that 24-bit color
-/// sequences are detected by `is_csi_style_escape_seq()` if they use the ANSI X3.64 pattern for
-/// such sequences. This function only handles those escape sequences for setting color that rely on
-/// the terminfo definition and which might use a different pattern.
-static bool is_color_escape_seq(const wchar_t *code, size_t *resulting_length) {
-    if (!cur_term) return false;
-
-    // Detect these terminfo color escapes with parameter value up to max_colors, all of which
-    // don't move the cursor.
-    const char *const esc[] = {
-        set_a_foreground,
-        set_a_background,
-        set_foreground,
-        set_background,
-    };
-
-    for (auto p : esc) {
-        if (!p) continue;
-
-        for (int k = 0; k < max_colors; k++) {
-            size_t esc_seq_len = try_sequence(tparm(const_cast<char *>(p), k), code);
-            if (esc_seq_len) {
-                *resulting_length = esc_seq_len;
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
 /// Detect whether the escape sequence sets one of the terminal attributes that affects how text is
 /// displayed other than the color.
 static bool is_visual_escape_seq(const wchar_t *code, size_t *resulting_length) {
@@ -285,9 +255,6 @@ maybe_t<size_t> escape_code_length(const wchar_t *code) {
     if (!found) found = is_three_byte_escape_seq(code, &esc_seq_len);
     if (!found) found = is_csi_style_escape_seq(code, &esc_seq_len);
     if (!found) found = is_two_byte_escape_seq(code, &esc_seq_len);
-    // Colors are the hardest to match, so we try last.
-    // (also tparm is *slow*, we should try to find a better replacement)
-    if (!found) found = is_color_escape_seq(code, &esc_seq_len);
 
     return found ? maybe_t<size_t>{esc_seq_len} : none();
 }