diff --git a/cmd/constant.go b/cmd/constant.go
index eb6e9aeb64..762897d0e3 100644
--- a/cmd/constant.go
+++ b/cmd/constant.go
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package cmd
 
-import "os"
-
 var unwrapScalarFlag = newUnwrapFlag()
 
 var unwrapScalar = false
@@ -26,12 +24,6 @@ var forceColor = false
 var forceNoColor = false
 var colorsEnabled = false
 
-func init() {
-	// when NO_COLOR environment variable presents and not an empty string the coloured output should be disabled;
-	// refer to no-color.org
-	forceNoColor = os.Getenv("NO_COLOR") != ""
-}
-
 // can be either "" (off), "extract" or "process"
 var frontMatter = ""
 
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 450de573fa..80ebe8e122 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ yq -P -oy sample.json
 			logging.SetBackend(backend)
 			yqlib.InitExpressionParser()
 
+			// when NO_COLOR environment variable presents and not an empty string the coloured output should be disabled;
+			// refer to no-color.org
+			forceNoColor = os.Getenv("NO_COLOR") != ""
+
 			return nil
 		},
 	}