diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0a832732c39a4e8cad3ecf4636b15fd38c1296ac..a47b8f6546a163ddff14c9c501309868206ac012 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ CVS code -
 	  not the first or last line of the edit window. (DLR, found by
 	  Mike Frysinger)
 - nano.h:
-	- If we don't have nanorc support, disable color support, as it
-	  depends on the use of the nanorc. (DLR)
+	- Remove the manual disabling of color support if regex.h isn't
+	  found, as configure.ac now handles that. (DLR)
 - winio.c:
   display_string()
 	- Properly handle buf[start_index]'s being a null terminator.
diff --git a/src/nano.h b/src/nano.h
index d6fc8a56e6ba89a9fade134a2b8620ccba94a209..8770e04deda753250839ecc5331816d6c6793c6c 100644
--- a/src/nano.h
+++ b/src/nano.h
@@ -138,12 +138,6 @@
 #define getline ngetline
 #endif
 
-/* If we don't have regex or nanorc support, turn the color support off,
- * as it depends on the use of both. */
-#if !defined(HAVE_REGEX_H) || !defined(ENABLE_NANORC)
-#undef ENABLE_COLOR
-#endif
-
 /* If we aren't using ncurses, turn the mouse support off, as it's
  * ncurses-specific. */
 #ifndef NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION