diff --git a/breezy/tests/test_grep.py b/breezy/tests/test_grep.py
index 085266ec3f..b162254c4e 100644
--- a/breezy/tests/test_grep.py
+++ b/breezy/tests/test_grep.py
@@ -2330,7 +2330,7 @@ def test_ver_basic_file(self):
         self.assertEqual(out, res)
         self.assertEqual(len(out.splitlines()), 1)
 
-        out, err = self.run_bzr(["grep", "--color", "auto", "-r", "1", "foo"])
+        out, err = self.run_bzr(["grep", "--color", "never", "-r", "1", "foo"])
         self.assertEqual(out, txt_res)
         self.assertEqual(len(out.splitlines()), 1)