diff --git a/cli/src/formatter.rs b/cli/src/formatter.rs
index bf36ca09de..164e4a201d 100644
--- a/cli/src/formatter.rs
+++ b/cli/src/formatter.rs
@@ -136,20 +136,19 @@ enum FormatterFactoryKind {
 }
 
 impl FormatterFactory {
-    pub fn prepare(
-        config: &config::Config,
-        debug: bool,
-        color: bool,
-        sanitized: bool,
-    ) -> Result<Self, config::ConfigError> {
-        let kind = if color {
-            let rules = Arc::new(rules_from_config(config)?);
-            FormatterFactoryKind::Color { rules, debug }
-        } else if sanitized {
-            FormatterFactoryKind::Sanitized
-        } else {
-            FormatterFactoryKind::PlainText
-        };
+    pub fn plain_text() -> Self {
+        let kind = FormatterFactoryKind::PlainText;
+        FormatterFactory { kind }
+    }
+
+    pub fn sanitized() -> Self {
+        let kind = FormatterFactoryKind::Sanitized;
+        FormatterFactory { kind }
+    }
+
+    pub fn color(config: &config::Config, debug: bool) -> Result<Self, config::ConfigError> {
+        let rules = Arc::new(rules_from_config(config)?);
+        let kind = FormatterFactoryKind::Color { rules, debug };
         Ok(FormatterFactory { kind })
     }
 
diff --git a/cli/src/ui.rs b/cli/src/ui.rs
index 4d62b1a56e..27db4d8007 100644
--- a/cli/src/ui.rs
+++ b/cli/src/ui.rs
@@ -228,10 +228,15 @@ fn prepare_formatter_factory(
         ColorChoice::Debug => (true, true),
         ColorChoice::Auto => (terminal, false),
     };
-    // Sanitize ANSI escape codes if we're printing to a terminal. Doesn't affect
-    // ANSI escape codes that originate from the formatter itself.
-    let sanitize = terminal;
-    FormatterFactory::prepare(config, debug, color, sanitize)
+    if color {
+        FormatterFactory::color(config, debug)
+    } else if terminal {
+        // Sanitize ANSI escape codes if we're printing to a terminal. Doesn't
+        // affect ANSI escape codes that originate from the formatter itself.
+        Ok(FormatterFactory::sanitized())
+    } else {
+        Ok(FormatterFactory::plain_text())
+    }
 }
 
 fn be_quiet(config: &config::Config) -> bool {