diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 60b233223..efa7986c0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ markers = [
     "dockerized",
 ]
 env = [
-    "DSTACK_CLI_RICH_FORCE_TERMINAL=0",
     "DSTACK_SSHPROXY_API_TOKEN=test-token",
+    # Pin every rich console in the process to non-terminal output so tests asserting on plain CLI
+    # text never see ANSI escapes.
+    "TTY_COMPATIBLE=0",
 ]
 filterwarnings = [
     # Fail on any use of a pydantic v1 shim (`.dict()`, `parse_obj_as`, class-based `Config`, ...)
diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/cli/utils/common.py b/src/dstack/_internal/cli/utils/common.py
index 21d5caf83..b8c160dfd 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/cli/utils/common.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/cli/utils/common.py
@@ -24,16 +24,9 @@
     "code": "bold sea_green3",
 }
 
-console = Console(
-    theme=Theme(_colors),
-    force_terminal=settings.CLI_RICH_FORCE_TERMINAL,
-)
+console = Console(theme=Theme(_colors))
 
-error_console = Console(
-    theme=Theme(_colors),
-    force_terminal=settings.CLI_RICH_FORCE_TERMINAL,
-    stderr=True,
-)
+error_console = Console(theme=Theme(_colors), stderr=True)
 
 
 LIVE_TABLE_REFRESH_RATE_PER_SEC = 1
diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/settings.py b/src/dstack/_internal/settings.py
index 3dd7acf65..594d92119 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/settings.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/settings.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
 from dstack import version
-from dstack._internal.utils.env import environ
 from dstack._internal.utils.version import parse_version
 
 DSTACK_VERSION = os.getenv("DSTACK_VERSION", version.__version__)
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@
 
 CLI_LOG_LEVEL = os.getenv("DSTACK_CLI_LOG_LEVEL", "INFO").upper()
 CLI_FILE_LOG_LEVEL = os.getenv("DSTACK_CLI_FILE_LOG_LEVEL", "DEBUG").upper()
-# Can be used to disable control characters (e.g. for testing).
-CLI_RICH_FORCE_TERMINAL = environ.get_bool("DSTACK_CLI_RICH_FORCE_TERMINAL")
 
 
 class FeatureFlags: