diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c7e8945d..c4c094b7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
    directory overlaps with the configured excludes.
  * #954: Fix a findmnt command error in the Btrfs hook by switching to parsing JSON output.
  * #956: Fix the printing of a color reset code even when color is disabled.
+ * #958: Drop colorama as a library dependency.
  * When the ZFS, Btrfs, or LVM hooks aren't configured, don't try to cleanup snapshots for them.
 
 1.9.4
diff --git a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
index ef05a1b5..5f7331ef 100644
--- a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+++ b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import time
 from queue import Queue
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 
-import colorama
-
 import borgmatic.actions.borg
 import borgmatic.actions.break_lock
 import borgmatic.actions.change_passphrase
@@ -916,9 +914,6 @@ def main(extra_summary_logs=[]):  # pragma: no cover
     )
     color_enabled = should_do_markup(global_arguments.no_color or any_json_flags, configs)
 
-    if color_enabled:
-        colorama.init(autoreset=True)
-
     try:
         configure_logging(
             verbosity_to_log_level(global_arguments.verbosity),
diff --git a/borgmatic/logger.py b/borgmatic/logger.py
index 0831f8b9..1114e7f1 100644
--- a/borgmatic/logger.py
+++ b/borgmatic/logger.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+import enum
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import os
 import sys
 
-import colorama
-
 
 def to_bool(arg):
     '''
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ def interactive_console():
 def should_do_markup(no_color, configs):
     '''
     Given the value of the command-line no-color argument, and a dict of configuration filename to
-    corresponding parsed configuration, determine if we should enable colorama marking up.
+    corresponding parsed configuration, determine if we should enable color marking up.
     '''
     if no_color:
         return False
@@ -93,30 +92,50 @@ class Console_no_color_formatter(logging.Formatter):
         return record.msg
 
 
+class Color(enum.Enum):
+    RESET = 0
+    RED = 31
+    GREEN = 32
+    YELLOW = 33
+    MAGENTA = 35
+    CYAN = 36
+
+
 class Console_color_formatter(logging.Formatter):
     def format(self, record):
         add_custom_log_levels()
 
-        color = {
-            logging.CRITICAL: colorama.Fore.RED,
-            logging.ERROR: colorama.Fore.RED,
-            logging.WARN: colorama.Fore.YELLOW,
-            logging.ANSWER: colorama.Fore.MAGENTA,
-            logging.INFO: colorama.Fore.GREEN,
-            logging.DEBUG: colorama.Fore.CYAN,
-        }.get(record.levelno)
+        color = (
+            {
+                logging.CRITICAL: Color.RED,
+                logging.ERROR: Color.RED,
+                logging.WARN: Color.YELLOW,
+                logging.ANSWER: Color.MAGENTA,
+                logging.INFO: Color.GREEN,
+                logging.DEBUG: Color.CYAN,
+            }
+            .get(record.levelno)
+            .value
+        )
 
         return color_text(color, record.msg)
 
 
+def ansi_escape_code(color):  # pragma: no cover
+    '''
+    Given a color value, produce the corresponding ANSI escape code.
+    '''
+    return f'\x1b[{color}m'
+
+
 def color_text(color, message):
     '''
-    Give colored text.
+    Given a color value and a message, return the message colored with ANSI escape codes.
     '''
     if not color:
         return message
 
-    return f'{color}{message}{colorama.Style.RESET_ALL}'
+    return f'{ansi_escape_code(color)}{message}{ansi_escape_code(Color.RESET.value)}'
 
 
 def add_logging_level(level_name, level_number):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f5a540e..e3ca3309 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ classifiers=[
     "Topic :: System :: Archiving :: Backup",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "colorama>=0.4.1,<0.5",
   "jsonschema",
   "packaging",
   "requests",
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 2f246df3..1e3e8ef0 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ certifi==2024.7.4
 chardet==5.2.0
 click==8.1.7
 codespell==2.2.6
-colorama==0.4.6
 coverage==7.5.1
 flake8==7.0.0
 flake8-quotes==3.4.0
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_logger.py b/tests/unit/test_logger.py
index 0cbb15bf..442d65c0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_logger.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_logger.py
@@ -187,10 +187,14 @@ def test_console_color_formatter_format_includes_log_message():
 
 
 def test_color_text_does_not_raise():
-    module.color_text(module.colorama.Fore.RED, 'hi')
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('ansi_escape_code').and_return('blah')
+
+    module.color_text(module.Color.RED, 'hi')
 
 
 def test_color_text_without_color_does_not_raise():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('ansi_escape_code').and_return('blah')
+
     module.color_text(None, 'hi')