diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
index 9e2cb155b..6b6ea2d87 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
           # Some Ansible options must be passed as environment variables,
           # as there is no equivalent command line arguments
-          "ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR" => "true",
           "ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING" => "#{config.host_key_checking}",
         }
+        env["ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR"] = "true" unless @machine.env.ui.is_a?(Vagrant::UI::Colored)
+
         # ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS is required for Multiple SSH keys, SSH forwarding and custom SSH settings
         env["ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS"] = ansible_ssh_args unless ansible_ssh_args.empty?
 
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
index 05fa8fae3..5ed6f80e5 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ VF
           expect(cmd_opts[:env]['ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS']).to include("-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null")
         end
         expect(cmd_opts[:env]['ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS']).to include("-o IdentitiesOnly=yes")
-        expect(cmd_opts[:env]['ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR']).to eql("true")
+        expect(cmd_opts[:env]['ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR']).to eql("true")
         expect(cmd_opts[:env]['ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING']).to eql(expected_host_key_checking.to_s)
         expect(cmd_opts[:env]['PYTHONUNBUFFERED']).to eql(1)
       }
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ VF
 
       it "shows the ansible-playbook command" do
         expect(machine.env.ui).to receive(:detail).with { |full_command|
-          expect(full_command).to eq("PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR=true ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=false ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS='-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s' ansible-playbook --private-key=/path/to/my/key --user=testuser --connection=ssh --timeout=30 --limit='machine1' --inventory-file=#{generated_inventory_dir} playbook.yml")
+          expect(full_command).to eq("PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=false ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR=true ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS='-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s' ansible-playbook --private-key=/path/to/my/key --user=testuser --connection=ssh --timeout=30 --limit='machine1' --inventory-file=#{generated_inventory_dir} playbook.yml")
         }
       end
     end
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ VF
 
       it "shows the ansible-playbook command" do
         expect(machine.env.ui).to receive(:detail).with { |full_command|
-          expect(full_command).to eq("PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR=true ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=false ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS='-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s' ansible-playbook --private-key=/path/to/my/key --user=testuser --connection=ssh --timeout=30 --limit='machine1' --inventory-file=#{generated_inventory_dir} -v playbook.yml")
+          expect(full_command).to eq("PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=false ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR=true ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS='-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s' ansible-playbook --private-key=/path/to/my/key --user=testuser --connection=ssh --timeout=30 --limit='machine1' --inventory-file=#{generated_inventory_dir} -v playbook.yml")
         }
       end
     end
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ VF
 
       it "shows the ansible-playbook command, with additional quotes when required" do
         expect(machine.env.ui).to receive(:detail).with { |full_command|
-          expect(full_command).to eq("PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR=true ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=true ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS='-o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o IdentityFile=/my/key2 -o ForwardAgent=yes -o ControlMaster=no -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s' ansible-playbook --private-key=/my/key1 --user=testuser --connection=ssh --timeout=30 --limit='machine*:&vagrant:!that_one' --inventory-file=#{generated_inventory_dir} --extra-vars=@#{File.expand_path(__FILE__)} --sudo --sudo-user=deployer -vvv --ask-sudo-pass --ask-vault-pass --vault-password-file=#{File.expand_path(__FILE__)} --tags=db,www --skip-tags=foo,bar --start-at-task='an awesome task' --why-not --su-user=foot --ask-su-pass --limit='all' playbook.yml")
+          expect(full_command).to eq("PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=true ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR=true ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS='-o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o IdentityFile=/my/key2 -o ForwardAgent=yes -o ControlMaster=no -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s' ansible-playbook --private-key=/my/key1 --user=testuser --connection=ssh --timeout=30 --limit='machine*:&vagrant:!that_one' --inventory-file=#{generated_inventory_dir} --extra-vars=@#{File.expand_path(__FILE__)} --sudo --sudo-user=deployer -vvv --ask-sudo-pass --ask-vault-pass --vault-password-file=#{File.expand_path(__FILE__)} --tags=db,www --skip-tags=foo,bar --start-at-task='an awesome task' --why-not --su-user=foot --ask-su-pass --limit='all' playbook.yml")
         }
       end
     end