diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/BUILD.bazel b/tests/legacy-cli/BUILD.bazel
index 713bc31b5c82..23acd2ddd3ff 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/BUILD.bazel
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ ts_project(
     ],
     deps = [
         "//:node_modules/@types/node",
-        "//:node_modules/ansi-colors",
         "//:node_modules/fast-glob",
         "//packages/angular_devkit/core",
         "//packages/angular_devkit/core/node",
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/BUILD.bazel b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/BUILD.bazel
index b73eec76471a..77bd09288582 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/BUILD.bazel
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ ts_project(
         "//:node_modules/@types/jasmine",
         "//:node_modules/@types/node",
         "//:node_modules/@types/semver",
-        "//:node_modules/ansi-colors",
         "//:node_modules/fast-glob",
         "//:node_modules/protractor",
         "//:node_modules/semver",
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts
index cb542ff1ea0f..ce4eb8291ab2 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import * as ansiColors from 'ansi-colors';
 import { spawn, SpawnOptions } from 'node:child_process';
 import * as child_process from 'node:child_process';
 import { concat, defer, EMPTY, from, lastValueFrom, catchError, repeat } from 'rxjs';
 import { getGlobalVariable, getGlobalVariablesEnv } from './env';
 import treeKill from 'tree-kill';
 import { delimiter, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { stripVTControlCharacters } from 'node:util';
+import { stripVTControlCharacters, styleText } from 'node:util';
 
 interface ExecOptions {
   silent?: boolean;
@@ -30,9 +29,6 @@ export type ProcessOutput = {
 };
 
 function _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<ProcessOutput> {
-  // Create a separate instance to prevent unintended global changes to the color configuration
-  const colors = ansiColors.create();
-
   const cwd = options.cwd ?? process.cwd();
   const env = options.env ?? process.env;
 
@@ -57,8 +53,10 @@ function _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<Proce
     .join(', ')
     .replace(/^(.+)$/, ' [$1]'); // Proper formatting.
 
-  console.log(colors.blue(`Running \`${cmd} ${args.map((x) => `"${x}"`).join(' ')}\`${flags}...`));
-  console.log(colors.blue(`CWD: ${cwd}`));
+  console.log(
+    styleText(['blue'], `Running \`${cmd} ${args.map((x) => `"${x}"`).join(' ')}\`${flags}...`),
+  );
+  console.log(styleText(['blue'], `CWD: ${cwd}`));
 
   const spawnOptions: SpawnOptions = {
     cwd,
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@ function _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<Proce
         .toString('utf-8')
         .split(/[\n\r]+/)
         .filter((line) => line !== '')
-        .forEach((line) => console.error(colors.yellow('  ' + line)));
+        .forEach((line) => console.error(styleText(['yellow'], '  ' + line)));
     });
 
     childProcess.on('close', (code) => {
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e_runner.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e_runner.ts
index 6c9e3179411c..b1b5ef60e890 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e_runner.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e_runner.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { parseArgs } from 'node:util';
+import { parseArgs, styleText } from 'node:util';
 import { createConsoleLogger } from '../../packages/angular_devkit/core/node';
-import colors from 'ansi-colors';
 import glob from 'fast-glob';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs';
@@ -114,9 +113,9 @@ if (process.env.CHROME_BIN) {
 const logger = createConsoleLogger(argv.verbose, process.stdout, process.stderr, {
   info: (s) => s,
   debug: (s) => s,
-  warn: (s) => colors.bold.yellow(s),
-  error: (s) => colors.bold.red(s),
-  fatal: (s) => colors.bold.red(s),
+  warn: (s) => styleText(['bold', 'yellow'], s),
+  error: (s) => styleText(['bold', 'red'], s),
+  fatal: (s) => styleText(['bold', 'red'], s),
 });
 
 const logStack = [logger];
@@ -250,21 +249,21 @@ process.env.CHROMEDRIVER_BIN = path.resolve(process.env.CHROMEDRIVER_BIN!);
     await runSteps(runTest, testsToRun, 'test');
 
     if (shardId !== null) {
-      console.log(colors.green(`Done shard ${shardId} of ${nbShards}.`));
+      console.log(styleText(['green'], `Done shard ${shardId} of ${nbShards}.`));
     } else {
-      console.log(colors.green('Done.'));
+      console.log(styleText(['green'], 'Done.'));
     }
 
     process.exitCode = 0;
   } catch (err) {
     if (err instanceof Error) {
       console.log('\n');
-      console.error(colors.red(err.message));
+      console.error(styleText(['red'], err.message));
       if (err.stack) {
-        console.error(colors.red(err.stack));
+        console.error(styleText(['red'], err.stack));
       }
     } else {
-      console.error(colors.red(String(err)));
+      console.error(styleText(['red'], String(err)));
     }
 
     if (argv.debug) {
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ process.env.CHROMEDRIVER_BIN = path.resolve(process.env.CHROMEDRIVER_BIN!);
     secureRegistryProcess.kill();
   }
 })().catch((err) => {
-  console.error(colors.red(`Unkown Error: ${err}`));
+  console.error(styleText(['red'], `Unkown Error: ${err}`));
   process.exitCode = 1;
 });
 
@@ -310,7 +309,7 @@ async function runSteps(
       await run(absoluteName);
     } catch (e) {
       console.log('\n');
-      console.error(colors.red(`${capsType} "${name}" failed...`));
+      console.error(styleText(['red'], `${capsType} "${name}" failed...`));
 
       throw e;
     } finally {
@@ -363,16 +362,22 @@ function printHeader(
   count: number,
   type: 'setup' | 'initializer' | 'test',
 ) {
-  const text = `${testIndex + 1} of ${count}`;
+  const text = `(${testIndex + 1} of ${count})`;
   const fullIndex = testIndex * nbShards + (shardId ?? 0) + 1;
   const shard =
     shardId === null || type !== 'test'
       ? ''
-      : colors.yellow(` [${shardId}:${nbShards}]` + colors.bold(` (${fullIndex}/${tests.length})`));
+      : styleText(
+          ['yellow'],
+          ` [${shardId}:${nbShards}]` + styleText(['bold'], ` (${fullIndex}/${tests.length})`),
+        );
   console.log(
-    colors.green(
-      `Running ${type} "${colors.bold.blue(testName)}" (${colors.bold.white(text)}${shard})...`,
-    ),
+    styleText(['green'], `Running ${type} "`) +
+      styleText(['bold', 'blue'], testName) +
+      styleText(['green'], '" ') +
+      styleText(['bold', 'white'], text) +
+      shard +
+      styleText(['green'], '...'),
   );
 }
 
@@ -382,9 +387,11 @@ function printFooter(testName: string, type: 'setup' | 'initializer' | 'test', s
   // Round to hundredth of a second.
   const t = Math.round((Date.now() - startTime) / 10) / 100;
   console.log(
-    colors.green(`${capsType} "${colors.bold.blue(testName)}" took `) +
-      colors.bold.blue('' + t) +
-      colors.green('s...'),
+    styleText(['green'], `${capsType} "`) +
+      styleText(['bold', 'blue'], testName) +
+      styleText(['green'], '" took ') +
+      styleText(['bold', 'blue'], t.toFixed(2)) +
+      styleText(['green'], 's...'),
   );
   console.log('');
 }