diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
deleted file mode 100644
index a5a37321ba..0000000000
--- a/.rspec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
---colour
---format Fuubar
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 55b6586f47..e4890e1d48 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   # Only retry when Selenium raises Net::ReadTimeout
   config.exceptions_to_retry = [Net::ReadTimeout]
 
+  # Force colored output, whether or not the output is a TTY
+  config.color_mode = :on
+
   # Force use of expect (over should)
   config.expect_with :rspec do |expectations|
     expectations.syntax = :expect