diff --git a/core/src/constants.ts b/core/src/constants.ts
index 4bf5af7b04..b541ee0874 100644
--- a/core/src/constants.ts
+++ b/core/src/constants.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_BROWSER_DIVIDER_WIDTH = 80
  */
 export const gardenEnv = {
   ANALYTICS_DEV: env.get("ANALYTICS_DEV").required(false).asBool(),
+  // Support the NO_COLOR env var (see https://no-color.org/)
+  NO_COLOR: env.get("NO_COLOR").required(false).default("false").asBool(),
   GARDEN_AUTH_TOKEN: env.get("GARDEN_AUTH_TOKEN").required(false).asString(),
   GARDEN_CACHE_TTL: env.get("GARDEN_CACHE_TTL").required(false).asInt(),
   GARDEN_DB_DIR: env.get("GARDEN_DB_DIR").required(false).default(GARDEN_GLOBAL_PATH).asString(),
diff --git a/core/src/logger/log-entry.ts b/core/src/logger/log-entry.ts
index 5437fe741a..9827d7257d 100644
--- a/core/src/logger/log-entry.ts
+++ b/core/src/logger/log-entry.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { renderDuration } from "./util.js"
 import { styles } from "./styles.js"
 import { getStyle } from "./renderers.js"
 
-export type LogSymbol = keyof typeof logSymbols | "empty" | "cached"
+export type LogSymbol = keyof typeof logSymbols | "empty"
 export type TaskLogStatus = "active" | "success" | "error"
 
 export interface LogMetadata {
diff --git a/core/src/logger/renderers.ts b/core/src/logger/renderers.ts
index f3a6928403..7c2851749b 100644
--- a/core/src/logger/renderers.ts
+++ b/core/src/logger/renderers.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { logLevelMap, LogLevel } from "./logger.js"
 import { toGardenError } from "../exceptions.js"
 import { styles } from "./styles.js"
 import type { Chalk } from "chalk"
+import { gardenEnv } from "../constants.js"
 
 type RenderFn = (entry: LogEntry, logger: Logger) => string
 
@@ -70,11 +71,6 @@ export function renderSymbol(entry: LogEntry): string {
     return "  "
   }
 
-  if (symbol === "cached") {
-    return styles.highlightSecondary.bold("🞦 ")
-    // return styles.highlightSecondary.bold("🌸")
-  }
-
   // Always show symbol with sections
   if (!symbol && section) {
     symbol = "info"
@@ -162,7 +158,7 @@ export function formatForTerminal(entry: LogEntry, logger: Logger): string {
     return ""
   }
 
-  return combineRenders(entry, logger, [
+  const formattedMsg = combineRenders(entry, logger, [
     renderTimestamp,
     renderSymbol,
     renderSection,
@@ -171,6 +167,11 @@ export function formatForTerminal(entry: LogEntry, logger: Logger): string {
     renderData,
     () => "\n",
   ])
+
+  if (gardenEnv.NO_COLOR) {
+    return stripAnsi(formattedMsg)
+  }
+  return formattedMsg
 }
 
 export function cleanForJSON(input?: string | string[]): string {
diff --git a/core/test/unit/src/logger/renderers.ts b/core/test/unit/src/logger/renderers.ts
index 590cffdbb8..a8ff9dd5db 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/src/logger/renderers.ts
+++ b/core/test/unit/src/logger/renderers.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { highlightYaml, safeDumpYaml } from "../../../../src/util/serialization.
 import { freezeTime } from "../../../helpers.js"
 import format from "date-fns/format/index.js"
 import { styles } from "../../../../src/logger/styles.js"
+import { gardenEnv } from "../../../../src/constants.js"
 
 const logger: Logger = getRootLogger()
 
@@ -122,6 +123,20 @@ describe("renderers", () => {
 
       expect(formatForTerminal(entry, logger)).to.equal(`${styles.secondary("[debug] hello world")}\n`)
     })
+    context("NO_COLOR=true", () => {
+      before(() => {
+        gardenEnv.NO_COLOR = true
+      })
+      after(() => {
+        gardenEnv.NO_COLOR = false
+      })
+      it("should not use ANSI terminal colors", () => {
+        const entry = logger.createLog({ name: "test-log" }).info({ msg: "hello world" }).getLatestEntry()
+
+        const sectionWithPadding = "test-log".padEnd(SECTION_PADDING, " ")
+        expect(formatForTerminal(entry, logger)).to.equal(`ℹ ${sectionWithPadding} → hello world\n`)
+      })
+    })
     context("basic", () => {
       before(() => {
         logger.showTimestamps = true
diff --git a/docs/misc/faq.md b/docs/misc/faq.md
index c7c2e9f72d..13e9b793b6 100644
--- a/docs/misc/faq.md
+++ b/docs/misc/faq.md
@@ -258,12 +258,8 @@ local kubernetes provider it might work.
 
 ### How do I disable terminal colors?
 
-Garden uses the [Chalk NPM package](https://github.com/chalk/chalk) under the hood which picks a color setting based on what colors your terminal supports.
-
-You can override this behavior with the `FORCE_COLOR` environment variable. For example:
-
-- `FORCE_COLOR=0 garden deploy # No colors`
-- `FORCE_COLOR=1 garden deploy # 16 colors`
-- `FORCE_COLOR=2 garden deploy # 256 colors`
-- `FORCE_COLOR=3 garden deploy # Truecolor (16 million)`
+You can disable terminal colors with the `NO_COLOR` environment variable. For example:
 
+```console
+NO_COLOR=1 garden deploy
+```