diff --git a/pkg/colorwriter/colorprofile_writer.go b/pkg/colorwriter/colorprofile_writer.go
index 1415d20b079..9c670fe82c5 100644
--- a/pkg/colorwriter/colorprofile_writer.go
+++ b/pkg/colorwriter/colorprofile_writer.go
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ func Stderr() io.Writer {
 	return New(os.Stderr, os.Environ())
 }
 
-// Stdout returns a color-profile-aware writer for os.Stdout using the current
-// process environment.
-func Stdout() io.Writer {
-	return New(os.Stdout, os.Environ())
-}
-
 // Degrade returns s with ANSI sequences downgraded (or stripped) according to
 // the current process environment (NO_COLOR, COLORTERM, TERM). It is intended
 // for use with string-returning format helpers: render the style first, then
diff --git a/pkg/colorwriter/colorprofile_writer_wasm.go b/pkg/colorwriter/colorprofile_writer_wasm.go
index 7807faab83c..da6fef94286 100644
--- a/pkg/colorwriter/colorprofile_writer_wasm.go
+++ b/pkg/colorwriter/colorprofile_writer_wasm.go
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ func Stderr() io.Writer {
 	return os.Stderr
 }
 
-// Stdout returns os.Stdout directly; color-profile detection is not supported
-// on wasm.
-func Stdout() io.Writer {
-	return os.Stdout
-}
-
 // Degrade returns s unchanged; color-profile detection is not supported on wasm.
 func Degrade(s string, _ []string) string {
 	return s
diff --git a/pkg/colorwriter/spec_test.go b/pkg/colorwriter/spec_test.go
index 3c4f9547526..a309490a5d8 100644
--- a/pkg/colorwriter/spec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/colorwriter/spec_test.go
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ func TestSpec_PublicAPI_Stderr(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Implements(t, (*io.Writer)(nil), w, "Stderr should return an io.Writer as documented")
 }
 
-// TestSpec_PublicAPI_Stdout validates the documented behavior of Stdout from the
-// README.md specification.
-func TestSpec_PublicAPI_Stdout(t *testing.T) {
-	w := colorwriter.Stdout()
-	require.NotNil(t, w, "Stdout should return a non-nil io.Writer")
-	assert.Implements(t, (*io.Writer)(nil), w, "Stdout should return an io.Writer as documented")
-}
-
 // TestSpec_PublicAPI_Degrade validates the documented behavior of Degrade from the
 // README.md specification.
 func TestSpec_PublicAPI_Degrade(t *testing.T) {