diff --git a/src/it/projects/mdep-839-list/verify.groovy b/src/it/projects/mdep-839-list/verify.groovy
index f20821cec..5f77922d3 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/mdep-839-list/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/projects/mdep-839-list/verify.groovy
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ assert file.exists() : "output file $file does not exist"
 
 String output = file.getText( "UTF-8" )
 assert output.contains( 'The following files have been resolved:')
+for (char c : output) { // no color codes
+  assert c >= 32 || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t';
+}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/DependencyUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/DependencyUtil.java
index bca7279de..5ec05ccd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/DependencyUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/DependencyUtil.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.OpenOption;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
@@ -230,8 +229,7 @@ public static synchronized void write(String string, File file, boolean append,
      */
     public static synchronized void write(String string, File file, boolean append, String encoding)
             throws IOException {
-        Path parent = Files.createDirectories(file.getParentFile().toPath());
-        System.err.println(parent.toAbsolutePath());
+        Files.createDirectories(file.getParentFile().toPath());
 
         OpenOption appendOption = append ? StandardOpenOption.APPEND : StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING;