diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d0eaf0483..2d50e86d9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
         "mdast-util-to-string": "^4.0.0",
         "micromorph": "^0.4.5",
         "minimatch": "^10.0.3",
-        "picocolors": "^1.1.1",
         "pixi.js": "^8.12.0",
         "preact": "^10.27.0",
         "preact-render-to-string": "^6.5.13",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 132b6e204..790af38b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     "mdast-util-to-string": "^4.0.0",
     "micromorph": "^0.4.5",
     "minimatch": "^10.0.3",
-    "picocolors": "^1.1.1",
     "pixi.js": "^8.12.0",
     "preact": "^10.27.0",
     "preact-render-to-string": "^6.5.13",
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
index b878fedf8..f999ddb0b 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { toHtml } from "hast-util-to-html"
 import { write } from "./helpers"
 import { i18n } from "../../i18n"
 import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
-import pc from "picocolors"
+import { styleText } from "util"
 import { ProcessedContent } from "../vfile"
 
 type ContentIndex = Tree<TreeNode>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export const ContentIndex: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (opts) => {
         )
       ) {
         console.warn(
-          pc.yellow(`Warning: contentIndex: 
+          styleText("yellow", `Warning: contentIndex: 
   content/ folder is missing an index.md. RSS feeds and sitemap will not be generated.
   If you still wish to generate these files, add:
     bypassIndexCheck: true,