diff --git a/cli/js/40_testing.js b/cli/js/40_testing.js
index 555f5f1fe7..8afcb74ee2 100644
--- a/cli/js/40_testing.js
+++ b/cli/js/40_testing.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const core = globalThis.Deno.core;
 const ops = core.ops;
 import { setExitHandler } from "ext:runtime/30_os.js";
-import { Console } from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import { Console } from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 import { serializePermissions } from "ext:runtime/10_permissions.js";
 import { assert } from "ext:deno_web/00_infra.js";
 const primordials = globalThis.__bootstrap.primordials;
diff --git a/ext/console/01_colors.js b/ext/console/01_colors.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a598db9217..0000000000
--- a/ext/console/01_colors.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018-2023 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-
-/// <reference path="../../core/internal.d.ts" />
-
-const primordials = globalThis.__bootstrap.primordials;
-const {
-  SafeRegExp,
-  StringPrototypeReplace,
-  ArrayPrototypeJoin,
-} = primordials;
-
-let noColor = false;
-
-function setNoColor(value) {
-  noColor = value;
-}
-
-function getNoColor() {
-  return noColor;
-}
-
-function code(open, close) {
-  return {
-    open: `\x1b[${open}m`,
-    close: `\x1b[${close}m`,
-    regexp: new SafeRegExp(`\\x1b\\[${close}m`, "g"),
-  };
-}
-
-function run(str, code) {
-  return `${code.open}${
-    StringPrototypeReplace(str, code.regexp, code.open)
-  }${code.close}`;
-}
-
-function bold(str) {
-  return run(str, code(1, 22));
-}
-
-function italic(str) {
-  return run(str, code(3, 23));
-}
-
-function yellow(str) {
-  return run(str, code(33, 39));
-}
-
-function cyan(str) {
-  return run(str, code(36, 39));
-}
-
-function red(str) {
-  return run(str, code(31, 39));
-}
-
-function green(str) {
-  return run(str, code(32, 39));
-}
-
-function bgRed(str) {
-  return run(str, code(41, 49));
-}
-
-function white(str) {
-  return run(str, code(37, 39));
-}
-
-function gray(str) {
-  return run(str, code(90, 39));
-}
-
-function magenta(str) {
-  return run(str, code(35, 39));
-}
-
-// https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex/blob/02fa893d619d3da85411acc8fd4e2eea0e95a9d9/index.js
-const ANSI_PATTERN = new SafeRegExp(
-  ArrayPrototypeJoin([
-    "[\\u001B\\u009B][[\\]()#;?]*(?:(?:(?:(?:;[-a-zA-Z\\d\\/#&.:=?%@~_]+)*|[a-zA-Z\\d]+(?:;[-a-zA-Z\\d\\/#&.:=?%@~_]*)*)?\\u0007)",
-    "(?:(?:\\d{1,4}(?:;\\d{0,4})*)?[\\dA-PR-TZcf-nq-uy=><~]))",
-  ], "|"),
-  "g",
-);
-
-function stripColor(string) {
-  return StringPrototypeReplace(string, ANSI_PATTERN, "");
-}
-
-function maybeColor(fn) {
-  return !noColor ? fn : (s) => s;
-}
-
-export {
-  bgRed,
-  bold,
-  cyan,
-  getNoColor,
-  gray,
-  green,
-  italic,
-  magenta,
-  maybeColor,
-  red,
-  setNoColor,
-  stripColor,
-  white,
-  yellow,
-};
diff --git a/ext/console/02_console.js b/ext/console/01_console.js
similarity index 99%
rename from ext/console/02_console.js
rename to ext/console/01_console.js
index 51e8278764..318cf9cb42 100644
--- a/ext/console/02_console.js
+++ b/ext/console/01_console.js
@@ -119,7 +119,16 @@ const {
   SafeMapIterator,
   ArrayBufferPrototype,
 } = primordials;
-import * as colors_ from "ext:deno_console/01_colors.js";
+
+let noColor = false;
+
+function setNoColor(value) {
+  noColor = value;
+}
+
+function getNoColor() {
+  return noColor;
+}
 
 // Don't use 'blue' not visible on cmd.exe
 const styles = {
@@ -3031,7 +3040,7 @@ function inspectArgs(args, inspectOptions = {}) {
   if (ctx.maxArrayLength === null) ctx.maxArrayLength = Infinity;
   if (ctx.maxStringLength === null) ctx.maxStringLength = Infinity;
 
-  const noColor = colors_.getNoColor();
+  const noColor = getNoColor();
   const first = args[0];
   let a = 0;
   let string = "";
@@ -3146,7 +3155,7 @@ const timerMap = new SafeMap();
 const isConsoleInstance = Symbol("isConsoleInstance");
 
 function getConsoleInspectOptions() {
-  const color = !colors_.getNoColor();
+  const color = !getNoColor();
   return {
     ...getDefaultInspectOptions(),
     colors: color,
@@ -3597,9 +3606,11 @@ export {
   formatNumber,
   formatValue,
   getDefaultInspectOptions,
+  getNoColor,
   inspect,
   inspectArgs,
   quoteString,
+  setNoColor,
   styles,
   wrapConsole,
 };
diff --git a/ext/console/internal.d.ts b/ext/console/internal.d.ts
index d344f3a777..1fbc893785 100644
--- a/ext/console/internal.d.ts
+++ b/ext/console/internal.d.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /// <reference no-default-lib="true" />
 /// <reference lib="esnext" />
 
-declare module "ext:deno_console/02_console.js" {
+declare module "ext:deno_console/01_console.js" {
   function createFilteredInspectProxy<TObject>(params: {
     object: TObject;
     keys: (keyof TObject)[];
diff --git a/ext/console/lib.rs b/ext/console/lib.rs
index a45b856cd9..a31470e080 100644
--- a/ext/console/lib.rs
+++ b/ext/console/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2023 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-deno_core::extension!(deno_console, esm = ["01_colors.js", "02_console.js"],);
+deno_core::extension!(deno_console, esm = ["01_console.js"],);
 
 pub fn get_declaration() -> PathBuf {
   PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("lib.deno_console.d.ts")
diff --git a/ext/fetch/23_request.js b/ext/fetch/23_request.js
index ae3edffd47..22c1f83544 100644
--- a/ext/fetch/23_request.js
+++ b/ext/fetch/23_request.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 /// <reference lib="esnext" />
 
 import * as webidl from "ext:deno_webidl/00_webidl.js";
-import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 import {
   byteUpperCase,
   HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE,
diff --git a/ext/fetch/23_response.js b/ext/fetch/23_response.js
index ffbfe49360..86799252b2 100644
--- a/ext/fetch/23_response.js
+++ b/ext/fetch/23_response.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 const core = globalThis.Deno.core;
 import * as webidl from "ext:deno_webidl/00_webidl.js";
-import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 import {
   byteLowerCase,
   HTTP_TAB_OR_SPACE,
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/util/inspect.mjs b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/util/inspect.mjs
index cdaa3db816..671ab2acf4 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/util/inspect.mjs
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/util/inspect.mjs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import { validateObject, validateString } from "ext:deno_node/internal/validators.mjs";
 import { codes } from "ext:deno_node/internal/error_codes.ts";
-import { createStylizeWithColor, formatValue, formatNumber, formatBigInt, styles, colors } from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import { createStylizeWithColor, formatValue, formatNumber, formatBigInt, styles, colors } from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 
 
 
diff --git a/ext/web/01_dom_exception.js b/ext/web/01_dom_exception.js
index ae3dcfd2e2..c465a06fdc 100644
--- a/ext/web/01_dom_exception.js
+++ b/ext/web/01_dom_exception.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const {
   SymbolFor,
 } = primordials;
 import * as webidl from "ext:deno_webidl/00_webidl.js";
-import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 
 const _name = Symbol("name");
 const _message = Symbol("message");
diff --git a/ext/web/02_event.js b/ext/web/02_event.js
index 34b3502a7c..e453474206 100644
--- a/ext/web/02_event.js
+++ b/ext/web/02_event.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const core = globalThis.Deno.core;
 const ops = core.ops;
 import * as webidl from "ext:deno_webidl/00_webidl.js";
 import DOMException from "ext:deno_web/01_dom_exception.js";
-import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 const primordials = globalThis.__bootstrap.primordials;
 const {
   ArrayPrototypeFilter,
diff --git a/ext/web/06_streams.js b/ext/web/06_streams.js
index ac626a209d..c8a7b9c47e 100644
--- a/ext/web/06_streams.js
+++ b/ext/web/06_streams.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const {
   WeakMapPrototypeHas,
   WeakMapPrototypeSet,
 } = primordials;
-import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 import { assert, AssertionError } from "ext:deno_web/00_infra.js";
 
 /** @template T */
diff --git a/ext/web/09_file.js b/ext/web/09_file.js
index dccb206112..8f0072e05b 100644
--- a/ext/web/09_file.js
+++ b/ext/web/09_file.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const {
   TypeError,
   Uint8Array,
 } = primordials;
-import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 
 // TODO(lucacasonato): this needs to not be hardcoded and instead depend on
 // host os.
diff --git a/ext/web/15_performance.js b/ext/web/15_performance.js
index 85990c954d..d494a5328b 100644
--- a/ext/web/15_performance.js
+++ b/ext/web/15_performance.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const {
 } = primordials;
 import * as webidl from "ext:deno_webidl/00_webidl.js";
 import { structuredClone } from "ext:deno_web/02_structured_clone.js";
-import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import { createFilteredInspectProxy } from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 import { EventTarget } from "ext:deno_web/02_event.js";
 import { opNow } from "ext:deno_web/02_timers.js";
 import DOMException from "ext:deno_web/01_dom_exception.js";
diff --git a/runtime/fmt_errors.rs b/runtime/fmt_errors.rs
index 6852cbcd1e..5dcb96ec77 100644
--- a/runtime/fmt_errors.rs
+++ b/runtime/fmt_errors.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::fmt::Write as _;
 /// Compares all properties of JsError, except for JsError::cause.
 /// This function is used to detect that 2 JsError objects in a JsError::cause
 /// chain are identical, ie. there is a recursive cause.
-/// 02_console.js, which also detects recursive causes, can use JS object
+/// 01_console.js, which also detects recursive causes, can use JS object
 /// comparisons to compare errors. We don't have access to JS object identity in
 /// format_js_error().
 fn errors_are_equal_without_cause(a: &JsError, b: &JsError) -> bool {
diff --git a/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js b/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
index bb6ba3b08d..3507a98a3d 100644
--- a/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
+++ b/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const core = globalThis.Deno.core;
 const ops = core.ops;
 import * as timers from "ext:deno_web/02_timers.js";
 import * as httpClient from "ext:deno_fetch/22_http_client.js";
-import * as console from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import * as console from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 import * as ffi from "ext:deno_ffi/00_ffi.js";
 import * as net from "ext:deno_net/01_net.js";
 import * as tls from "ext:deno_net/02_tls.js";
diff --git a/runtime/js/98_global_scope.js b/runtime/js/98_global_scope.js
index 911db65cb8..1084f5c248 100644
--- a/runtime/js/98_global_scope.js
+++ b/runtime/js/98_global_scope.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import * as event from "ext:deno_web/02_event.js";
 import * as timers from "ext:deno_web/02_timers.js";
 import * as base64 from "ext:deno_web/05_base64.js";
 import * as encoding from "ext:deno_web/08_text_encoding.js";
-import * as console from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+import * as console from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 import * as caches from "ext:deno_cache/01_cache.js";
 import * as compression from "ext:deno_web/14_compression.js";
 import * as worker from "ext:runtime/11_workers.js";
diff --git a/runtime/js/99_main.js b/runtime/js/99_main.js
index b6dab121c4..0ed692f3c9 100644
--- a/runtime/js/99_main.js
+++ b/runtime/js/99_main.js
@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@ import * as location from "ext:deno_web/12_location.js";
 import * as version from "ext:runtime/01_version.ts";
 import * as os from "ext:runtime/30_os.js";
 import * as timers from "ext:deno_web/02_timers.js";
-import * as colors from "ext:deno_console/01_colors.js";
 import {
   getDefaultInspectOptions,
+  getNoColor,
   inspectArgs,
   quoteString,
+  setNoColor,
   wrapConsole,
-} from "ext:deno_console/02_console.js";
+} from "ext:deno_console/01_console.js";
 import * as performance from "ext:deno_web/15_performance.js";
 import * as url from "ext:deno_url/00_url.js";
 import * as fetch from "ext:deno_fetch/26_fetch.js";
@@ -220,11 +221,11 @@ function formatException(error) {
   } else if (typeof error == "string") {
     return `Uncaught ${
       inspectArgs([quoteString(error, getDefaultInspectOptions())], {
-        colors: !colors.getNoColor(),
+        colors: !getNoColor(),
       })
     }`;
   } else {
-    return `Uncaught ${inspectArgs([error], { colors: !colors.getNoColor() })}`;
+    return `Uncaught ${inspectArgs([error], { colors: !getNoColor() })}`;
   }
 }
 
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ function runtimeStart(
   );
   core.setBuildInfo(target);
   util.setLogDebug(debugFlag, source);
-  colors.setNoColor(noColor || !isTty);
+  setNoColor(noColor || !isTty);
   // deno-lint-ignore prefer-primordials
   Error.prepareStackTrace = core.prepareStackTrace;
 }