diff --git a/crates/pycolorsaurus/src/lib.rs b/crates/pycolorsaurus/src/lib.rs
index ae5641f..f885c1b 100644
--- a/crates/pycolorsaurus/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/pycolorsaurus/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,49 +33,42 @@ create_exception!(colorsaurus, ColorsaurusError, PyException);
 
 /// Detects if the terminal is dark or light.
 #[pyfunction]
-#[pyo3(signature = (*, timeout=None, require_terminal_on_stdout=false))]
-fn color_scheme(
-    timeout: Option<Timeout>,
-    require_terminal_on_stdout: bool,
-) -> PyResult<ColorScheme> {
-    imp::color_scheme(query_options(timeout, require_terminal_on_stdout))
+#[pyo3(signature = (*, timeout=None))]
+fn color_scheme(timeout: Option<Timeout>) -> PyResult<ColorScheme> {
+    imp::color_scheme(query_options(timeout))
         .map(ColorScheme::from)
         .map_err(to_py_error)
 }
 
 /// Queries the terminal for it's foreground and background color.
 #[pyfunction]
-#[pyo3(signature = (*, timeout=None, require_terminal_on_stdout=false))]
-fn color_palette(
-    timeout: Option<Timeout>,
-    require_terminal_on_stdout: bool,
-) -> PyResult<ColorPalette> {
-    imp::color_palette(query_options(timeout, require_terminal_on_stdout))
+#[pyo3(signature = (*, timeout=None))]
+fn color_palette(timeout: Option<Timeout>) -> PyResult<ColorPalette> {
+    imp::color_palette(query_options(timeout))
         .map(ColorPalette)
         .map_err(to_py_error)
 }
 
 /// Queries the terminal for it's foreground color.
 #[pyfunction]
-#[pyo3(signature = (*, timeout=None, require_terminal_on_stdout=false))]
-fn foreground_color(timeout: Option<Timeout>, require_terminal_on_stdout: bool) -> PyResult<Color> {
-    imp::foreground_color(query_options(timeout, require_terminal_on_stdout))
+#[pyo3(signature = (*, timeout=None))]
+fn foreground_color(timeout: Option<Timeout>) -> PyResult<Color> {
+    imp::foreground_color(query_options(timeout))
         .map(Color)
         .map_err(to_py_error)
 }
 
 /// Queries the terminal for it's background color.
 #[pyfunction]
-#[pyo3(signature = (*, timeout=None, require_terminal_on_stdout=false))]
-fn background_color(timeout: Option<Timeout>, require_terminal_on_stdout: bool) -> PyResult<Color> {
-    imp::background_color(query_options(timeout, require_terminal_on_stdout))
+#[pyo3(signature = (*, timeout=None))]
+fn background_color(timeout: Option<Timeout>) -> PyResult<Color> {
+    imp::background_color(query_options(timeout))
         .map(Color)
         .map_err(to_py_error)
 }
 
-fn query_options(timeout: Option<Timeout>, require_terminal_on_stdout: bool) -> imp::QueryOptions {
-    let mut options =
-        imp::QueryOptions::default().with_require_terminal_on_stdout(require_terminal_on_stdout);
+fn query_options(timeout: Option<Timeout>) -> imp::QueryOptions {
+    let mut options = imp::QueryOptions::default();
     options.timeout = timeout.map(|t| t.0).unwrap_or(options.timeout);
     options
 }
diff --git a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/doc/caveats.md b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/doc/caveats.md
index 960eb1f..8db06f1 100644
--- a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/doc/caveats.md
+++ b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/doc/caveats.md
@@ -5,14 +5,3 @@ the terminal with another program. This might be the case
 if you expect your output to be used with a pager e.g. `your_program` | `less`.
 In that case, a race condition exists because the pager will also set the terminal to raw mode.
 The `pager` example shows a heuristic to deal with this issue.
-
-If you expect your output to be on stdout then you should enable [`QueryOptions::require_terminal_on_stdout`]:
-
-```rust,no_run
-use terminal_colorsaurus::{color_palette, QueryOptions, color_scheme};
-
-let options = QueryOptions::default().with_require_terminal_on_stdout(true);
-let theme = color_scheme(options).unwrap();
-```
-
-See the `pager` example for more details.
diff --git a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/examples/pager.rs b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/examples/pager.rs
index 94396fd..2a4b2bf 100644
--- a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/examples/pager.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/examples/pager.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,19 @@
 //! 3. `cargo run --example pager | cat`—should not print the color scheme. This is a false negatives.
 //! 4. `cargo run --example pager 2>&1 >/dev/tty | less`—should print the color scheme (or error). This is a false positive.
 
+use std::io::{stdout, IsTerminal as _};
 use terminal_colorsaurus::{color_palette, Error, QueryOptions};
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), display::DisplayAsDebug<Error>> {
-    let options = QueryOptions::default().with_require_terminal_on_stdout(true);
-    eprintln!("Here's the color palette: {:#?}", color_palette(options)?);
+    if stdout().is_terminal() {
+        eprintln!(
+            "Here's the color scheme: {:#?}",
+            color_palette(QueryOptions::default())?
+        );
+    } else {
+        eprintln!("No color scheme for you today :/");
+    }
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/error.rs b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/error.rs
index 5defeed..f074604 100644
--- a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/error.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::fmt::CaretNotation;
+use core::fmt;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use std::{error, fmt, io};
+use std::{error, io};
 
 /// An error returned by this library.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -14,10 +15,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// either the terminal does not support querying for colors \
     /// or the terminal has a lot of latency (e.g. when connected via SSH).
     Timeout(Duration),
-    /// Stdout is not connected to a terminal, but [`QueryOptions::require_terminal_on_stdout`] was set.
-    ///
-    /// [`QueryOptions::require_terminal_on_stdout`]: `crate::QueryOptions::require_terminal_on_stdout`
-    NotATerminal(NotATerminalError),
     /// The terminal does not support querying for the foreground or background color.
     UnsupportedTerminal,
 }
@@ -26,7 +23,6 @@ impl error::Error for Error {
     fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn error::Error + 'static)> {
         match self {
             Error::Io(source) => Some(source),
-            Error::NotATerminal(source) => Some(source),
             _ => None,
         }
     }
@@ -46,7 +42,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Error::Timeout(timeout) => {
                 write!(f, "operation did not complete within {timeout:?}")
             }
-            Error::NotATerminal(e) => fmt::Display::fmt(e, f),
             Error::UnsupportedTerminal {} => {
                 write!(f, "the terminal does not support querying for its colors")
             }
@@ -59,15 +54,3 @@ impl From<io::Error> for Error {
         Error::Io(source)
     }
 }
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-#[non_exhaustive]
-pub struct NotATerminalError;
-
-impl error::Error for NotATerminalError {}
-
-impl fmt::Display for NotATerminalError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "stdout is not connected to a terminal")
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/lib.rs b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/lib.rs
index e1c113d..0e8cc41 100644
--- a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/lib.rs
@@ -143,26 +143,12 @@ pub struct QueryOptions {
     ///
     /// See [Feature Detection](`feature_detection`) for details on how this works.
     pub timeout: std::time::Duration,
-
-    /// Only query the terminal for its colors if stdout is a terminal.
-    ///
-    /// This is used to heuristically avoid race-conditions with pagers.
-    pub require_terminal_on_stdout: bool,
-}
-
-impl QueryOptions {
-    /// Sets [`Self::require_terminal_on_stdout`].
-    pub fn with_require_terminal_on_stdout(mut self, require_terminal_on_stdout: bool) -> Self {
-        self.require_terminal_on_stdout = require_terminal_on_stdout;
-        self
-    }
 }
 
 impl Default for QueryOptions {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             timeout: std::time::Duration::from_secs(1),
-            require_terminal_on_stdout: false,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/xterm.rs b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/xterm.rs
index 4886a22..f08acd6 100644
--- a/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/xterm.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal-colorsaurus/src/xterm.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-use crate::error::NotATerminalError;
 use crate::io::{read_until2, TermReader};
 use crate::quirks::{terminal_quirks_from_env, TerminalQuirks};
 use crate::{Color, ColorPalette, Error, QueryOptions, Result};
-use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, IsTerminal, Write as _};
+use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Write as _};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use terminal_trx::{terminal, RawModeGuard};
 
@@ -102,8 +101,6 @@ fn query<T>(
     write_query: impl FnOnce(&mut dyn io::Write) -> io::Result<()>,
     read_response: impl FnOnce(&mut Reader<'_>) -> Result<T>,
 ) -> Result<T> {
-    ensure_is_terminal(options.require_terminal_on_stdout)?;
-
     if quirks.is_known_unsupported() {
         return Err(Error::UnsupportedTerminal);
     }
@@ -127,14 +124,6 @@ fn query<T>(
     Ok(response)
 }
 
-fn ensure_is_terminal(require_terminal_on_stdout: bool) -> Result<()> {
-    if require_terminal_on_stdout && !io::stdout().is_terminal() {
-        Err(Error::NotATerminal(NotATerminalError))
-    } else {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 fn read_color_response(r: &mut Reader<'_>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
     let mut buf = Vec::new();
     r.read_until(ESC, &mut buf)?; // Both responses start with ESC