diff --git a/waflib/Logs.py b/waflib/Logs.py
index 4e210f80..9031c537 100644
--- a/waflib/Logs.py
+++ b/waflib/Logs.py
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ logging, colors, terminal width and pretty-print
 
 import os, re, traceback, sys
 
+_nocolor = os.environ.get('NOCOLOR', 'no') not in ('no', '0', 'false')
+try:
+	if not _nocolor:
+		import waflib.ansiterm
+except ImportError:
+	pass
+
 try:
 	import threading
 except ImportError:
@@ -40,13 +47,6 @@ else:
 		def isatty(self):
 			return self.stream.isatty()
 
-	_nocolor = os.environ.get('NOCOLOR', 'no') not in ('no', '0', 'false')
-	try:
-		if not _nocolor:
-			import waflib.ansiterm
-	except ImportError:
-		pass
-
 	if not os.environ.get('NOSYNC', False):
 		if id(sys.stdout) == id(sys.__stdout__):
 			sys.stdout = sync_stream(sys.stdout)