1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/Formatting.scala b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/Formatting.scala
index 95ac03647..9cbf07914 100644
--- a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/Formatting.scala
+++ b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/Formatting.scala
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ object Formatting {
   }
 
   class SyntaxFormatter(sc: StringContext) extends StringFormatter(sc) {
-    override protected def showArg(arg: Any)(implicit ctx: Context): String = {
-      if (ctx.settings.color.value != "never") arg match {
-        case arg: Showable =>
+    override protected def showArg(arg: Any)(implicit ctx: Context): String =
+      arg match {
+        case arg: Showable if ctx.settings.color.value != "never" =>
           val highlighted =
             SyntaxHighlighting(wrapNonSensical(arg, super.showArg(arg)))
           new String(highlighted.toArray)
@@ -84,12 +84,10 @@ object Formatting {
           hl.show
         case hb: HighlightBuffer =>
           hb.toString
-        case str: String =>
+        case str: String if ctx.settings.color.value != "never" =>
           new String(SyntaxHighlighting(str).toArray)
         case _ => super.showArg(arg)
       }
-      else super.showArg(arg)
-    }
   }
 
   private def wrapNonSensical(arg: Any, str: String)(implicit ctx: Context): String = {