diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/debug/IRascalMonitor.java b/src/org/rascalmpl/debug/IRascalMonitor.java
index 124ece36592..78e33a1426a 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/debug/IRascalMonitor.java
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/debug/IRascalMonitor.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ default void jobStep(String name, String message) {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public static IRascalMonitor buildConsoleMonitor(InputStream in, OutputStream out) {
-		return IsTTY.isTTY()
+		return System.console() != null
 			? new TerminalProgressBarMonitor(out, in, TerminalFactory.get())
 			: new ConsoleRascalMonitor(new PrintStream(out))
 		;
diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/repl/IsTTY.java b/src/org/rascalmpl/repl/IsTTY.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 69ceb60b3b0..00000000000
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/repl/IsTTY.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package org.rascalmpl.repl;
-
-import java.util.Locale;
-
-import org.fusesource.jansi.internal.CLibrary;
-import org.fusesource.jansi.internal.Kernel32;
-
-public class IsTTY {
-
-    /**
-     * Until we switch to jline 3 we will need this
-     * @return
-     */
-    public static boolean isTTY() {
-        // TODO definitely does not work for CYGWIN
-        if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).contains("win")) {
-            long console = Kernel32.GetStdHandle(Kernel32.STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
-            return Kernel32.GetConsoleMode(console, new int[1]) != 0;
-        } 
-        else {
-            int fd = CLibrary.STDOUT_FILENO;
-            return CLibrary.isatty(fd) != 0;
-        }
-    }
-}