diff --git a/pkg/iostreams/iostreams.go b/pkg/iostreams/iostreams.go
index 02f916d835124fcdc3e421c273d906612326395f..6411269751693e43efeb78a797aa47850cb63b1b 100644
--- a/pkg/iostreams/iostreams.go
+++ b/pkg/iostreams/iostreams.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ type IOStreams struct {
 
 	pagerCommand string
 	pagerProcess *os.Process
-	systemStdOut io.Writer
 
 	spinner *spinner.Spinner
 
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ func Init() *IOStreams {
 		In:                os.Stdin,
 		StdOut:            NewColorable(os.Stdout),
 		StdErr:            NewColorable(os.Stderr),
-		systemStdOut:      NewColorable(os.Stdout),
 		pagerCommand:      pagerCommand,
 		IsaTTY:            stdoutIsTTY,
 		IsErrTTY:          stderrIsTTY,
@@ -183,7 +181,6 @@ func (s *IOStreams) StopPager() {
 
 	_ = s.StdOut.(io.WriteCloser).Close()
 	_, _ = s.pagerProcess.Wait()
-	s.StdOut = s.systemStdOut
 	s.pagerProcess = nil
 }