diff --git a/engine/common/cvar.c b/engine/common/cvar.c
index 869b0fed..bb5bd5f6 100644
--- a/engine/common/cvar.c
+++ b/engine/common/cvar.c
@@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@ static void Cvar_List_f( void )
 	for( var = cvar_vars; var; var = var->next )
 	{
 		char value[MAX_VA_STRING];
+		char *p;
 
 		if( var->name[0] == '@' )
 			continue;	// never shows system cvars
@@ -1196,7 +1197,9 @@ static void Cvar_List_f( void )
 		if( match && !Q_strnicmpext( match, var->name, matchlen ))
 			continue;
 
-		if( Q_colorstr( var->string ))
+		p = Q_strchr( var->string, '^' );
+
+		if( IsColorString( p ))
 			Q_snprintf( value, sizeof( value ), "\"%s\"", var->string );
 		else Q_snprintf( value, sizeof( value ), "\"^2%s^7\"", var->string );
 
diff --git a/public/crtlib.c b/public/crtlib.c
index 989ad243..8455aa19 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.c
+++ b/public/crtlib.c
@@ -33,26 +33,6 @@ void Q_strnlwr( const char *in, char *out, size_t size_out )
 		out[i] = Q_tolower( out[i] );
 }
 
-size_t Q_colorstr( const char *string )
-{
-	const char *p = string;
-	size_t len = 0;
-
-	if( !string )
-		return len;
-
-	while(( p = Q_strchr( p, '^' )))
-	{
-		if( IsColorString( p ))
-		{
-			len += 2;
-			p += 2;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return len;
-}
-
 int Q_atoi_hex( int sign, const char *str )
 {
 	int c, val = 0;
diff --git a/public/crtlib.h b/public/crtlib.h
index 0f6f98c5..36b9aedc 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.h
+++ b/public/crtlib.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ extern const char *g_buildbranch;
 //
 void Q_strnlwr( const char *in, char *out, size_t size_out );
 #define Q_strlen( str ) (( str ) ? strlen(( str )) : 0 )
-size_t Q_colorstr( const char *string );
 int Q_atoi_hex( int sign, const char *str );
 int Q_atoi( const char *str );
 float Q_atof( const char *str );