diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index dbadb79d8..40685a56e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11.0-beta.4"]
+        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -36,15 +36,9 @@ jobs:
           source $VENV
           make typecheck
       - name: Test with pytest (with coverage)
-        if: matrix.python-version != '3.11.0-beta.4'
         run: |
           source $VENV
           pytest tests -v --cov=./rich --cov-report=xml:./coverage.xml --cov-report term-missing
-      - name: Test with pytest (no coverage)
-        if: matrix.python-version == '3.11.0-beta.4'
-        run: |
-          source $VENV
-          pytest tests -v
       - name: Upload code coverage
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90cd313d6..4b2800e89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix NO_COLOR support on legacy Windows https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2458
+
 ## [12.5.2] - 2022-07-18
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/rich/console.py b/rich/console.py
index 8c6049a49..4f4675b10 100644
--- a/rich/console.py
+++ b/rich/console.py
@@ -1996,9 +1996,11 @@ def _check_buffer(self) -> None:
                             from rich._win32_console import LegacyWindowsTerm
                             from rich._windows_renderer import legacy_windows_render
 
-                            legacy_windows_render(
-                                self._buffer[:], LegacyWindowsTerm(self.file)
-                            )
+                            buffer = self._buffer[:]
+                            if self.no_color and self._color_system:
+                                buffer = list(Segment.remove_color(buffer))
+
+                            legacy_windows_render(buffer, LegacyWindowsTerm(self.file))
                         else:
                             # Either a non-std stream on legacy Windows, or modern Windows.
                             text = self._render_buffer(self._buffer[:])