diff --git a/src/pixels.cpp b/src/pixels.cpp
index 0a78381..a7b20e4 100644
--- a/src/pixels.cpp
+++ b/src/pixels.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
 #include <memory>
-#include <cmath>
 #include <libscterm.hpp>
 #include <netpbm/pam.h>
 #include "pixels.hpp"
 
-// truecolor to palette color (216-color)
-static inline int t2p(int val) {
-    return round(5 * val / 255.0);
-}
-
 static void write(std::ostream& os, FILE* in) {
-    bool has_truecolor = sc::term::has_truecolor();
     struct pam info;
     pnm_readpaminit(in, &info, PAM_STRUCT_SIZE(tuple_type));
     std::unique_ptr<tuple, void(*)(void*)> row1 {pnm_allocpamrow(&info), pm_freerow};
@@ -29,16 +22,8 @@ static void write(std::ostream& os, FILE* in) {
         }
         for (int x = 0; x < info.width; ++x) {
             if (info.depth == 3) { // assume RGB, 1 byte per sample
-                if (has_truecolor) {
-                    os << sc::io::truecolorb(t1[x][0], t1[x][1], t1[x][2]);
-                } else {
-                    os << sc::io::rgbb(t2p(t1[x][0]), t2p(t1[x][1]), t2p(t1[x][2]));
-                }
-                if (has_truecolor) {
-                    os << sc::io::truecolorf(t2[x][0], t2[x][1], t2[x][2]);
-                } else {
-                    os << sc::io::rgbf(t2p(t2[x][0]), t2p(t2[x][1]), t2p(t2[x][2]));
-                }
+                os << sc::io::truecolorb(t1[x][0], t1[x][1], t1[x][2]);
+                os << sc::io::truecolorf(t2[x][0], t2[x][1], t2[x][2]);
                 os << u8"\u2584"; // unicode lower half block
             }
         }