diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 710d05bb6abf..1360ad6ea639 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -653,17 +653,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zbus",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "atty"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
- "libc",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -2585,15 +2574,6 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.1.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.2.6"
@@ -4905,7 +4885,6 @@ version = "0.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.6",
  "anyhow",
- "atty",
  "crossbeam",
  "document-features",
  "itertools 0.12.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index de91138bf861..fc65a1eccabb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ array-init = "2.1"
 arrow2 = "0.17"
 arrow2_convert = "0.5.0"
 async-executor = "1.0"
-atty = "0.2"
 backtrace = "0.3"
 bincode = "1.3"
 bitflags = { version = "2.4", features = ["bytemuck"] }
diff --git a/crates/re_sdk/Cargo.toml b/crates/re_sdk/Cargo.toml
index 0a1fbfc4caee..c3500f0b0ab3 100644
--- a/crates/re_sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/re_sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ re_sdk_comms = { workspace = true, features = ["client"] }
 re_types_core.workspace = true
 
 ahash.workspace = true
-atty.workspace = true
 crossbeam.workspace = true
 document-features.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/re_sdk/src/recording_stream.rs b/crates/re_sdk/src/recording_stream.rs
index 5427a67492c5..7a49c8865cdc 100644
--- a/crates/re_sdk/src/recording_stream.rs
+++ b/crates/re_sdk/src/recording_stream.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::fmt;
+use std::io::IsTerminal;
 use std::sync::{atomic::AtomicI64, Arc};
 
 use ahash::HashMap;
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ fn forced_sink_path() -> Option<String> {
     std::env::var(ENV_FORCE_SAVE).ok()
 }
 
+/// Should we stream data to stdout when requested, or should we refrain because it's actually a
+/// terminal?
+fn is_stdout_listening() -> bool {
+    !std::io::stdout().is_terminal()
+}
+
 /// Errors that can occur when creating/manipulating a [`RecordingStream`].
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum RecordingStreamError {
@@ -368,8 +375,7 @@ impl RecordingStreamBuilder {
     /// ```
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     pub fn stdout(self) -> RecordingStreamResult<RecordingStream> {
-        let is_stdout_listening = !atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout);
-        if !is_stdout_listening {
+        if !is_stdout_listening() {
             return self.buffered();
         }
 
@@ -1409,8 +1415,7 @@ impl RecordingStream {
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        let is_stdout_listening = !atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout);
-        if !is_stdout_listening {
+        if !is_stdout_listening() {
             self.set_sink(Box::new(crate::log_sink::BufferedSink::new()));
             return Ok(());
         }