--- installplatform
+++ installplatform
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@
   PPD="${DESTDIR}/${platformdir}/${ARCH}-${OS}"
   [ -d $PPD ] || mkdir -p $PPD
 
+  if [ "$VENDOR" = suse ] ; then
+	# suse doesn't do colors
+	CANONCOLOR=0
+  fi
+
   cat $PLATFORM \
   | sed -e "s,@RPMRC_OPTFLAGS@,$RPMRC_OPTFLAGS," \
 	-e "s,@RPMCANONARCH@,$CANONARCH,g" \