diff --git a/infer/src/backend/printer.ml b/infer/src/backend/printer.ml
index 212e13e47..5000167ba 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/printer.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/printer.ml
@@ -170,13 +170,11 @@ end
 
 (** Execute the delayed print actions *)
 let force_delayed_prints () =
-  Config.forcing_delayed_prints := true ;
   F.fprintf !curr_html_formatter "@?" ;
   (* flush html stream *)
   L.force_delayed_prints !curr_html_formatter (L.get_delayed_prints ()) ;
   F.fprintf !curr_html_formatter "@?" ;
-  L.reset_delayed_prints () ;
-  Config.forcing_delayed_prints := false
+  L.reset_delayed_prints ()
 
 
 (** Start a session, and create a new html fine for the node if it does not exist yet *)
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index 7dccbc3df..cbd3ca6e3 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -3029,9 +3029,6 @@ let run_in_footprint_mode f x = set_reference_and_call_function footprint true f
 
 let run_in_re_execution_mode f x = set_reference_and_call_function footprint false f x
 
-(** Set in the middle of forcing delayed prints *)
-let forcing_delayed_prints = ref false
-
 (** if true, user simple pretty printing *)
 let pp_simple = ref true
 
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index 0507df99d..f978ef63e 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -680,8 +680,6 @@ val run_in_re_execution_mode : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b
 (** Call f x with footprint set to false.
     Restore the initial value of footprint also in case of exception. *)
 
-val forcing_delayed_prints : bool ref
-
 val pp_simple : bool ref
 
 (** {2 Global variables with initial values specified by command-line options} *)
diff --git a/infer/src/biabduction/Prop.ml b/infer/src/biabduction/Prop.ml
index 194f1650e..92c811f2d 100644
--- a/infer/src/biabduction/Prop.ml
+++ b/infer/src/biabduction/Prop.ml
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ let prop_pred_env prop =
 (** Pretty print a proposition. *)
 let pp_prop pe0 f prop =
   let pe = prop_update_obj_sub pe0 prop in
-  let do_print f () =
+  let do_print f =
     let subl = Sil.sub_to_list prop.sub in
     (* since prop diff is based on physical equality, we need to extract the sub verbatim *)
     let pi = prop.pi in
@@ -342,11 +342,12 @@ let pp_prop pe0 f prop =
         (pp_footprint_simple pe env) prop pp_predicates ()
     else F.fprintf f "%a%a%a" pp_pure () (pp_sigma pe) prop.sigma (pp_footprint pe) prop
   in
-  if !Config.forcing_delayed_prints then
-    (* print in html mode *)
-    F.fprintf f "%a%a%a" Io_infer.Html.pp_start_color Pp.Blue do_print ()
-      Io_infer.Html.pp_end_color ()
-  else (* print in text mode *) do_print f ()
+  match pe0.Pp.kind with
+  | Pp.HTML ->
+      F.fprintf f "%a%t%a" Io_infer.Html.pp_start_color Pp.Blue do_print Io_infer.Html.pp_end_color
+        ()
+  | TEXT ->
+      do_print f
 
 
 let pp_prop_with_typ pe f p = pp_prop {pe with opt= SIM_WITH_TYP} f p