diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 2d98d25..9d01c91 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -2157,9 +2157,8 @@ Tput.prototype.GetConsoleCP = function() {
 
   ccp = +ccp[0];
 
-  // XXX Workaround: temporarily allow unicode on cp437.
-  // When CP is 65001, node throws on all output!
-  if (ccp === 437) {
+  // Allow unicode on all windows consoles for now:
+  if (+process.env.NCURSES_UNICODE !== 0) {
     ccp = 65001;
   }