diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 728e3ec..26f96df 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1219,11 +1219,6 @@ args() {
             die "Arguments contain invalid characters: '!*[]'"
         esac
 
-    # Abort early if output is not a TTY and the requirement is that it
-    # be so (password prompts, user input, etc). This is a safeguard.
-    [ "${action##[bciru]*}" ] || [ -t 1 ] ||
-        die "Output not a tty"
-
     # Parse some arguments earlier to remove the need to duplicate code.
     case $action in
         c|checksum|s|search)
@@ -1315,7 +1310,7 @@ args() {
         l|list)    pkg_list "$@" ;;
         u|update)  pkg_updates ;;
         s|search)  for pkg; do pkg_find "$pkg" all; done ;;
-        v|version) log kiss 1.7.5 ;;
+        v|version) log kiss 1.7.6 ;;
 
         h|help|-h|--help|'')
             log 'kiss [a|b|c|i|l|r|s|u|v] [pkg] [pkg] [pkg]'