diff --git a/cmd2/argparse_custom.py b/cmd2/argparse_custom.py
index c74388b0..bfcdf387 100644
--- a/cmd2/argparse_custom.py
+++ b/cmd2/argparse_custom.py
@@ -1361,10 +1361,10 @@ def error(self, message: str) -> NoReturn:
 
         self.print_usage(sys.stderr)
 
-        # Add error style to message
+        # Use console to add style since it will respect ALLOW_STYLE's value
         console = self._get_formatter().console
         with console.capture() as capture:
-            console.print(formatted_message, style=Cmd2Style.ERROR, crop=False)
+            console.print(formatted_message, style=Cmd2Style.ERROR)
         formatted_message = f"{capture.get()}"
 
         self.exit(2, f'{formatted_message}\n')
diff --git a/cmd2/rich_utils.py b/cmd2/rich_utils.py
index 4178158d..41878328 100644
--- a/cmd2/rich_utils.py
+++ b/cmd2/rich_utils.py
@@ -273,9 +273,6 @@ def rich_text_to_string(text: Text) -> str:
         force_terminal=True,
         soft_wrap=True,
         no_color=False,
-        markup=False,
-        emoji=False,
-        highlight=False,
         theme=APP_THEME,
     )
     with console.capture() as capture: