diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6c7332fee..3f909f802 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed `legacy_windows` is auto-detected as `True` incorrectly, when not in terminal environment.
+
 ## [13.9.4] - 2024-11-01
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index d8985ca13..c73e360e0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ The following people have contributed to the development of Rich:
 - [L. Yeung](https://github.com/lewis-yeung)
 - [chthollyphile](https://github.com/chthollyphile)
 - [Jonathan Helmus](https://github.com/jjhelmus)
+- [xymy](https://github.com/xymy)
diff --git a/rich/console.py b/rich/console.py
index 3ec9a8aab..de0479a05 100644
--- a/rich/console.py
+++ b/rich/console.py
@@ -585,11 +585,6 @@ def get_windows_console_features() -> "WindowsConsoleFeatures":  # pragma: no co
     return _windows_console_features
 
 
-def detect_legacy_windows() -> bool:
-    """Detect legacy Windows."""
-    return WINDOWS and not get_windows_console_features().vt
-
-
 class Console:
     """A high level console interface.
 
@@ -687,10 +682,17 @@ def __init__(
         self._emoji = emoji
         self._emoji_variant: Optional[EmojiVariant] = emoji_variant
         self._highlight = highlight
-        self.legacy_windows: bool = (
-            (detect_legacy_windows() and not self.is_jupyter)
-            if legacy_windows is None
-            else legacy_windows
+
+        self._force_terminal = None
+        if force_terminal is not None:
+            self._force_terminal = force_terminal
+
+        self._file = file
+        self.quiet = quiet
+        self.stderr = stderr
+
+        self.legacy_windows = (
+            self._detect_legacy_windows() if legacy_windows is None else legacy_windows
         )
 
         if width is None:
@@ -707,15 +709,6 @@ def __init__(
         self._height = height
 
         self._color_system: Optional[ColorSystem]
-
-        self._force_terminal = None
-        if force_terminal is not None:
-            self._force_terminal = force_terminal
-
-        self._file = file
-        self.quiet = quiet
-        self.stderr = stderr
-
         if color_system is None:
             self._color_system = None
         elif color_system == "auto":
@@ -788,6 +781,16 @@ def _theme_stack(self) -> ThemeStack:
         """Get the thread local theme stack."""
         return self._thread_locals.theme_stack
 
+    def _detect_legacy_windows(self) -> bool:
+        """Detect legacy Windows."""
+        if not WINDOWS:
+            return False
+        if self.is_jupyter:
+            return False
+        if not self.is_terminal or self.is_dumb_terminal:
+            return False
+        return not get_windows_console_features().vt
+
     def _detect_color_system(self) -> Optional[ColorSystem]:
         """Detect color system from env vars."""
         if self.is_jupyter:
diff --git a/tests/test_console.py b/tests/test_console.py
index 407a138ec..b75cd2fba 100644
--- a/tests/test_console.py
+++ b/tests/test_console.py
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ def test_dumb_terminal():
     assert height == 25
 
 
+def test_legacy_windows():
+    output = io.StringIO()
+    console = Console(file=output)
+    assert console.legacy_windows is False
+
+
 def test_soft_wrap():
     console = Console(file=io.StringIO(), width=20, soft_wrap=True)
     console.print("foo " * 10)