diff -udprP mutt-1.5.6.orig/menu.c mutt-1.5.6/menu.c
--- mutt-1.5.6.orig/menu.c	Sun Feb  1 19:10:57 2004
+++ mutt-1.5.6/menu.c	Tue Feb  3 21:56:58 2004
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ static void print_enriched_string (int a
     {
       if (do_color)
       {
+#ifndef USE_SLANG_CURSES
 	pair_content(PAIR_NUMBER(ColorDefs[MT_COLOR_TREE]), &f1, &b1);
 	pair_content(PAIR_NUMBER(attr), &f2, &b2);
 	if (b1 == b2)
+#endif
 	  SETCOLOR (MT_COLOR_TREE);
       }
       while (*s && *s < M_TREE_MAX)