diff --git a/crates/nu-table/src/types/collapse.rs b/crates/nu-table/src/types/collapse.rs
index 9bc01742a0..4b4ebed172 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/src/types/collapse.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-table/src/types/collapse.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use nu_ansi_term::Style;
 use nu_color_config::StyleComputer;
-use nu_protocol::{Config, Record, Value};
+use nu_protocol::{Config, Value};
 use nu_utils::SharedCow;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fn colorize_value(value: &mut Value, config: &Config, style_computer: &StyleComp
 
                         (header, val)
                     })
-                    .collect::<Record>(),
+                    .collect(),
             );
         }
         Value::List { vals, .. } => {
diff --git a/crates/nu-table/src/unstructured_table.rs b/crates/nu-table/src/unstructured_table.rs
index 53e67e16c2..be722c5e51 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/src/unstructured_table.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-table/src/unstructured_table.rs
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ fn build_table(
         DimensionPriority::Last,
     ));
 
-    // color_config closures for "separator" are just given a null.
-    let color = style.compute("separator", &Value::nothing(Span::unknown()));
-    let color = color.paint(" ").to_string();
-    if let Ok(color) = Color::try_from(color) {
+    if let Some(color) = get_border_color(style) {
         if !is_color_empty(&color) {
             return build_table_with_border_color(table, color);
         }
@@ -348,3 +345,11 @@ impl<R, D> TableOption<R, CompactMultilineConfig, D> for SetBorderColor {
         cfg.set_borders_color(borders);
     }
 }
+
+fn get_border_color(style: &StyleComputer<'_>) -> Option<Color> {
+    // color_config closures for "separator" are just given a null.
+    let color = style.compute("separator", &Value::nothing(Span::unknown()));
+    let color = color.paint(" ").to_string();
+    let color = Color::try_from(color);
+    color.ok()
+}