diff --git a/packages/techdocs-cli/package.json b/packages/techdocs-cli/package.json
index 39e473929d..19c519343d 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/techdocs-cli/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "^0.1.1-alpha.13",
-    "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "commander": "^5.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "http-proxy": "^1.18.1",
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts b/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts
index 5b4f947a73..4d9f9525d2 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import { spawn, ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 import program from 'commander';
 import { version } from './lib/version';
-// import chalk from 'chalk';
 import path from 'path';
 import HTTPServer from './lib/httpServer';
 import openBrowser from 'react-dev-utils/openBrowser';