diff --git a/lib/aws/request.js b/lib/aws/request.js
index 36ae73811..babfa0795 100644
--- a/lib/aws/request.js
+++ b/lib/aws/request.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import deepSortObjectByKey from '../utils/deep-sort-object-by-key.js';
 import ensureString from 'type/string/ensure.js';
 import isObject from 'type/object/is.js';
 import wait from 'timers-ext/promise/sleep.js';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 const { log } = utils;
 
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ async function awsRequest(service, method, ...args) {
             ? [
                 'AWS provider credentials not found.',
                 ' Learn how to set up AWS provider credentials',
-                ` in our docs here: <${chalk.green('http://slss.io/aws-creds-setup')}>.`,
+                ` in our docs here: http://slss.io/aws-creds-setup`,
               ].join('')
             : bottomError.message;
           message = errorMessage;
diff --git a/lib/classes/cli.js b/lib/classes/cli.js
index 74bc817a5..e5c45f100 100644
--- a/lib/classes/cli.js
+++ b/lib/classes/cli.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import utils from '@serverlessinc/sf-core/src/utils.js';
 
 const { log } = utils;
@@ -20,15 +19,13 @@ class CLI {
   }
 
   printDot() {
-    process.stdout.write(chalk.yellow('.'));
+    process.stdout.write('.');
   }
 
   log(message, entity, opts) {
     const { underline = false, bold = false, color = null } = opts || {};
 
-    let print = chalk;
-
-    if (color) print = chalk.keyword(color);
+    if (color) print = color
     if (underline) print = print.underline;
     if (bold) print = print.bold;
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/dev/index.js b/lib/plugins/aws/dev/index.js
index a78eb26d2..b54575adf 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/dev/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/dev/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import validate from '../lib/validate.js';
 import ServerlessError from '../../../serverless-error.js';
 import LocalLambda from './local-lambda/index.js';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import chalk from 'chalk'
 
 const { log, progress } = utils;
 const logger = log.get('sls:dev');
@@ -90,13 +89,6 @@ const logFunctionEvent = (functionName, event, isVerbose) => {
 const logFunctionResponse = (functionName, response, isVerbose) => {
   try {
     if (response) {
-      if (response.statusCode) {
-        let statusCodeColor = chalk.green;
-        if (response.statusCode >= 400) statusCodeColor = chalk.red;
-
-        // logger.aside(`← λ ${functionName} ${statusCodeColor(` ${response.statusCode} `)}`);
-      }
-
       if (isVerbose) {
         logger.aside(`${util.inspect(response, { showHidden: true, depth: null, colors: true })}`);
       }
@@ -463,7 +455,7 @@ class AwsDev {
     });
 
     device.on('connect', () => {
-      logger.success(`Connected ${chalk.grey('(Ctrl+C to cancel)')}`);
+      logger.success(`Connected (Ctrl+C to cancel)`);
 
       setInterval(() => {
         device.publish(this.getTopicId('_heartbeat'), JSON.stringify({ connected: true }), {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index baa7d3eb8..fcec16c24 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     "aws-sdk": "^2.1604.0",
     "bluebird": "^3.7.2",
     "cachedir": "^2.3.0",
-    "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "child-process-ext": "^2.1.1",
     "chokidar": "^3.6.0",
     "ci-info": "^3.8.0",