diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 698ace7..2ba3e76 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ install = [
     'xlrd',
     'xlwt',
     'pyyaml',
-    'tabulate',
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/tablib/core.py b/src/tablib/core.py
index e0c4327..17d9621 100644
--- a/src/tablib/core.py
+++ b/src/tablib/core.py
@@ -621,14 +621,6 @@ class Dataset:
         """
         pass
 
-    @property
-    def cli():
-        """A CLI table representation of the :class:`Dataset` object.
-
-        .. note:: This method can be used for export only.
-        """
-        pass
-
     @property
     def jira():
         """A Jira table representation of the :class:`Dataset` object.
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/__init__.py b/src/tablib/formats/__init__.py
index b0afeec..12f2610 100644
--- a/src/tablib/formats/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tablib/formats/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from . import _tsv as tsv
 from . import _xls as xls
 from . import _xlsx as xlsx
 from . import _yaml as yaml
-from . import _cli as cli
 
 # xlsx before as xls (xlrd) can also read xlsx
-available = (json, xlsx, xls, yaml, csv, dbf, tsv, html, jira, latex, ods, df, rst, cli)
+available = (json, xlsx, xls, yaml, csv, dbf, tsv, html, jira, latex, ods, df, rst)
diff --git a/src/tablib/formats/_cli.py b/src/tablib/formats/_cli.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5441e2f..0000000
--- a/src/tablib/formats/_cli.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-""" Tablib - CLI Support
-"""
-from tabulate import tabulate
-
-title = 'cli'
-extensions = ('txt',)
-
-DEFAULT_FORMAT = 'plain'
-
-def export_set(dataset, **kwargs):
-    """Returns CLI representation of Dataset."""
-    if( dataset.headers is not None ):
-        kwargs.setdefault('headers', dataset.headers)
-    kwargs.setdefault('tablefmt', DEFAULT_FORMAT)
-    return tabulate( dataset, **kwargs)
-
-def export_book(dataset, **kwargs):
-    """Returns CLI representation of Dataset."""
-    kwargs.setdefault('tablefmt', DEFAULT_FORMAT)
-    return tabulate( dataset, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/test_tablib.py b/tests/test_tablib.py
index bd336f9..695d13d 100755
--- a/tests/test_tablib.py
+++ b/tests/test_tablib.py
@@ -1214,12 +1214,6 @@ class JiraTests(BaseTestCase):
     def test_jira_export_empty_dataset(self):
         self.assertTrue(tablib.Dataset().jira is not None)
 
-class CliTests(BaseTestCase):
-    def test_cli_export(self):
-        self.assertEqual('a  b  c', tablib.Dataset(['a', 'b', 'c']).cli)
-
-    def test_cli_export_github(self):
-        self.assertEqual('|---|---|---|\n| a | b | c |', tablib.Dataset(['a','b','c']).export('cli',tablefmt='github'))
 
 class DocTests(unittest.TestCase):