diff --git a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
index c57add0656..b8d3762436 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/triedb"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
@@ -760,10 +760,18 @@ func showMetaData(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		data = append(data, []string{"headHeader.Root", fmt.Sprintf("%v", h.Root)})
 		data = append(data, []string{"headHeader.Number", fmt.Sprintf("%d (%#x)", h.Number, h.Number)})
 	}
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
-	table.SetHeader([]string{"Field", "Value"})
-	table.AppendBulk(data)
-	table.Render()
+	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
+	// header
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Field\tValue")
+	// rows
+	for _, r := range data {
+		if len(r) >= 2 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\n", r[0], r[1])
+		} else if len(r) == 1 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t\n", r[0])
+		}
+	}
+	_ = w.Flush()
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/core/rawdb/database_tablewriter_unix.go b/core/rawdb/database_tablewriter_unix.go
index 8bec5396e8..ab71bb8e42 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/database_tablewriter_unix.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/database_tablewriter_unix.go
@@ -20,14 +20,50 @@
 package rawdb
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
-
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
+	"strings"
+	"text/tabwriter"
 )
 
-// Re-export the real tablewriter types and functions
-type Table = tablewriter.Table
+// Lightweight internal table writer used instead of the external dependency.
+// It provides the small subset of the tablewriter API that the project uses.
+type Table struct {
+	out     io.Writer
+	headers []string
+	footer  []string
+	rows    [][]string
+}
 
 func newTableWriter(w io.Writer) *Table {
-	return tablewriter.NewWriter(w)
+	return &Table{out: w}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) SetHeader(headers []string) {
+	t.headers = headers
+}
+
+func (t *Table) SetFooter(footer []string) {
+	t.footer = footer
+}
+
+func (t *Table) AppendBulk(rows [][]string) {
+	t.rows = rows
+}
+
+// Render prints a simple tab-separated table using text/tabwriter. This
+// intentionally prints a compact, readable table for CLI consumption and
+// fulfils the small API surface used in the codebase.
+func (t *Table) Render() {
+	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(t.out, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
+	if len(t.headers) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join(t.headers, "\t"))
+	}
+	for _, row := range t.rows {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join(row, "\t"))
+	}
+	if len(t.footer) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join(t.footer, "\t"))
+	}
+	_ = w.Flush()
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3590a54929..9c9e873a5e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20
 	github.com/naoina/toml v0.1.2-0.20170918210437-9fafd6967416
-	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
 	github.com/peterh/liner v1.1.1-0.20190123174540-a2c9a5303de7
 	github.com/pion/stun/v2 v2.0.0
 	github.com/protolambda/bls12-381-util v0.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6ecb0b7ec3..89dd9af52a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.3/go.mod h1:LwmH8dsx7+W8Uxz3IHJYH5QSwggIsqBzpuz5H//U1FU=
-github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 h1:lTGmDsbAYt5DmK6OnoV7EuIF1wEIFAcxld6ypU4OSgU=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 h1:mmDVorXM7PCGKw94cs5zkfA9PSy5pEvNWRP0ET0TIVo=
@@ -274,8 +273,6 @@ github.com/naoina/toml v0.1.2-0.20170918210437-9fafd6967416 h1:shk/vn9oCoOTmwcou
 github.com/naoina/toml v0.1.2-0.20170918210437-9fafd6967416/go.mod h1:NBIhNtsFMo3G2szEBne+bO4gS192HuIYRqfvOWb4i1E=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4 h1:DQuhQpB1tVlglWS2hLQ5OV6B5r8aGxSrPc5Qo6uTN78=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
-github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N7AbDhec=
-github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1/go.mod h1:zj2OWP4+oCPe1qIXoGWkgMRwljMUYCdkwsT2108oapk=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.14.0 h1:2mOpI4JVVPBN+WQRa0WKH2eXR+Ey+uK4n7Zj0aYpIQA=