diff --git a/cmd/tsdb/main.go b/cmd/tsdb/main.go
index 146aac08ac..0278c14c52 100644
--- a/cmd/tsdb/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tsdb/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"sync"
+	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
 	"unsafe"
 
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ func exitWithError(err error) {
 }
 
 func printBlocks(blocks []*tsdb.Block) {
-	tw := tsdb.GetNewTabWriter(os.Stdout)
+	tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
 	defer tw.Flush()
 
 	fmt.Fprintln(tw, "BLOCK ULID\tMIN TIME\tMAX TIME\tNUM SAMPLES\tNUM CHUNKS\tNUM SERIES")
diff --git a/tabwriter.go b/tabwriter.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e84a9c67a..0000000000
--- a/tabwriter.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package tsdb
-
-import (
-	"io"
-	"text/tabwriter"
-)
-
-const (
-	minwidth = 0
-	tabwidth = 0
-	padding  = 2
-	padchar  = ' '
-	flags    = 0
-)
-
-func GetNewTabWriter(output io.Writer) *tabwriter.Writer {
-	return tabwriter.NewWriter(output, minwidth, tabwidth, padding, padchar, flags)
-}