diff --git a/plugins/ps/functions.go b/plugins/ps/functions.go
index c13005cf1..d042e511c 100644
--- a/plugins/ps/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/ps/functions.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/common"
 	dockeroptions "github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/docker-options"
-	"github.com/ryanuber/columnize"
 )
 
 func canScaleApp(appName string) bool {
@@ -20,24 +19,6 @@ func canScaleApp(appName string) bool {
 	return common.ToBool(canScale)
 }
 
-func getProcessStatus(appName string) map[string]string {
-	statuses := make(map[string]string)
-	containerFiles := common.ListFilesWithPrefix(common.AppRoot(appName), "CONTAINER.")
-	for _, filename := range containerFiles {
-		containerID := common.ReadFirstLine(filename)
-		containerStatus, _ := common.DockerInspect(containerID, "{{ .State.Status }}")
-		process := strings.TrimPrefix(filename, fmt.Sprintf("%s/CONTAINER.", common.AppRoot(appName)))
-
-		if containerStatus == "" {
-			containerStatus = "missing"
-		}
-
-		statuses[process] = fmt.Sprintf("%s (CID: %s)", containerStatus, containerID[0:11])
-	}
-
-	return statuses
-}
-
 func getProcfileCommand(procfilePath string, processType string, port int) (string, error) {
 	if !common.FileExists(procfilePath) {
 		return "", errors.New("No procfile found")
@@ -229,11 +210,6 @@ func scaleReport(appName string) error {
 	}
 
 	common.LogInfo1Quiet(fmt.Sprintf("Scaling for %s", appName))
-	config := columnize.DefaultConfig()
-	config.Delim = "="
-	config.Glue = ": "
-	config.Prefix = "    "
-	config.Empty = ""
 
 	content := []string{}
 	if os.Getenv("DOKKU_QUIET_OUTPUT") == "" {
diff --git a/plugins/ps/go.mod b/plugins/ps/go.mod
index a088fa6e5..c3a0d29df 100644
--- a/plugins/ps/go.mod
+++ b/plugins/ps/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/config v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/docker-options v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
-	github.com/ryanuber/columnize v2.1.2+incompatible
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 )
 
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.5 // indirect
+	github.com/ryanuber/columnize v2.1.2+incompatible // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 // indirect