diff --git a/dvc/command/diff.py b/dvc/command/diff.py
index f9f7eebc6..9c8db8201 100644
--- a/dvc/command/diff.py
+++ b/dvc/command/diff.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ def _digest(checksum):
 
 
 def _show_md(diff, show_hash=False, hide_missing=False):
-    from dvc.utils.diff import table
+    from dvc.ui import ui
 
-    header = ["Status", "Hash", "Path"] if show_hash else ["Status", "Path"]
+    headers = ["Status", "Hash", "Path"] if show_hash else ["Status", "Path"]
     rows = []
     statuses = ["added", "deleted", "renamed", "modified"]
     if not hide_missing:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def _show_md(diff, show_hash=False, hide_missing=False):
             else:
                 rows.append([status, path])
 
-    return table(header, rows, True)
+    ui.table(rows, headers=headers, markdown=True)
 
 
 class CmdDiff(CmdBase):
diff --git a/dvc/utils/diff.py b/dvc/utils/diff.py
index d12267f64..dddcb097c 100644
--- a/dvc/utils/diff.py
+++ b/dvc/utils/diff.py
@@ -85,28 +85,6 @@ def diff(old, new, with_unchanged=False):
     return dict(res)
 
 
-def table(header, rows, markdown=False):
-    from tabulate import tabulate
-
-    if not rows and not markdown:
-        return ""
-
-    ret = tabulate(
-        rows,
-        header,
-        tablefmt="github" if markdown else "plain",
-        disable_numparse=True,
-        # None will be shown as "" by default, overriding
-        missingval="—",
-    )
-
-    if markdown:
-        # NOTE: md table is incomplete without the trailing newline
-        ret += "\n"
-
-    return ret
-
-
 def format_dict(d):
     ret = {}
     for key, val in d.items():
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_diff.py b/tests/unit/command/test_diff.py
index 9b67910ab..b7473542c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_diff.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_diff.py
@@ -229,11 +229,7 @@ def test_no_changes(mocker, caplog):
     assert not info()
 
 
-def test_show_md_empty():
-    assert _show_md({}) == ("| Status   | Path   |\n|----------|--------|\n")
-
-
-def test_show_md():
+def test_show_md(capsys):
     diff = {
         "deleted": [
             {"path": "zoo"},
@@ -246,7 +242,10 @@ def test_show_md():
         "renamed": [{"path": {"old": "file_old", "new": "file_new"}}],
         "not in cache": [{"path": "file2"}],
     }
-    assert _show_md(diff) == (
+
+    _show_md(diff)
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert out == (
         "| Status       | Path                 |\n"
         "|--------------|----------------------|\n"
         "| added        | file                 |\n"
@@ -257,10 +256,11 @@ def test_show_md():
         "| renamed      | file_old -> file_new |\n"
         "| modified     | file                 |\n"
         "| not in cache | file2                |\n"
+        "\n"
     ).format(sep=os.path.sep)
 
 
-def test_show_md_with_hash():
+def test_show_md_with_hash(capsys):
     diff = {
         "deleted": [
             {"path": "zoo", "hash": "22222"},
@@ -280,7 +280,11 @@ def test_show_md_with_hash():
         ],
         "not in cache": [{"path": "file2", "hash": "12345678"}],
     }
-    assert _show_md(diff, show_hash=True) == (
+
+    _show_md(diff, show_hash=True)
+
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert out == (
         "| Status       | Hash               | Path                 |\n"
         "|--------------|--------------------|----------------------|\n"
         "| added        | 00000000           | file                 |\n"
@@ -291,10 +295,11 @@ def test_show_md_with_hash():
         "| renamed      | 11111111           | file_old -> file_new |\n"
         "| modified     | AAAAAAAA..BBBBBBBB | file                 |\n"
         "| not in cache | 12345678           | file2                |\n"
+        "\n"
     ).format(sep=os.path.sep)
 
 
-def test_show_md_hide_missing():
+def test_show_md_hide_missing(capsys):
     diff = {
         "deleted": [
             {"path": "zoo"},
@@ -307,7 +312,11 @@ def test_show_md_hide_missing():
         "renamed": [{"path": {"old": "file_old", "new": "file_new"}}],
         "not in cache": [{"path": "file2"}],
     }
-    assert _show_md(diff, hide_missing=True) == (
+
+    _show_md(diff, hide_missing=True)
+
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert out == (
         "| Status   | Path                 |\n"
         "|----------|----------------------|\n"
         "| added    | file                 |\n"
@@ -317,6 +326,7 @@ def test_show_md_hide_missing():
         "| deleted  | data{sep}bar             |\n"
         "| renamed  | file_old -> file_new |\n"
         "| modified | file                 |\n"
+        "\n"
     ).format(sep=os.path.sep)