diff --git a/command/meta.go b/command/meta.go
index a58a858a0..a6bdded50 100644
--- a/command/meta.go
+++ b/command/meta.go
@@ -143,10 +143,6 @@ func (m *Meta) contextOpts() *terraform.ContextOpts {
 	}
 	opts.Variables = vs
 	opts.UIInput = m.UIInput()
-	opts.UIOutput = &UIOutput{
-		Colorize: m.Colorize(),
-		Ui:       m.Ui,
-	}
 
 	return &opts
 }
diff --git a/command/ui_output.go b/command/ui_output.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 32cde2ef9..000000000
--- a/command/ui_output.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package command
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/colorstring"
-)
-
-// UIOutput is an implementation of terraform.UIOutput.
-type UIOutput struct {
-	Colorize *colorstring.Colorize
-	Ui       cli.Ui
-
-	once sync.Once
-	ui        cli.Ui
-}
-
-func (u *UIOutput) Output(v string) {
-	u.once.Do(u.init)
-	u.ui.Output(v)
-}
-
-func (u *UIOutput) init() {
-	// Wrap the ui so that it is safe for concurrency regardless of the
-	// underlying reader/writer that is in place.
-	u.ui = &cli.ConcurrentUi{Ui: u.Ui}
-}
diff --git a/command/ui_output_test.go b/command/ui_output_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bff073e86..000000000
--- a/command/ui_output_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package command
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
-)
-
-func TestUIOutput_impl(t *testing.T) {
-	var _ terraform.UIOutput = new(UIOutput)
-}