diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/index.js b/packages/create-react-app/index.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/packages/create-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/index.js
@@ -36,21 +36,17 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var chalk = require('chalk');
-
 var currentNodeVersion = process.versions.node;
 var semver = currentNodeVersion.split('.');
 var major = semver[0];
 
 if (major < 8) {
   console.error(
-    chalk.red(
-      'You are running Node ' +
-        currentNodeVersion +
-        '.\n' +
-        'Create React App requires Node 8 or higher. \n' +
-        'Please update your version of Node.'
-    )
+    'You are running Node ' +
+      currentNodeVersion +
+      '.\n' +
+      'Create React App requires Node 8 or higher. \n' +
+      'Please update your version of Node.'
   );
   process.exit(1);
 }
Fix minimum version error on old versions of Node.js (#<I>)