diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1921c920aca..64e080a6b57e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
     "node-sass": "^4.3.0",
     "nopt": "^3.0.1",
     "opn": "4.0.1",
-    "ora": "^0.2.0",
     "portfinder": "1.0.9",
     "postcss-loader": "^0.9.1",
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@
     "stylus": "^0.54.5",
     "stylus-loader": "^2.4.0",
     "temp": "0.8.3",
-    "through": "^2.3.6",
     "typescript": "~2.0.3",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
     "walk-sync": "^0.2.6",
@@ -149,6 +147,7 @@
     "resolve-bin": "^0.4.0",
     "rewire": "^2.5.1",
     "sinon": "^1.17.3",
+    "through": "^2.3.6",
     "tree-kill": "^1.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^1.3.0",
     "tslint": "^4.0.2"
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/ember-cli/lib/ui/index.js b/packages/@angular/cli/ember-cli/lib/ui/index.js
index 412f77dc521d..7837f04e0f52 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/ember-cli/lib/ui/index.js
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/ember-cli/lib/ui/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var ora              = require('ora');
 var Promise          = require('../ext/promise');
 var EOL              = require('os').EOL;
 var chalk            = require('chalk');
@@ -32,20 +31,8 @@ module.exports = UI;
 **/
 
 function UI(options) {
-  var spinner = this.spinner = ora({ color: 'green' });
-
-  this.through  = require('through');
-
   // Output stream
-  this.actualOutputStream = options.outputStream;
-  this.outputStream = this.through(function(data) {
-    spinner.stop();
-    this.emit('data', data);
-  });
-
-  this.outputStream.setMaxListeners(0);
-  this.outputStream.pipe(this.actualOutputStream);
-
+  this.outputStream = options.outputStream;
   this.inputStream = options.inputStream;
   this.errorStream = options.errorStream;
 
@@ -174,19 +161,12 @@ UI.prototype.setWriteLevel = function(level) {
 
 UI.prototype.startProgress = function(message/*, stepString*/) {
   if (this.writeLevelVisible('INFO')) {
-    if (this.ci) {
-      this.writeLine(message);
-    } else {
-      this.spinner.text = message;
-      this.spinner.start();
-    }
+    this.writeLine(message);
   }
 };
 
 UI.prototype.stopProgress = function() {
-  if (this.writeLevelVisible('INFO') && !this.ci) {
-    this.spinner.stop();
-  }
+
 };
 
 UI.prototype.prompt = function(questions, callback) {
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/package.json b/packages/@angular/cli/package.json
index bc2acbdcf51e..87c04243e28d 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
     "node-sass": "^4.3.0",
     "nopt": "^3.0.1",
     "opn": "4.0.1",
-    "ora": "^0.2.0",
     "portfinder": "1.0.9",
     "postcss-loader": "^0.9.1",
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@
     "stylus": "^0.54.5",
     "stylus-loader": "^2.4.0",
     "temp": "0.8.3",
-    "through": "^2.3.6",
     "typescript": "~2.0.3",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
     "walk-sync": "^0.2.6",