diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pulumi/stack.go b/pkg/cmd/pulumi/stack.go
index e23046ea3..5a899e766 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pulumi/stack.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pulumi/stack.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/backend/display"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/backend/httpstate"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/resource/deploy"
-	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/util"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/common/resource"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/common/util/cmdutil"
 )
@@ -235,25 +234,25 @@ type treeNode struct {
 func renderNode(node *treeNode, padding, branch string, showURNs, showIDs bool, rows *[]cmdutil.TableRow) {
 	padBranch := ""
 	switch branch {
-	case util.TBranchString:
-		padBranch = util.TPaddingString
-	case util.LBranchString:
-		padBranch = util.LPaddingString
+	case "├─ ":
+		padBranch = "│  "
+	case "└─ ":
+		padBranch = "   "
 	}
 	childPadding := padding + padBranch
 
-	infoBranch := util.LPaddingString
+	infoBranch := "   "
 	if len(node.children) > 0 {
-		infoBranch = util.TPaddingString
+		infoBranch = "│  "
 	}
 	infoPadding := childPadding + infoBranch
 
 	*rows = append(*rows, renderResourceRow(node.res, padding+branch, infoPadding, showURNs, showIDs))
 
 	for i, child := range node.children {
-		childBranch := util.TBranchString
+		childBranch := "├─ "
 		if i == len(node.children)-1 {
-			childBranch = util.LBranchString
+			childBranch = "└─ "
 		}
 		renderNode(child, childPadding, childBranch, showURNs, showIDs, rows)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/display.go b/pkg/util/display.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 17fb9958b..000000000
--- a/pkg/util/display.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package util
-
-const TBranchString = "├─ "
-const LBranchString = "└─ "
-const TPaddingString = "│  "
-const LPaddingString = "   "