diff --git a/lib/actions/deploy.coffee b/lib/actions/deploy.coffee
index bbc9f43d..f61bc772 100644
--- a/lib/actions/deploy.coffee
+++ b/lib/actions/deploy.coffee
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dockerUtils = require('../utils/docker')
 compose = require('../utils/compose')
 { registrySecretsHelp } = require('../utils/messages')
 { ExpectedError } = require('../errors')
-{ getBalenaSdk } = require('../utils/lazy')
+{ getBalenaSdk, getChalk } = require('../utils/lazy')
 
 ###
 Opts must be an object with the following keys:
@@ -89,10 +89,9 @@ deployProject = (docker, logger, composeOpts, opts) ->
 				}
 		.then (images) ->
 			if opts.app.application_type?[0]?.is_legacy
-				chalk = require('chalk')
 				legacyDeploy = require('../utils/deploy-legacy')
 
-				msg = chalk.yellow('Target application requires legacy deploy method.')
+				msg = getChalk().yellow('Target application requires legacy deploy method.')
 				logger.logWarn(msg)
 
 				return Promise.join(
diff --git a/lib/actions/local/common.coffee b/lib/actions/local/common.coffee
index 6aaeaa0b..2b04dead 100644
--- a/lib/actions/local/common.coffee
+++ b/lib/actions/local/common.coffee
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Promise = require('bluebird')
 _ = require('lodash')
-chalk = require('chalk')
 
 dockerUtils = require('../../utils/docker')
 { exitWithExpectedError } = require('../../utils/patterns')
+{ getChalk } = require('../../utils/lazy')
 
 exports.dockerPort = dockerPort = 2375
 exports.dockerTimeout = dockerTimeout = 2000
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ exports.pipeContainerStream = Promise.method ({ deviceIp, name, outStream, follo
 	.catch (err) ->
 		err = '' + err.statusCode
 		if err is '404'
-			return console.log(chalk.red.bold("Container '#{name}' not found."))
+			return console.log(getChalk().red.bold("Container '#{name}' not found."))
 		throw err
 
 exports.getSubShellCommand = require('../../utils/helpers').getSubShellCommand
diff --git a/lib/actions/local/flash.ts b/lib/actions/local/flash.ts
index de0c19c4..7a18608c 100644
--- a/lib/actions/local/flash.ts
+++ b/lib/actions/local/flash.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import { CommandDefinition } from 'capitano';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags';
 import * as SDK from 'etcher-sdk';
-import { getVisuals } from '../../utils/lazy';
+import { getChalk, getVisuals } from '../../utils/lazy';
 
 async function getDrive(options: {
 	drive?: string;
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ export const flash: CommandDefinition<
 				default: false,
 			}));
 		if (yes !== true) {
-			console.log(chalk.red.bold('Aborted image flash'));
+			console.log(getChalk().red.bold('Aborted image flash'));
 			process.exit(0);
 		}
 
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ export const flash: CommandDefinition<
 			[drive],
 			(_, error) => {
 				// onFail
-				console.log(chalk.red.bold(error.message));
+				console.log(getChalk().red.bold(error.message));
 			},
 			(progress: SDK.multiWrite.MultiDestinationProgress) => {
 				// onProgress
diff --git a/lib/actions/local/stop.coffee b/lib/actions/local/stop.coffee
index bc4e5dc5..38308d5c 100644
--- a/lib/actions/local/stop.coffee
+++ b/lib/actions/local/stop.coffee
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 # and `Cygwin` should be encapsulated in a
 # re-usable package.
 #
+
+{ getChalk } = require('../../utils/lazy')
+
 module.exports =
 	signature: 'local stop [deviceIp]'
 	description: 'Stop a running container on a balenaOS device'
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ module.exports =
 	root: true
 	action: (params, options) ->
 		Promise = require('bluebird')
-		chalk = require('chalk')
+		chalk = getChalk()
 		{ forms, config, BalenaLocalDockerUtils } = require('balena-sync')
 		{ selectContainerFromDevice, filterOutSupervisorContainer } = require('./common')
 
diff --git a/lib/actions/util.ts b/lib/actions/util.ts
index 4eea2877..26e6f7cc 100644
--- a/lib/actions/util.ts
+++ b/lib/actions/util.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import { CommandDefinition } from 'capitano';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags';
-import { getVisuals } from '../utils/lazy';
+import { getChalk, getVisuals } from '../utils/lazy';
 
 export const availableDrives: CommandDefinition<{}, {}> = {
 	signature: 'util available-drives',
@@ -49,7 +48,9 @@ export const availableDrives: CommandDefinition<{}, {}> = {
 
 		if (scanner.drives.size === 0) {
 			console.error(
-				`${chalk.red('x')} No available drives were detected, plug one in!`,
+				`${getChalk().red(
+					'x',
+				)} No available drives were detected, plug one in!`,
 			);
 		} else {
 			console.log(
diff --git a/lib/utils/compose.coffee b/lib/utils/compose.coffee
index a069c51c..d4a851b3 100644
--- a/lib/utils/compose.coffee
+++ b/lib/utils/compose.coffee
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 Promise = require('bluebird')
 path = require('path')
-{ getBalenaSdk } = require('./lazy')
+{ getBalenaSdk, getChalk } = require('./lazy')
 
 exports.appendProjectOptions = appendProjectOptions = (opts) ->
 	opts.concat [
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ authorizePush = (sdk, logger, tokenAuthEndpoint, registry, images, previousRepos
 	.catchReturn({})
 
 pushAndUpdateServiceImages = (docker, token, images, afterEach) ->
-	chalk = require('chalk')
 	{ DockerProgress } = require('docker-progress')
 	{ retry } = require('./helpers')
 	tty = require('./tty')(process.stdout)
@@ -402,7 +401,7 @@ pushAndUpdateServiceImages = (docker, token, images, afterEach) ->
 	opts = { authconfig: registrytoken: token }
 
 	progress = new DockerProgress(dockerToolbelt: docker)
-	renderer = pushProgressRenderer(tty, chalk.blue('[Push]') + '    ')
+	renderer = pushProgressRenderer(tty, getChalk().blue('[Push]') + '    ')
 	reporters = progress.aggregateProgress(images.length, renderer)
 
 	Promise.using tty.cursorHidden(), ->
@@ -441,11 +440,10 @@ exports.deployProject = (
 	skipLogUpload
 ) ->
 	_ = require('lodash')
-	chalk = require('chalk')
 	releaseMod = require('resin-release')
 	tty = require('./tty')(process.stdout)
 
-	prefix = chalk.cyan('[Info]') + '    '
+	prefix = getChalk().cyan('[Info]') + '    '
 	spinner = createSpinner()
 	runloop = runSpinner(tty, spinner, "#{prefix}Creating release...")
 
@@ -599,7 +597,6 @@ createRunLoop = (tick) ->
 class BuildProgressUI
 	constructor: (tty, descriptors) ->
 		_ = require('lodash')
-		chalk = require('chalk')
 		through = require('through2')
 
 		eventHandler = @_handleEvent
@@ -621,7 +618,7 @@ class BuildProgressUI
 		# Logger magically prefixes the log line with [Build] etc., but it doesn't
 		# work well with the spinner we're also showing. Manually build the prefix
 		# here and bypass the logger.
-		prefix = chalk.blue('[Build]') + '   '
+		prefix = getChalk().blue('[Build]') + '   '
 
 		offset = 10 # account for escape sequences inserted for colouring
 		@_prefixWidth = offset + prefix.length + _.max(_.map(services, 'length'))
@@ -718,7 +715,7 @@ class BuildProgressUI
 
 	_renderSummary: (serviceToStrMap) ->
 		_ = require('lodash')
-		chalk = require('chalk')
+		chalk = getChalk()
 		truncate = require('cli-truncate')
 		strlen = require('string-width')
 
@@ -785,7 +782,6 @@ class BuildProgressInline
 
 	_renderEvent: (service, event) =>
 		_ = require('lodash')
-		chalk = require('chalk')
 
 		str = do ->
 			{ status, error } = event
@@ -796,7 +792,7 @@ class BuildProgressInline
 			else
 				return 'Waiting...'
 
-		prefix = _.padEnd(chalk.bold(service), @_prefixWidth)
+		prefix = _.padEnd(getChalk().bold(service), @_prefixWidth)
 		@_outStream.write(prefix)
 		@_outStream.write(str)
 		@_outStream.write('\n')
diff --git a/lib/utils/device/logs.ts b/lib/utils/device/logs.ts
index 0a88e2f5..7397ea24 100644
--- a/lib/utils/device/logs.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/device/logs.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import ColorHash = require('color-hash');
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 
+import { getChalk } from '../lazy';
 import Logger = require('../logger');
 
 interface Log {
@@ -116,5 +116,5 @@ const colorHash = new ColorHash();
 function _getServiceColourFn(serviceName: string): (msg: string) => string {
 	const [r, g, b] = colorHash.rgb(serviceName);
 
-	return chalk.rgb(r, g, b);
+	return getChalk().rgb(r, g, b);
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils/helpers.ts b/lib/utils/helpers.ts
index 5e394556..d1d71f84 100644
--- a/lib/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 import { InitializeEmitter, OperationState } from 'balena-device-init';
 import * as BalenaSdk from 'balena-sdk';
 import Bluebird = require('bluebird');
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import _ = require('lodash');
 import os = require('os');
 import * as ShellEscape from 'shell-escape';
 
 import { ExpectedError } from '../errors';
-import { getBalenaSdk, getVisuals } from './lazy';
+import { getBalenaSdk, getChalk, getVisuals } from './lazy';
 
 export function getGroupDefaults(group: {
 	options: Array<{ name: string; default?: string }>;
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ export function getGroupDefaults(group: {
 
 export function stateToString(state: OperationState) {
 	const percentage = _.padStart(`${state.percentage}`, 3, '0');
+	const chalk = getChalk();
 	const result = `${chalk.blue(percentage + '%')} ${chalk.cyan(
 		state.operation.command,
 	)}`;
diff --git a/lib/utils/lazy.ts b/lib/utils/lazy.ts
index da1f1020..0098b653 100644
--- a/lib/utils/lazy.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/lazy.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import * as BalenaSdk from 'balena-sdk';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 import * as visuals from 'resin-cli-visuals';
 
 // Equivalent of _.once but avoiding the need to import lodash for lazy deps
@@ -35,3 +36,5 @@ export const getBalenaSdk = once(() =>
 export const getVisuals = once(
 	() => require('resin-cli-visuals') as typeof visuals,
 );
+
+export const getChalk = once(() => require('chalk') as typeof chalk);
diff --git a/lib/utils/logger.ts b/lib/utils/logger.ts
index 44f3a4f8..27c7cfe9 100644
--- a/lib/utils/logger.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/logger.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import _ = require('lodash');
 import { EOL as eol } from 'os';
 import { StreamLogger } from 'resin-stream-logger';
+import { getChalk } from './lazy';
 
 enum Level {
 	BUILD = 'build',
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class Logger {
 
 	protected constructor() {
 		const logger = new StreamLogger();
+		const chalk = getChalk();
 		logger.addPrefix('build', chalk.blue('[Build]'));
 		logger.addPrefix('info', chalk.cyan('[Info]'));
 		logger.addPrefix('debug', chalk.magenta('[Debug]'));
diff --git a/lib/utils/patterns.ts b/lib/utils/patterns.ts
index 6e463977..f430a029 100644
--- a/lib/utils/patterns.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/patterns.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 import { BalenaApplicationNotFound } from 'balena-errors';
 import * as BalenaSdk from 'balena-sdk';
 import Bluebird = require('bluebird');
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags';
 import _ = require('lodash');
 import _form = require('resin-cli-form');
 
 import { NotLoggedInError } from '../errors';
-import { getBalenaSdk, getVisuals } from './lazy';
+import { getBalenaSdk, getChalk, getVisuals } from './lazy';
 import messages = require('./messages');
 import validation = require('./validation');
 
@@ -431,6 +430,7 @@ export function selectFromList<T>(
 }
 
 export function printErrorMessage(message: string) {
+	const chalk = getChalk();
 	console.error(chalk.red(message));
 	console.error(chalk.red(`\n${messages.getHelp}\n`));
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils/visuals/drive-list.ts b/lib/utils/visuals/drive-list.ts
index f29166e9..a5850224 100644
--- a/lib/utils/visuals/drive-list.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/visuals/drive-list.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import * as _sdk from 'etcher-sdk';
 
+import { getChalk } from '../lazy';
 import { CustomDynamicList } from './custom-dynamic-list';
 
 export class DriveList extends CustomDynamicList<
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class DriveList extends CustomDynamicList<
 	constructor(private scanner: _sdk.scanner.Scanner) {
 		super(
 			'Select a drive',
-			`${chalk.red('x')} No available drives were detected, plug one in!`,
+			`${getChalk().red('x')} No available drives were detected, plug one in!`,
 		);
 		const refresh = this.refresh.bind(this);
 		scanner.on('attach', refresh);