diff --git a/cli/command/system/info.go b/cli/command/system/info.go
index a466ac92af..f59681ba43 100644
--- a/cli/command/system/info.go
+++ b/cli/command/system/info.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package system
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/debug"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/swarm"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/templates"
 	"github.com/docker/go-units"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ func prettyPrintInfo(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, info types.Info) error {
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), " Paused: %d\n", info.ContainersPaused)
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), " Stopped: %d\n", info.ContainersStopped)
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Images: %d\n", info.Images)
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Server Version: %s\n", info.ServerVersion)
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Storage Driver: %s\n", info.Driver)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Server Version: %s\n", info.ServerVersion)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Storage Driver: %s\n", info.Driver)
 	if info.DriverStatus != nil {
 		for _, pair := range info.DriverStatus {
 			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), " %s: %s\n", pair[0], pair[1])
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ func prettyPrintInfo(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, info types.Info) error {
 			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "%s: %s\n", pair[0], pair[1])
 		}
 	}
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Logging Driver: %s\n", info.LoggingDriver)
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Cgroup Driver: %s\n", info.CgroupDriver)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Logging Driver: %s\n", info.LoggingDriver)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Cgroup Driver: %s\n", info.CgroupDriver)
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Plugins: \n")
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), " Volume:")
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ func prettyPrintInfo(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, info types.Info) error {
 		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Default Isolation: %v\n", info.Isolation)
 	}
 
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Kernel Version: %s\n", info.KernelVersion)
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Operating System: %s\n", info.OperatingSystem)
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "OSType: %s\n", info.OSType)
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Architecture: %s\n", info.Architecture)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Kernel Version: %s\n", info.KernelVersion)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Operating System: %s\n", info.OperatingSystem)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "OSType: %s\n", info.OSType)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Architecture: %s\n", info.Architecture)
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "CPUs: %d\n", info.NCPU)
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Total Memory: %s\n", units.BytesSize(float64(info.MemTotal)))
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Name: %s\n", info.Name)
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "ID: %s\n", info.ID)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Name: %s\n", info.Name)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "ID: %s\n", info.ID)
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Docker Root Dir: %s\n", info.DockerRootDir)
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Debug Mode (client): %v\n", debug.IsEnabled())
 	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Debug Mode (server): %v\n", info.Debug)
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ func prettyPrintInfo(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, info types.Info) error {
 		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), " EventsListeners: %d\n", info.NEventsListener)
 	}
 
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Http Proxy: %s\n", info.HTTPProxy)
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Https Proxy: %s\n", info.HTTPSProxy)
-	ioutils.FprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "No Proxy: %s\n", info.NoProxy)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Http Proxy: %s\n", info.HTTPProxy)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "Https Proxy: %s\n", info.HTTPSProxy)
+	fprintfIfNotEmpty(dockerCli.Out(), "No Proxy: %s\n", info.NoProxy)
 
 	if info.IndexServerAddress != "" {
 		u := dockerCli.ConfigFile().AuthConfigs[info.IndexServerAddress].Username
@@ -370,3 +370,10 @@ func formatInfo(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, info types.Info, format string) er
 	dockerCli.Out().Write([]byte{'\n'})
 	return err
 }
+
+func fprintfIfNotEmpty(w io.Writer, format, value string) (int, error) {
+	if value != "" {
+		return fmt.Fprintf(w, format, value)
+	}
+	return 0, nil
+}