diff --git a/lib/handlers/code.js b/lib/handlers/code.js
index 59e818a..ce159a4 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/code.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/code.js
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 module.exports = code
 
-var detab = require('detab')
 var u = require('unist-builder')
 
 function code(h, node) {
-  var value = node.value ? detab(node.value + '\n') : ''
+  var value = node.value ? node.value + '\n' : ''
   var lang = node.lang && node.lang.match(/^[^ \t]+(?=[ \t]|$)/)
   var props = {}
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f217326..1e5c5ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/mdast": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/unist": "^2.0.3",
-    "detab": "^2.0.0",
     "mdast-util-definitions": "^3.0.0",
     "mdurl": "^1.0.0",
     "trim-lines": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/test/code.js b/test/code.js
index 795a17d..a6ab613 100644
--- a/test/code.js
+++ b/test/code.js
@@ -35,5 +35,13 @@ test('Code', function (t) {
     'should transform `code` to a `pre` element with language class'
   )
 
+  t.deepEqual(
+    to(u('code', '\ta')),
+    u('element', {tagName: 'pre', properties: {}}, [
+      u('element', {tagName: 'code', properties: {}}, [u('text', '\ta\n')])
+    ]),
+    'should support tabs in code'
+  )
+
   t.end()
 })