diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index de04b82..24634c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
             
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-tinytex@v2
       - run: tlmgr --version
-      - run: tlmgr install colortbl grfext ae tabu
+      - run: tlmgr install colortbl grfext ae
       - run: tlmgr list --only-installed
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4ba63f6..efdde31 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tables
 Title: Formula-Driven Table Generation
-Version: 0.9.33
+Version: 0.9.35
 Authors@R: person(given = "Duncan",
                   family = "Murdoch",
                   role = c("aut", "cre"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 875fd7c..a348afa 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# tables 0.9.35
+
+- The vignettes no longer use the LaTeX tabu package.
 
 # tables 0.9.33
 
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 3b20aed..f90d86b 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-# tables 0.9.34
+# tables 0.9.35
 
-Correct URLs.
-
-# tables 0.9.33
-
-This is a small update, fixing missing vignettes.
+This is a small release to remove the dependence on the
+LaTeX tabu package, on request from CRAN.
diff --git a/vignettes/knitrTables.Rmd b/vignettes/knitrTables.Rmd
index f74d22e..153f47c 100644
--- a/vignettes/knitrTables.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/knitrTables.Rmd
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ vignette: >
 bibliography: tables.bib
 header-includes: 
   \usepackage{booktabs}
-  \usepackage{tabu}
 ---
 
 ```{r setup, include=FALSE}
@@ -1279,7 +1278,10 @@ the 4th column is changed.
 These features require additional \LaTeX\ packages; see the
 `kableExtra` documentation for details.
 
-```{r}
+
+NB:  Currently this code requires the LaTeX \verb!tabu!
+package, which is not supported in recent LaTeX releases, so it is not evaluated.  
+```{r, eval=FALSE}
 library(magrittr)
 library(kableExtra)
 toKable(tab) %>% 
diff --git a/vignettes/tables.Rnw b/vignettes/tables.Rnw
index db8190e..fb51aa1 100644
--- a/vignettes/tables.Rnw
+++ b/vignettes/tables.Rnw
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 \usepackage{array}
 \usepackage[table]{xcolor}
 \usepackage{colortbl}
-\usepackage{tabu}
 \usepackage{Sweave}
 
 \usepackage[authoryear,round,comma]{natbib}
@@ -1311,7 +1310,10 @@ the 4th column is changed.
 These features require additional \LaTeX\ packages; see the
 \pkg{kableExtra} documentation for details.
 
-<<results=tex>>=
+NB:  Currently this code requires the LaTeX \verb!tabu!
+package, which is not supported in recent LaTeX releases, so it is not evaluated.  
+
+<<eval=FALSE>>=
 library(magrittr)
 library(kableExtra)
 toKable(tab) %>% 
diff --git a/vignettes/tables.Rout.save b/vignettes/tables.Rout.save
index a57b331..6845fd2 100644
--- a/vignettes/tables.Rout.save
+++ b/vignettes/tables.Rout.save
@@ -944,24 +944,6 @@ B & 2  & $10$ & $14.4$ & $2.836$ & $56.3$ & $7.889$ \\
 \bottomrule 
 \end{tabular}
 
-> library(magrittr)
-
-> library(kableExtra)
-
-> toKable(tab) %>% kable_styling(full_width = TRUE) %>% 
-+     column_spec(4, color = "red")
-\begin{tabu} to \linewidth {>{\raggedright}X>{\raggedright}X>{\centering}X>{}c>{\centering}X>{\centering}X>{\centering}X}
-\toprule
-& &  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{New label} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{c} \\ \cmidrule(lr){4-5}\cmidrule(lr){6-7}
- & a & N & mean & sd & mean & \multicolumn{1}{c}{sd} \\ 
-\midrule
-A & 1  & $10$ & \textcolor{red}{$14.4$} & $3.026$ & $55.7$ & $6.447$ \\
- & 3  & $10$ & \textcolor{red}{$14.5$} & $2.877$ & $52.8$ & $8.954$ \\
-B & 2  & $10$ & \textcolor{red}{$14.4$} & $2.836$ & $56.3$ & $7.889$ \\
-\bottomrule 
-\end{tabu}
-
-
 > latexTable(tabular((Species + 1) ~ (n = 1) + Format(digits = 2) * 
 +     (Sepal.Length + Sepal.Width) * (mean + sd), data = iris), 
 +     caption =  .... [TRUNCATED] 
@@ -986,4 +968,4 @@ All  & $150$ & $5.84$ & $0.83$ & $3.06$ & $0.44$ \\
  *** Run successfully completed ***
 > proc.time()
    user  system elapsed 
-  0.561   0.024   0.584 
+  0.515   0.020   0.532