diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_router.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_router.erl
index fcb9b4e45..a403efa84 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_router.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_router.erl
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
 
 -export([print_routes/1]).
 
+-export([
+    foldl_routes/2,
+    foldr_routes/2
+]).
+
 -export([topics/0]).
 
 %% gen_server callbacks
@@ -212,6 +217,14 @@ cleanup_routes(Node) ->
         Route <- mnesia:match_object(?ROUTE_TAB, Pat, write)
     ].
 
+-spec foldl_routes(fun((emqx_types:route(), Acc) -> Acc), Acc) -> Acc.
+foldl_routes(FoldFun, AccIn) ->
+    ets:foldl(FoldFun, AccIn, ?ROUTE_TAB).
+
+-spec foldr_routes(fun((emqx_types:route(), Acc) -> Acc), Acc) -> Acc.
+foldr_routes(FoldFun, AccIn) ->
+    ets:foldr(FoldFun, AccIn, ?ROUTE_TAB).
+
 call(Router, Msg) ->
     gen_server:call(Router, Msg, infinity).
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
index aeed5b922..121e5b1a8 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 -include_lib("emqx/include/emqx_mqtt.hrl").
 -include_lib("emqx/include/logger.hrl").
 
--include("emqx_mgmt.hrl").
-
--define(PRINT_CMD(Cmd, Descr), io:format("~-48s# ~ts~n", [Cmd, Descr])).
 -define(DATA_BACKUP_OPTS, #{print_fun => fun emqx_ctl:print/2}).
 
 -export([load/0]).
@@ -49,20 +46,6 @@
     data/1
 ]).
 
--define(PROC_INFOKEYS, [
-    status,
-    memory,
-    message_queue_len,
-    total_heap_size,
-    heap_size,
-    stack_size,
-    reductions
-]).
-
--define(MAX_LIMIT, 10000).
-
--define(APP, emqx).
-
 -spec load() -> ok.
 load() ->
     Cmds = [Fun || {Fun, _} <- ?MODULE:module_info(exports), is_cmd(Fun)],
@@ -197,9 +180,12 @@ if_client(ClientId, Fun) ->
 %% @doc Topics Command
 
 topics(["list"]) ->
-    dump(?ROUTE_TAB, emqx_topic);
+    emqx_router:foldr_routes(
+        fun(Route, Acc) -> [print({emqx_topic, Route}) | Acc] end,
+        []
+    );
 topics(["show", Topic]) ->
-    Routes = ets:lookup(?ROUTE_TAB, bin(Topic)),
+    Routes = emqx_router:lookup_routes(Topic),
     [print({emqx_topic, Route}) || Route <- Routes];
 topics(_) ->
     emqx_ctl:usage([