Using simple features (sf) in R, how do I erase polygons overlapping with another layer

With a regular spatialDataFrame I could use erase(x, y) or x-y. How can I perform the equivalent using sf objects?

As an example:

##Create layers based on this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26620373/spatialpolygons-creating-a-set-of-polygons-in-r-from-coordinates

set.seed(145)
square1 <- t(replicate(50, {
  o <- runif(2)
  c(o, o + c(0, 0.1), o + 0.1, o + c(0.1, 0), o)
}))
ID <- paste0('sq', seq_len(nrow(square1)))

polys1 <- SpatialPolygons(mapply(function(poly, id) {
  xy <- matrix(poly, ncol=2, byrow=TRUE)
  Polygons(list(Polygon(xy)), ID=id)

}, split(square1, row(square1)), ID))

polys.df <- SpatialPolygonsDataFrame(polys1, data.frame(id=ID, row.names=ID))

square2 <- t(replicate(5, {
  o <- runif(2)
  c(o, o + c(0, 0.1), o + 0.1, o + c(0.1, 0), o)
}))
ID <- paste0('sq', seq_len(nrow(square2)))


polys2 <- SpatialPolygons(mapply(function(poly, id) {
  xy <- matrix(poly, ncol=2, byrow=TRUE)
  Polygons(list(Polygon(xy)), ID=id)
}, split(square2, row(square2)), ID))
polys.df2 <- SpatialPolygonsDataFrame(polys2, data.frame(id=ID, row.names=ID))

#plot the layers
plot(polys.df, col=rainbow(50, alpha=0.5))
plot(polys.df2, col="black", add = T)


#Compare methods - erase and difference
erasedPoly <- erase(polys.df, polys.df2)
plot(erasedPoly, col=rainbow(50, alpha=0.5))

polys.df_sf <- st_as_sf(polys.df)
polys.df_sf2 <- st_as_sf(polys.df2)
diffPoly <- st_difference(polys.df_sf, polys.df_sf2)
plot(diffPoly, col=rainbow(50, alpha=0.5), max.plot = 1)

Erase here does what I want, but st_difference doesn't. My workaround, if there is no in-built function in sf, will be to convert back to a Spatial PolygonDataFrame.