diff --git a/doc/dosage.1 b/doc/dosage.1
index 7031ab066..4ee6afbb2 100644
--- a/doc/dosage.1
+++ b/doc/dosage.1
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ Writes an RSS feed with all of the strips downloaded during the run, for use
 with your favourite RSS aggregator.
 .RE
 .TP
-.BR \-p ", " \-\^\-progress
-Display a progress bar while downloading comics.
-.TP
 .BR \-t ", " \-\^\-timestamps
 Print timestamps for all output at any level.
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/dosage.1.html b/doc/dosage.1.html
index b81e22e03..007ce7a70 100644
--- a/doc/dosage.1.html
+++ b/doc/dosage.1.html
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ with your favourite RSS aggregator.
 </DL>
 
 <DL COMPACT>
-<DT><B>-p</B>, <B>--progress</B>
-
-<DD>
-Display a progress bar while downloading comics.
 <DT><B>-t</B>, <B>--timestamps</B>
 
 <DD>
diff --git a/dosagelib/progress.py b/dosagelib/progress.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d068380ca..000000000
--- a/dosagelib/progress.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Tristan Seligmann and Jonathan Jacobs
-from __future__ import division
-
-import sys
-import time
-
-from . import util
-
-class Guess(object):
-
-    def __init__(self, weight):
-        self.weight = weight
-        self.guess = 0
-        self.best = 0
-
-    def feed(self, value):
-        self.guess = self.weight * value + (1 - self.weight) * self.guess
-
-    def distance(self, value):
-        return (self.guess - value) ** 2
-
-
-class FortuneTeller(object):
-    weights = (0.2, 0.3, 0.4)
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.guesses = map(Guess, self.weights)
-
-    def feed(self, value):
-        best = min([(guess.distance(value), guess) for guess in self.guesses])[1]
-        best.best += 1
-        for guess in self.guesses:
-            guess.feed(value)
-
-    def predict(self):
-        return max([(guess.best, guess) for guess in self.guesses])[1].guess
-
-
-class OperationComplete(Exception):
-    pass
-
-def drawBar(fill, total, caption):
-    screenWidth = util.getWindowSize()
-    ratio = fill / total
-    mask = '[%%s>%%s] (%.2f%%%%) %s' % (ratio * 100, caption)
-
-    barWidth = screenWidth - len(mask) + 6
-    fillWidth = int(barWidth * ratio) - 1
-    emptyWidth = barWidth - fillWidth - 1
-
-    sys.stdout.write('\r')
-    sys.stdout.write(mask % ('=' * fillWidth, '-' * emptyWidth))
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-
-
-def drawBounceBar(pos, caption):
-    screenWidth = util.getWindowSize()
-    mask = '[%%s<=>%%s] %s' % (caption,)
-
-    barWidth = screenWidth - len(mask) + 4
-    leftWidth = pos % barWidth - 1
-    rightWidth = barWidth - leftWidth - 1
-
-    sys.stdout.write('\r')
-    sys.stdout.write(mask % (' ' * leftWidth, ' ' * rightWidth))
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-
-
-def progressBar(fn):
-    completed = bps = 0
-    count = 0
-    ft = FortuneTeller()
-    currentTime = lastTime = time.time()
-    try:
-        while 1:
-            inc = 0
-            while currentTime - lastTime < 0.2:
-                progress, total = fn()
-                inc += progress
-                currentTime = time.time()
-
-            ft.feed(inc / (currentTime - lastTime))
-            lastTime = currentTime
-
-            completed += inc
-            bps = ft.predict()
-
-            if total == 0:
-                drawBounceBar(count, '%s/sec' % util.saneDataSize(bps))
-                count += 1
-            else:
-                drawBar(completed, max(total, completed), '%s/sec' % util.saneDataSize(bps))
-    except OperationComplete:
-        if count > 0:
-            drawBounceBar(count, '%s/sec' % util.saneDataSize(bps))
-        else:
-            drawBar(max(total, completed), max(total, completed), '%s/sec' % util.saneDataSize(bps))
-    print ''