diff --git a/dvc/progress.py b/dvc/progress.py
index 7e85b6e18c..68c6ddd594 100644
--- a/dvc/progress.py
+++ b/dvc/progress.py
@@ -3,35 +3,12 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 from tqdm import tqdm
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from funcy import merge
 from dvc.utils import env2bool
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class TqdmThreadPoolExecutor(ThreadPoolExecutor):
-    """
-    Ensure worker progressbars are cleared away properly.
-    """
-
-    def __enter__(self):
-        """
-        Creates a blank initial dummy progress bar if needed so that workers
-        are forced to create "nested" bars.
-        """
-        blank_bar = Tqdm(bar_format="Multi-Threaded:", leave=False)
-        if blank_bar.pos > 0:
-            # already nested - don't need a placeholder bar
-            blank_bar.close()
-        self.bar = blank_bar
-        return super(TqdmThreadPoolExecutor, self).__enter__()
-
-    def __exit__(self, *a, **k):
-        super(TqdmThreadPoolExecutor, self).__exit__(*a, **k)
-        self.bar.close()
-
-
 class Tqdm(tqdm):
     """
     maximum-compatibility tqdm-based progressbars
diff --git a/dvc/remote/local.py b/dvc/remote/local.py
index dff4337566..6c1d37d039 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/local.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/local.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import errno
 import logging
 from functools import partial
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 from shortuuid import uuid
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 )
 from dvc.config import Config
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException, DownloadError, UploadError
-from dvc.progress import Tqdm, TqdmThreadPoolExecutor
+from dvc.progress import Tqdm
 
 from dvc.path_info import PathInfo
 
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ def _process(
             return 0
 
         if jobs > 1:
-            with TqdmThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=jobs) as executor:
+            with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=jobs) as executor:
                 fails = sum(executor.map(func, *plans))
         else:
             fails = sum(map(func, *plans))