diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/package.json b/packages/gatsby-cli/package.json
index 43afa9f883d7f..b1a36dfe14ed4 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-cli/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     "object.entries": "^1.1.0",
     "opentracing": "^0.14.3",
     "pretty-error": "^2.1.1",
-    "progress": "^2.0.3",
     "prompts": "^2.1.0",
     "react": "^16.8.4",
     "resolve-cwd": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/index.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/index.js
index 37d2581092869..d0d4c4e71bd6b 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/index.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/index.js
@@ -93,88 +93,13 @@ const reporter: Reporter = {
     const spanArgs = parentSpan ? { childOf: parentSpan } : {}
     const span = tracer.startSpan(name, spanArgs)
 
-    const activity = reporterInstance.createActivity({
-      type: `spinner`,
-      id: name,
-      status: ``,
-    })
+    const activity = reporterInstance.createActivity(name)
 
     return {
-      start() {
-        activity.update({
-          startTime: process.hrtime(),
-        })
-      },
-      setStatus(status) {
-        activity.update({
-          status: status,
-        })
-      },
+      ...activity,
       end() {
         span.finish()
-        activity.done()
-      },
-      span,
-    }
-  },
-
-  /**
-   * Create a progress bar for an activity
-   * @param {string} name - Name of activity.
-   * @param {number} total - Total items to be processed.
-   * @param {number} start - Start count to show.
-   * @param {ActivityArgs} activityArgs - optional object with tracer parentSpan
-   * @returns {ActivityTracker} The activity tracker.
-   */
-  createProgress(
-    name: string,
-    total,
-    start = 0,
-    activityArgs: ActivityArgs = {}
-  ): ActivityTracker {
-    const { parentSpan } = activityArgs
-    const spanArgs = parentSpan ? { childOf: parentSpan } : {}
-    const span = tracer.startSpan(name, spanArgs)
-
-    let hasStarted = false
-    let current = start
-    const activity = reporterInstance.createActivity({
-      type: `progress`,
-      id: name,
-      current,
-      total,
-    })
-
-    return {
-      start() {
-        if (hasStarted) {
-          return
-        }
-
-        hasStarted = true
-        activity.update({
-          startTime: process.hrtime(),
-        })
-      },
-      setStatus(status) {
-        activity.update({
-          status: status,
-        })
-      },
-      tick() {
-        activity.update({
-          current: ++current,
-        })
-      },
-      done() {
-        span.finish()
-        activity.done()
-      },
-      set total(value) {
-        total = value
-        activity.update({
-          total: value,
-        })
+        activity.end()
       },
       span,
     }
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/components/spinner.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/components/activity.js
similarity index 61%
rename from packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/components/spinner.js
rename to packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/components/activity.js
index 10f8a8033e57f..1dcb28fae507b 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/components/spinner.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/components/activity.js
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import React from "react"
+import convertHrtime from "convert-hrtime"
 import { Box } from "ink"
 import Spinner from "ink-spinner"
 
+export const calcElapsedTime = startTime => {
+  const elapsed = process.hrtime(startTime)
+
+  return convertHrtime(elapsed)[`seconds`].toFixed(3)
+}
+
 export default function Activity({ name, status }) {
   let statusText = name
   if (status) {
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/components/progress-bar.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/components/progress-bar.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6edc4253cbf1c..0000000000000
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/components/progress-bar.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import React from "react"
-import { Box } from "ink"
-import calcElapsedTime from "../../../../util/calc-elapsed-time"
-
-const maxWidth = 30
-const minWidth = 10
-
-const getLength = prop => String(prop).length
-
-export default function ProgressBar({ message, current, total, startTime }) {
-  const percentage = total ? Math.round((current / total) * 100) : 0
-  const terminalWidth = process.stdout.columns || 80
-  const availableWidth =
-    terminalWidth -
-    getLength(message) -
-    getLength(current) -
-    getLength(total) -
-    getLength(percentage) -
-    11 // margins + extra characters
-
-  const progressBarWidth = Math.max(
-    minWidth,
-    Math.min(maxWidth, availableWidth)
-  )
-
-  return (
-    <Box flexDirection="row">
-      <Box marginRight={3} width={progressBarWidth}>
-        [
-        <Box width={progressBarWidth - 2}>
-          {`=`.repeat(((progressBarWidth - 2) * percentage) / 100)}
-        </Box>
-        ]
-      </Box>
-      <Box marginRight={1}>{calcElapsedTime(startTime)} s</Box>
-      <Box marginRight={1}>
-        {current}/{total}
-      </Box>
-      <Box marginRight={1}>{`` + percentage}%</Box>
-      <Box textWrap="truncate">{message}</Box>
-    </Box>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/reporter.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/reporter.js
index 0c26af36de5dc..f5e220638e742 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/reporter.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/ink/reporter.js
@@ -1,29 +1,19 @@
 import React from "react"
 import { Static, Box } from "ink"
+import { isCI } from "ci-info"
 import chalk from "chalk"
-import Spinner from "./components/spinner"
-import ProgressBar from "./components/progress-bar"
+import Activity, { calcElapsedTime } from "./components/activity"
 import { Message } from "./components/messages"
-import isTTY from "../../../util/is-tty"
-import calcElapsedTime from "../../../util/calc-elapsed-time"
-
-const showProgress = isTTY
-
-const successTextGenerator = {
-  spinner: activity => {
-    let successText = `${activity.id} - ${calcElapsedTime(
-      activity.startTime
-    )} s`
-    if (activity.status) {
-      successText += ` — ${activity.status}`
-    }
 
-    return successText
-  },
-  progress: activity =>
-    `${activity.id} — ${activity.current}/${activity.total} - ${calcElapsedTime(
-      activity.startTime
-    )} s`,
+const showProgress = process.stdout.isTTY && !isCI
+
+const generateActivityFinishedText = (name, activity) => {
+  let successText = `${name} - ${calcElapsedTime(activity.startTime)} s`
+  if (activity.status) {
+    successText += ` — ${activity.status}`
+  }
+
+  return successText
 }
 
 export default class GatsbyReporter extends React.Component {
@@ -36,40 +26,44 @@ export default class GatsbyReporter extends React.Component {
 
   format = chalk
 
-  createActivity = ({ id, ...options }) => {
-    this.setState(state => {
-      return {
-        activities: {
-          ...state.activities,
-          [id]: {
-            id,
-            ...options,
-          },
-        },
-      }
-    })
-
+  createActivity = name => {
     return {
-      update: newState => {
+      start: () => {
+        this.setState(state => {
+          return {
+            activities: {
+              ...state.activities,
+              [name]: {
+                status: ``,
+                startTime: process.hrtime(),
+              },
+            },
+          }
+        })
+      },
+      setStatus: status => {
         this.setState(state => {
+          const activity = state.activities[name]
+
           return {
             activities: {
               ...state.activities,
-              [id]: {
-                ...state.activities[id],
-                ...newState,
+              [name]: {
+                ...activity,
+                status: status,
               },
             },
           }
         })
       },
-      done: () => {
-        const activity = this.state.activities[id]
-        this.success(successTextGenerator[activity.type]({ id, ...activity }))
+      end: () => {
+        const activity = this.state.activities[name]
+
+        this.success(generateActivityFinishedText(name, activity))
 
         this.setState(state => {
           const activities = { ...state.activities }
-          delete activities[id]
+          delete activities[name]
 
           return {
             activities,
@@ -122,48 +116,27 @@ export default class GatsbyReporter extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { activities, messages, disableColors } = this.state
-
-    const spinners = []
-    const progressBars = []
-    if (showProgress) {
-      Object.keys(activities).forEach(activityName => {
-        const activity = activities[activityName]
-        if (activity.type === `spinner`) {
-          spinners.push(activity)
-        }
-        if (activity.type === `progress` && activity.startTime) {
-          progressBars.push(activity)
-        }
-      })
-    }
-
     return (
       <Box flexDirection="column">
         <Box flexDirection="column">
           <Static>
-            {messages.map((msg, index) => (
+            {this.state.messages.map((msg, index) => (
               <Box textWrap="wrap" key={index}>
-                <Message type={msg.type} hideColors={disableColors}>
+                <Message type={msg.type} hideColors={this.state.disableColors}>
                   {msg.text}
                 </Message>
               </Box>
             ))}
           </Static>
 
-          {spinners.map(activity => (
-            <Spinner key={activity.id} name={activity.id} {...activity} />
-          ))}
-
-          {progressBars.map(activity => (
-            <ProgressBar
-              key={activity.id}
-              message={activity.id}
-              total={activity.total}
-              current={activity.current}
-              startTime={activity.startTime}
-            />
-          ))}
+          {showProgress &&
+            Object.keys(this.state.activities).map(activityName => (
+              <Activity
+                key={activityName}
+                name={activityName}
+                {...this.state.activities[activityName]}
+              />
+            ))}
         </Box>
       </Box>
     )
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/yurnalist/index.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/yurnalist/index.js
index 537e25eb018a5..45e3954d5a4fb 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/yurnalist/index.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/reporters/yurnalist/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 const { createReporter } = require(`yurnalist`)
-const ProgressBar = require(`progress`)
-const calcElapsedTime = require(`../../../util/calc-elapsed-time`)
+const convertHrtime = require(`convert-hrtime`)
 
 const VERBOSE = process.env.gatsby_log_level === `verbose`
 const reporter = createReporter({ emoji: true, verbose: VERBOSE })
@@ -30,69 +29,36 @@ module.exports = {
   info: reporter.info.bind(reporter),
   warn: reporter.warn.bind(reporter),
   log: reporter.log.bind(reporter),
+  /**
+   * Time an activity.
+   * @param {string} name - Name of activity.
+   * @returns {string} The elapsed time of activity.
+   */
+  createActivity(name) {
+    const spinner = reporter.activity()
+    const start = process.hrtime()
+    let status
 
-  createActivity: activity => {
-    let start
-
-    if (activity.type === `spinner`) {
-      const spinner = reporter.activity()
-      let status
-
-      return {
-        update: newState => {
-          if (newState.startTime) {
-            start = newState.startTime
-            spinner.tick(activity.id)
-          }
-          if (newState.status) {
-            status = newState.status
-            spinner.tick(`${activity.id} — ${newState.status}`)
-          }
-        },
-        done: () => {
-          const str = status
-            ? `${activity.id} — ${calcElapsedTime(start)} — ${status}`
-            : `${activity.id} — ${calcElapsedTime(start)}`
-          reporter.success(str)
-          spinner.end()
-        },
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (activity.type === `progress`) {
-      const bar = new ProgressBar(
-        ` [:bar] :current/:total :elapsed s :percent ${activity.id}`,
-        {
-          total: 0,
-          width: 30,
-          clear: true,
-        }
-      )
-      return {
-        update: newState => {
-          if (newState.startTime) {
-            start = newState.startTime
-          }
-          if (newState.total) {
-            bar.total = newState.total
-          }
-          if (newState.current) {
-            bar.tick()
-          }
-        },
-        done: () => {
-          reporter.success(
-            `${activity.id} — ${bar.curr}/${bar.total} - ${calcElapsedTime(
-              start
-            )} s`
-          )
-        },
-      }
+    const elapsedTime = () => {
+      var elapsed = process.hrtime(start)
+      return `${convertHrtime(elapsed)[`seconds`].toFixed(3)} s`
     }
 
     return {
-      update: () => {},
-      done: () => {},
+      start: () => {
+        spinner.tick(name)
+      },
+      setStatus: s => {
+        status = s
+        spinner.tick(`${name} — ${status}`)
+      },
+      end: () => {
+        const str = status
+          ? `${name} — ${elapsedTime()} — ${status}`
+          : `${name} — ${elapsedTime()}`
+        reporter.success(str)
+        spinner.end()
+      },
     }
   },
 }
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/util/calc-elapsed-time.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/util/calc-elapsed-time.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 336ed74eee561..0000000000000
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/util/calc-elapsed-time.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-const convertHrtime = require(`convert-hrtime`)
-
-module.exports = startTime => {
-  const elapsed = process.hrtime(startTime)
-
-  return convertHrtime(elapsed)[`seconds`].toFixed(3)
-}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/package.json b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/package.json
index ed31f1cb3e9ae..26c0eca5b1d7c 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "mini-svg-data-uri": "^1.0.0",
     "potrace": "^2.1.1",
     "probe-image-size": "^4.0.0",
-    "progress": "^2.0.3",
+    "progress": "^1.1.8",
     "semver": "^5.6.0",
     "sharp": "^0.22.1",
     "svgo": "^1.2.0"
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/__tests__/utils.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/__tests__/utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fbf9a10c32338..0000000000000
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/__tests__/utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-jest.mock(`gatsby-cli/lib/reporter`)
-jest.mock(`progress`)
-const { createProgress } = require(`../utils`)
-const reporter = require(`gatsby-cli/lib/reporter`)
-const progress = require(`progress`)
-
-describe(`createProgress`, () => {
-  it(`should use createProgress from gatsby-cli when available`, () => {
-    createProgress(`test`)
-    expect(reporter.createProgress).toBeCalled()
-    expect(progress).not.toBeCalled()
-  })
-
-  it(`should fallback to a local implementation`, () => {
-    reporter.createProgress = null
-    const bar = createProgress(`test`)
-    expect(progress).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(bar).toHaveProperty(`start`, expect.any(Function))
-    expect(bar).toHaveProperty(`tick`, expect.any(Function))
-    expect(bar).toHaveProperty(`done`, expect.any(Function))
-    expect(bar).toHaveProperty(`total`)
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/scheduler.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/scheduler.js
index b91b9c489c0df..21cd7fa223dc4 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/scheduler.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/scheduler.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const _ = require(`lodash`)
+const ProgressBar = require(`progress`)
 const { existsSync } = require(`fs`)
 const queue = require(`async/queue`)
 const { processFile } = require(`./process-file`)
-const { createProgress } = require(`./utils`)
 
 const toProcess = {}
 let totalJobs = 0
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@ const q = queue((task, callback) => {
   task(callback)
 }, 1)
 
-let bar
-// when the queue is empty we stop the progressbar
-q.drain = () => {
-  if (bar) {
-    bar.done()
+const bar = new ProgressBar(
+  `Generating image thumbnails [:bar] :current/:total :elapsed secs :percent`,
+  {
+    total: 0,
+    width: 30,
   }
-  totalJobs = 0
-}
+)
 
 exports.scheduleJob = async (
   job,
@@ -51,10 +50,6 @@ exports.scheduleJob = async (
     deferred.resolve = resolve
     deferred.reject = reject
   })
-  if (totalJobs === 0) {
-    bar = createProgress(`Generating image thumbnails`)
-    bar.start()
-  }
 
   totalJobs += 1
 
@@ -112,7 +107,6 @@ function runJobs(
 
   // We're now processing the file's jobs.
   let imagesFinished = 0
-
   bar.total = totalJobs
 
   try {
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/utils.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 542be70d8c19a..0000000000000
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-const ProgressBar = require(`progress`)
-const reporter = require(`gatsby-cli/lib/reporter`)
-
-// TODO remove in V3
-export function createProgress(message) {
-  if (reporter.createProgress) {
-    return reporter.createProgress(message)
-  }
-
-  const bar = new ProgressBar(
-    ` [:bar] :current/:total :elapsed s :percent ${message}`,
-    {
-      total: 0,
-      width: 30,
-      clear: true,
-    }
-  )
-
-  return {
-    start() {},
-    tick() {
-      bar.tick()
-    },
-    done() {},
-    set total(value) {
-      bar.total = value
-    },
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
index 1e892f58f7180..55d9421966b42 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "md5-file": "^3.1.1",
     "mime": "^2.2.0",
     "pretty-bytes": "^4.0.2",
-    "progress": "^2.0.3",
+    "progress": "^1.1.8",
     "read-chunk": "^3.0.0",
     "valid-url": "^1.0.9",
     "xstate": "^3.1.0"
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/__tests__/create-remote-file-node.js b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/__tests__/create-remote-file-node.js
index 899c2074b61d3..44aa34d2cae53 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/__tests__/create-remote-file-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/__tests__/create-remote-file-node.js
@@ -19,31 +19,30 @@ jest.mock(`got`, () => {
     stream: jest.fn(),
   }
 })
-
-jest.mock(`gatsby-cli/lib/reporter`, () => {
-  return {
-    createProgress: jest.fn(),
-  }
-})
+jest.mock(
+  `progress`,
+  () =>
+    class ProgressBar {
+      static total = 0
+      static tick = jest.fn(() => (ProgressBar.total -= 1))
+
+      total = ProgressBar.total
+      tick = ProgressBar.tick
+    }
+)
 jest.mock(`../create-file-node`, () => {
   return {
     createFileNode: jest.fn(),
   }
 })
-const { createProgress } = require(`gatsby-cli/lib/reporter`)
-const progressBar = {
-  start: jest.fn(),
-  total: 0,
-  tick: jest.fn(),
-}
-createProgress.mockImplementation(() => progressBar)
-
 const got = require(`got`)
+const ProgressBar = require(`progress`)
 const createRemoteFileNode = require(`../create-remote-file-node`)
 const { createFileNode } = require(`../create-file-node`)
 
 beforeEach(() => {
-  progressBar.tick.mockClear()
+  ProgressBar.total = 0
+  ProgressBar.tick.mockClear()
 })
 
 describe(`create-remote-file-node`, () => {
@@ -74,8 +73,8 @@ describe(`create-remote-file-node`, () => {
 
         expect(value).rejects.toMatch(`wrong url: `)
 
-        expect(progressBar.total).toBe(0)
-        expect(progressBar.tick).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(ProgressBar.total).toBe(0)
+        expect(ProgressBar.tick).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
       })
     })
   })
@@ -142,8 +141,7 @@ describe(`create-remote-file-node`, () => {
     it(`invokes ProgressBar tick`, async () => {
       await setup()
 
-      expect(progressBar.total).toBe(1)
-      expect(progressBar.tick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(ProgressBar.tick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     })
 
     describe(`requesting remote image`, () => {
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/__tests__/utils.js b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/__tests__/utils.js
index f19121f8c05b3..298a7fe8f982a 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/__tests__/utils.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/__tests__/utils.js
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-jest.mock(`gatsby-cli/lib/reporter`)
-jest.mock(`progress`)
-const {
-  getRemoteFileExtension,
-  getRemoteFileName,
-  createProgress,
-  slash,
-} = require(`../utils`)
-const reporter = require(`gatsby-cli/lib/reporter`)
-const progress = require(`progress`)
+const { getRemoteFileExtension, getRemoteFileName, slash } = require(`../utils`)
 
 describe(`create remote file node`, () => {
   it(`can correctly retrieve file name and extensions`, () => {
@@ -32,24 +23,6 @@ describe(`create remote file node`, () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe(`createProgress`, () => {
-  it(`should use createProgress from gatsby-cli when available`, () => {
-    createProgress(`test`)
-    expect(reporter.createProgress).toBeCalled()
-    expect(progress).not.toBeCalled()
-  })
-
-  it(`should fallback to a local implementation`, () => {
-    reporter.createProgress = null
-    const bar = createProgress(`test`)
-    expect(progress).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(bar).toHaveProperty(`start`, expect.any(Function))
-    expect(bar).toHaveProperty(`tick`, expect.any(Function))
-    expect(bar).toHaveProperty(`done`, expect.any(Function))
-    expect(bar).toHaveProperty(`total`)
-  })
-})
-
 describe(`slash path`, () => {
   it(`can correctly slash path`, () => {
     ;[
@@ -61,7 +34,6 @@ describe(`slash path`, () => {
       expect(slash(path)).toBe(expectRes)
     })
   })
-
   it(`does not modify extended length paths`, () => {
     const extended = `\\\\?\\some\\path`
     expect(slash(extended)).toBe(extended)
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/create-remote-file-node.js b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/create-remote-file-node.js
index a764a5384d565..8471d1dbf4e1c 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/create-remote-file-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/create-remote-file-node.js
@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ const { isWebUri } = require(`valid-url`)
 const Queue = require(`better-queue`)
 const readChunk = require(`read-chunk`)
 const fileType = require(`file-type`)
-const { createProgress } = require(`./utils`)
+const ProgressBar = require(`progress`)
 
 const { createFileNode } = require(`./create-file-node`)
 const { getRemoteFileExtension, getRemoteFileName } = require(`./utils`)
 const cacheId = url => `create-remote-file-node-${url}`
 
-let bar
-// Keep track of the total number of jobs we push in the queue
-let totalJobs = 0
+const bar = new ProgressBar(
+  `Downloading remote files [:bar] :current/:total :elapsed secs :percent`,
+  {
+    total: 0,
+    width: 30,
+  }
+)
 
 /********************
  * Type Definitions *
@@ -80,14 +84,6 @@ const queue = new Queue(pushToQueue, {
   concurrent: process.env.GATSBY_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOAD || 200,
 })
 
-// when the queue is empty we stop the progressbar
-queue.on(`drain`, () => {
-  if (bar) {
-    bar.done()
-  }
-  totalJobs = 0
-})
-
 /**
  * @callback {Queue~queueCallback}
  * @param {*} error
@@ -275,6 +271,9 @@ const pushTask = task =>
       })
   })
 
+// Keep track of the total number of jobs we push in the queue
+let totalJobs = 0
+
 /***************
  * Entry Point *
  ***************/
@@ -330,11 +329,6 @@ module.exports = ({
     return Promise.reject(`wrong url: ${url}`)
   }
 
-  if (totalJobs === 0) {
-    bar = createProgress(`Downloading remote files`)
-    bar.start()
-  }
-
   totalJobs += 1
   bar.total = totalJobs
 
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/utils.js b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/utils.js
index 2d68cd317faf3..24e03f31e525d 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/src/utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 const path = require(`path`)
 const Url = require(`url`)
-const ProgressBar = require(`progress`)
-const reporter = require(`gatsby-cli/lib/reporter`)
 
 /**
  * getParsedPath
@@ -42,33 +40,6 @@ export function getRemoteFileName(url) {
   return getParsedPath(url).name
 }
 
-// TODO remove in V3
-export function createProgress(message) {
-  if (reporter.createProgress) {
-    return reporter.createProgress(message)
-  }
-
-  const bar = new ProgressBar(
-    ` [:bar] :current/:total :elapsed s :percent ${message}`,
-    {
-      total: 0,
-      width: 30,
-      clear: true,
-    }
-  )
-
-  return {
-    start() {},
-    tick() {
-      bar.tick()
-    },
-    done() {},
-    set total(value) {
-      bar.total = value
-    },
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * slash
  * --
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a2e93a5ba0155..4f0d7ddecf269 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -17472,16 +17472,16 @@ process@~0.5.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/process/-/process-0.5.2.tgz#1638d8a8e34c2f440a91db95ab9aeb677fc185cf"
   integrity sha1-FjjYqONML0QKkduVq5rrZ3/Bhc8=
 
+progress@^1.1.8:
+  version "1.1.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/progress/-/progress-1.1.8.tgz#e260c78f6161cdd9b0e56cc3e0a85de17c7a57be"
+  integrity sha1-4mDHj2Fhzdmw5WzD4Khd4Xx6V74=
+
 progress@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/progress/-/progress-2.0.0.tgz#8a1be366bf8fc23db2bd23f10c6fe920b4389d1f"
   integrity sha1-ihvjZr+Pwj2yvSPxDG/pILQ4nR8=
 
-progress@^2.0.3:
-  version "2.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/progress/-/progress-2.0.3.tgz#7e8cf8d8f5b8f239c1bc68beb4eb78567d572ef8"
-  integrity sha512-7PiHtLll5LdnKIMw100I+8xJXR5gW2QwWYkT6iJva0bXitZKa/XMrSbdmg3r2Xnaidz9Qumd0VPaMrZlF9V9sA==
-
 promise-inflight@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/promise-inflight/-/promise-inflight-1.0.1.tgz#98472870bf228132fcbdd868129bad12c3c029e3"