diff --git a/src/sand-wedge.cc b/src/sand-wedge.cc
index 6cd295e3b7e2f2b1bedd8961185d82240192edcf..67695ceeef3276da861765eea8536c1e00d4ac4e 100644
--- a/src/sand-wedge.cc
+++ b/src/sand-wedge.cc
@@ -360,14 +360,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     auto const tau = parset.get<double>("problem.finalTime") / timeSteps,
                tolerance = parset.get<double>("v.solver.tolerance"),
                fixedPointTolerance = parset.get<double>("v.fpi.tolerance");
-    auto const printProgress = parset.get<bool>("io.printProgress");
     auto const verbosity =
         parset.get<Solver::VerbosityMode>("v.solver.verbosity");
     auto const lambda = parset.get<double>("v.fpi.lambda");
     for (size_t timeStep = 1; timeStep <= timeSteps; ++timeStep) {
-      if (printProgress)
-        std::cout << std::setw(7) << timeStep << " " << std::flush;
-
       stateUpdater->nextTimeStep();
       timeSteppingScheme->nextTimeStep();
 
@@ -416,9 +412,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         solveVelocityProblem(velocityIterate, alpha);
 
-        if (printProgress)
-          std::cout << '.' << std::flush;
-
         if (stateFPI > 1) {
           double const velocityCorrection =
               AMNorm.diff(v_saved, velocityIterate);
@@ -432,9 +425,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       }
       timeSteppingScheme->postProcess(velocityIterate);
 
-      if (printProgress)
-        std::cout << std::endl;
-
       Vector u, ur, vr;
       timeSteppingScheme->extractDisplacement(u);
       timeSteppingScheme->postProcessRelativeQuantities();