diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3cf5df8697..68a82cab7d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "parse-author": "^2.0.0",
     "pretty-ms": "^7.0.0",
-    "progress": "^2.0.3",
     "rechoir": "^0.8.0",
     "resolve-package": "^1.0.1",
     "semver": "^7.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/api/core/package.json b/packages/api/core/package.json
index 153adae6dc..22f16a6717 100644
--- a/packages/api/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/core/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
     "log-symbols": "^4.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
-    "progress": "^2.0.3",
     "rechoir": "^0.8.0",
     "resolve-package": "^1.0.1",
     "semver": "^7.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/api/core/src/util/download-to-file.ts b/packages/api/core/src/util/download-to-file.ts
index 94b80c6b95..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/packages/api/core/src/util/download-to-file.ts
+++ b/packages/api/core/src/util/download-to-file.ts
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-import * as path from 'path';
-
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import got, { HTTPError } from 'got';
-import ProgressBar from 'progress';
-
-const PROGRESS_BAR_DELAY_IN_SECONDS = 30;
-
-export async function downloadToFile(targetFilePath: string, url: string): Promise<void> {
-  let downloadCompleted = false;
-  let bar: ProgressBar | undefined;
-  let progressPercent: number;
-  await fs.mkdirp(path.dirname(targetFilePath));
-  const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(targetFilePath);
-
-  const start = new Date();
-  const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-    if (!downloadCompleted) {
-      bar = new ProgressBar(`Downloading ${path.basename(url)}: [:bar] :percent ETA: :eta seconds `, {
-        curr: progressPercent,
-        total: 100,
-      });
-      // https://github.com/visionmedia/node-progress/issues/159
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      (bar as any).start = start;
-    }
-  }, PROGRESS_BAR_DELAY_IN_SECONDS * 1000);
-
-  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-    const downloadStream = got.stream(url);
-    downloadStream.on('downloadProgress', async (progress) => {
-      progressPercent = progress.percent;
-      if (bar) {
-        bar.update(progress.percent);
-      }
-    });
-    downloadStream.on('error', (error) => {
-      if (error instanceof HTTPError && error.response.statusCode === 404) {
-        error.message += ` for ${error.response.url}`;
-      }
-      if (writeStream.destroy) {
-        writeStream.destroy(error);
-      }
-
-      reject(error);
-    });
-    writeStream.on('error', (error) => reject(error));
-    writeStream.on('close', () => resolve());
-
-    downloadStream.pipe(writeStream);
-  });
-
-  downloadCompleted = true;
-  if (timeout) {
-    clearTimeout(timeout);
-  }
-}