diff --git a/freqtrade/loggers.py b/freqtrade/loggers.py
index 609604ff2..153ce8c80 100644
--- a/freqtrade/loggers.py
+++ b/freqtrade/loggers.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import sys
 from logging import Formatter
 from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler, SysLogHandler
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
-import progressbar
 
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
 
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ def setup_logging(config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     # Log level
     verbosity = config['verbosity']
 
-    progressbar.streams.wrap_stderr()
-
     # Log to stderr
     log_handlers: List[logging.Handler] = [logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)]