diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1119bdc6..f1a7d82b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ xbps-0.8.0 (???):
 
  * Merged the `progress_callback' branch that makes possible to specify a
    function callback to update progress while unpacking binary packages
-   and while fetching files. xbps-bin(8) now reports a percentage while
-   unpacking package files if -v not set, otherwise it will list the
-   current extracted file with its size in bytes.
+   and while fetching files. xbps-bin(8) now lists current extract files
+   with its size in bytes if -v flag is set.
 
  * Improved package dependency resolution in repositories by using a new
    function, xbps_repository_pool_find_pkg() that returns a package dictionary
diff --git a/bin/xbps-bin/install.c b/bin/xbps-bin/install.c
index 0132bd0c..17c5e53e 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-bin/install.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-bin/install.c
@@ -526,14 +526,12 @@ exec_transaction(struct transaction *trans)
 		/*
 		 * Unpack binary package.
 		 */
-		printf("Unpacking `%s' (from ../%s) ... ", pkgver, filen);
+		printf("Unpacking `%s' (from ../%s) ...\n", pkgver, filen);
 		if ((rv = xbps_unpack_binary_pkg(obj)) != 0) {
 			xbps_error_printf("xbps-bin: error unpacking %s "
 			    "(%s)\n", pkgver, strerror(rv));
 			return rv;
 		}
-		if ((xhp->flags & XBPS_FLAG_VERBOSE) == 0)
-			printf("\n");
 		/*
 		 * Register binary package.
 		 */
diff --git a/bin/xbps-bin/main.c b/bin/xbps-bin/main.c
index d92f5d93..66bcdb82 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-bin/main.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-bin/main.c
@@ -164,24 +164,6 @@ unpack_progress_cb_verbose(void *data)
 	    xpd->entry_size);
 }
 
-static void
-unpack_progress_cb_percentage(void *data)
-{
-	struct xbps_unpack_progress_data *xpd = data;
-	double percent = 0;
-
-	if (xpd->entry_is_metadata)
-		return;
-
-	percent =
-	    (double)((xpd->entry_extract_count * 100.0) / xpd->entry_total_count);
-	if (percent > 100.0 ||
-	    xpd->entry_extract_count >= xpd->entry_total_count)
-		percent = 100.0;
-
-	printf("\033[s(%3.2f%%)\033[u", percent);
-}
-
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -266,8 +248,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	xh.xfpd = &xfpd;
 	if (flags & XBPS_FLAG_VERBOSE)
 		xh.xbps_unpack_cb = unpack_progress_cb_verbose;
-	else
-		xh.xbps_unpack_cb = unpack_progress_cb_percentage;
 	xh.xupd = &xupd;
 	xh.rootdir = rootdir;
 	xh.cachedir = cachedir;