diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/AppDetails.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/AppDetails.java
index f54517aef..5cda16ec3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/AppDetails.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/AppDetails.java
@@ -459,12 +459,7 @@ public class AppDetails extends AppCompatActivity implements ProgressListener, A
                 localBroadcastManager.registerReceiver(downloaderProgressReceiver,
                         new IntentFilter(Downloader.LOCAL_ACTION_PROGRESS));
                 downloadHandler.setProgressListener(this);
-
-                if (downloadHandler.getTotalBytes() == 0) {
-                    headerFragment.startProgress();
-                } else {
-                    headerFragment.updateProgress(downloadHandler.getBytesRead(), downloadHandler.getTotalBytes());
-                }
+                headerFragment.startProgress();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/ApkDownloader.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/ApkDownloader.java
index d1f89f6e8..ac3a5ff09 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/ApkDownloader.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/ApkDownloader.java
@@ -261,12 +261,4 @@ public class ApkDownloader implements AsyncDownloader.Listener {
     public Apk getApk() {
         return curApk;
     }
-
-    public int getBytesRead() {
-        return dlWrapper != null ? dlWrapper.getBytesRead() : 0;
-    }
-
-    public int getTotalBytes() {
-        return dlWrapper != null ? dlWrapper.getTotalBytes() : 0;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/AsyncDownloadWrapper.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/AsyncDownloadWrapper.java
index e56300c64..37992a85a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/AsyncDownloadWrapper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/AsyncDownloadWrapper.java
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ class AsyncDownloadWrapper extends Handler implements AsyncDownloader {
         this.listener = listener;
     }
 
-    public int getBytesRead() {
-        return downloader.getBytesRead();
-    }
-
-    public int getTotalBytes() {
-        return downloader.getTotalBytes();
-    }
-
     public void download() {
         downloadThread = new DownloadThread();
         downloadThread.start();
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/AsyncDownloader.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/AsyncDownloader.java
index 4f098c003..413b76a05 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/AsyncDownloader.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/AsyncDownloader.java
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ public interface AsyncDownloader {
         void onDownloadComplete();
     }
 
-    int getBytesRead();
-
-    int getTotalBytes();
-
     void download();
 
     void attemptCancel();
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
index f48b7e84a..61b6af116 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ public abstract class Downloader {
 
     protected final URL sourceUrl;
     protected String cacheTag;
-    private int bytesRead;
-    private int totalBytes;
 
     interface DownloaderProgressListener {
         void sendProgress(URL sourceUrl, int bytesRead, int totalBytes);
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ public abstract class Downloader {
     private void copyInputToOutputStream(InputStream input, int bufferSize) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 
         int bytesRead = 0;
-        this.totalBytes = totalDownloadSize();
+        int totalBytes = totalDownloadSize();
         byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
 
         // Getting the total download size could potentially take time, depending on how
@@ -182,20 +180,11 @@ public abstract class Downloader {
     }
 
     private void sendProgress(int bytesRead, int totalBytes) {
-        this.bytesRead = bytesRead;
         if (downloaderProgressListener != null) {
             downloaderProgressListener.sendProgress(sourceUrl, bytesRead, totalBytes);
         }
     }
 
-    public int getBytesRead() {
-        return bytesRead;
-    }
-
-    public int getTotalBytes() {
-        return totalBytes;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Overrides every method in {@link InputStream} and delegates to the wrapped stream.
      * The only difference is that when we call the {@link WrappedInputStream#close()} method,