diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c6e8864..824a7d7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -806,19 +806,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "console"
-version = "0.16.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03e45a4a8926227e4197636ba97a9fc9b00477e9f4bd711395687c5f0734bec4"
-dependencies = [
- "encode_unicode",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "unicode-width 0.2.0",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -1252,7 +1239,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "ignore",
  "image",
- "indicatif",
  "libc",
  "multimap",
  "pdf-extract",
@@ -1557,12 +1543,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "encode_unicode"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34aa73646ffb006b8f5147f3dc182bd4bcb190227ce861fc4a4844bf8e3cb2c0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.35"
@@ -2467,19 +2447,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indicatif"
-version = "0.18.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9375e112e4b463ec1b1c6c011953545c65a30164fbab5b581df32b3abf0dcb88"
-dependencies = [
- "console",
- "portable-atomic",
- "unicode-width 0.2.0",
- "unit-prefix",
- "web-time",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indoc"
 version = "2.0.7"
@@ -5357,12 +5324,6 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unit-prefix"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81e544489bf3d8ef66c953931f56617f423cd4b5494be343d9b9d3dda037b9a3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/crates/tui/Cargo.toml b/crates/tui/Cargo.toml
index cd501fe0..96a403fb 100644
--- a/crates/tui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tui/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ crossterm = "0.28"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 dirs = "6.0.0"
 futures-util = "0.3.31"
-indicatif = "0.18.0"
 ratatui = "0.29"
 regex = "1.11"
 reqwest = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "json", "stream", "multipart", "native-tls", "http2"] }
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/main.rs b/crates/tui/src/main.rs
index e9c05bed..548e799a 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/main.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ mod task_manager;
 mod test_support;
 mod tools;
 mod tui;
-mod ui;
 mod utils;
 mod working_set;
 mod workspace_trust;
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/ui.rs b/crates/tui/src/ui.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c98a46e..00000000
--- a/crates/tui/src/ui.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-//! Terminal UI helpers (progress bars, spinners).
-
-use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
-
-/// Create a spinner progress indicator.
-#[must_use]
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-pub fn spinner(message: &str) -> ProgressBar {
-    let spinner = ProgressBar::new_spinner();
-    spinner.set_message(message.to_string());
-    spinner.set_style(
-        ProgressStyle::with_template("{spinner} {msg}")
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| ProgressStyle::default_spinner()),
-    );
-    spinner.enable_steady_tick(std::time::Duration::from_millis(120));
-    spinner
-}
-
-/// Create a progress bar for byte-based transfers.
-#[must_use]
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-pub fn progress_bar(total: u64, message: &str) -> ProgressBar {
-    let bar = ProgressBar::new(total);
-    bar.set_message(message.to_string());
-    bar.set_style(
-        ProgressStyle::with_template("{msg} [{bar:40.cyan/blue}] {bytes}/{total_bytes} ({eta})")
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| ProgressStyle::default_bar()),
-    );
-    bar
-}