diff --git a/build/_progress.py b/build/_progress.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b08e0e4..00000000
--- a/build/_progress.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-
-try:
-    (_, current, max) = sys.argv
-    percent = int(100 * float(current) / float(max))
-    print(f"[{percent:>3}%]")
-except:
-    pass
diff --git a/build/ab.mk b/build/ab.mk
index 6d168c1a..81057a83 100644
--- a/build/ab.mk
+++ b/build/ab.mk
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ EXT ?=
 ifeq ($(PROGRESSINFO),)
 rulecount := $(shell $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -q $(OBJ)/build.mk PROGRESSINFO=1 && $(MAKE) -n $(MAKECMDGOALS) PROGRESSINFO=XXXPROGRESSINFOXXX | grep XXXPROGRESSINFOXXX | wc -l)
 ruleindex := 1
-PROGRESSINFO = "$(shell $(PYTHON) build/_progress.py $(ruleindex) $(rulecount))$(eval ruleindex := $(shell expr $(ruleindex) + 1))"
+PROGRESSINFO = "[$(ruleindex)/$(rulecount)]$(eval ruleindex := $(shell expr $(ruleindex) + 1))"
 endif
 
 PKG_CONFIG_HASHES = $(OBJ)/.pkg-config-hashes/target-$(word 1, $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --list-all | md5sum))