diff --git a/news/5124.trivial b/news/5124.trivial
deleted file mode 100644
index bc0a19b87..000000000
--- a/news/5124.trivial
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Limit progress bar update interval to 200 ms.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/utils/ui.py b/src/pip/_internal/utils/ui.py
index 4a337241d..6bab904ab 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/utils/ui.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/utils/ui.py
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ class DownloadProgressMixin(object):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(DownloadProgressMixin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.message = (" " * (get_indentation() + 2)) + self.message
-        self.last_update = 0.0
 
     @property
     def downloaded(self):
@@ -162,15 +161,6 @@ class DownloadProgressMixin(object):
             self.next(n)
         self.finish()
 
-    def update(self):
-        # limit updates to avoid swamping the TTY
-        now = time.time()
-        if now < self.last_update + 0.2:
-            return
-        self.last_update = now
-
-        super(DownloadProgressMixin, self).update()
-
 
 class WindowsMixin(object):