diff --git a/src/kbmod/reprojection.py b/src/kbmod/reprojection.py
index 9657df41c..565f4d1b2 100644
--- a/src/kbmod/reprojection.py
+++ b/src/kbmod/reprojection.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from kbmod import is_interactive
 from kbmod.search import KB_NO_DATA, PSF, ImageStack, LayeredImage, RawImage
 from kbmod.work_unit import WorkUnit
-from kbmod.tqdm_utils import TQDMUtils
 from kbmod.wcs_utils import append_wcs_to_hdu_header
 from astropy.io import fits
 import os
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@
 
 # The number of executors to use in the parallel reprojecting function.
 MAX_PROCESSES = 8
+_DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR = "{l_bar}{bar}| {n_fmt}/{total_fmt} [{elapsed}]"
 
 
 def reproject_image(image, original_wcs, common_wcs):
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def _reproject_work_unit(
     stack = ImageStack()
     for obstime_index, o_i in tqdm(
         enumerate(zip(unique_obstimes, unique_obstime_indices)),
-        bar_format=TQDMUtils.DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR_FORMAT,
+        bar_format=_DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR,
         desc="Reprojecting",
         disable=not show_progress,
     ):
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ def _reproject_work_unit_in_parallel(
             tqdm(
                 concurrent.futures.as_completed(future_reprojections),
                 total=len(future_reprojections),
-                bar_format=TQDMUtils.DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR_FORMAT,
+                bar_format=_DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR,
                 desc="Reprojecting",
                 disable=not show_progress,
             )
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ def reproject_lazy_work_unit(
             tqdm(
                 concurrent.futures.as_completed(future_reprojections),
                 total=len(future_reprojections),
-                bar_format=TQDMUtils.DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR_FORMAT,
+                bar_format=_DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR,
                 desc="Reprojecting",
                 disable=not show_progress,
             )
diff --git a/src/kbmod/tqdm_utils.py b/src/kbmod/tqdm_utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f3d34d8c3..000000000
--- a/src/kbmod/tqdm_utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-class TQDMUtils:
-    """Holds configuration for TQDM progress bars."""
-
-    DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR_FORMAT = "{l_bar}{bar}| {n_fmt}/{total_fmt} [{elapsed}]"
diff --git a/src/kbmod/work_unit.py b/src/kbmod/work_unit.py
index bf9e932bb..b28902488 100644
--- a/src/kbmod/work_unit.py
+++ b/src/kbmod/work_unit.py
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
     wcs_to_dict,
 )
 from kbmod.reprojection_utils import invert_correct_parallax
-from kbmod.tqdm_utils import TQDMUtils
+
+
+_DEFAULT_WORKUNIT_TQDM_BAR = "{l_bar}{bar}| {n_fmt}/{total_fmt} [{elapsed}]"
 
 
 logger = Logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -311,7 +313,7 @@ def from_fits(cls, filename, show_progress=None):
             # Read in all the image files.
             for i in tqdm(
                 range(num_images),
-                bar_format=TQDMUtils.DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR_FORMAT,
+                bar_format=_DEFAULT_WORKUNIT_TQDM_BAR,
                 desc="Loading images",
                 disable=not show_progress,
             ):
@@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ def from_fits(cls, filename, show_progress=None):
             constituent_images = []
             for i in tqdm(
                 range(n_constituents),
-                bar_format=TQDMUtils.DEFAULT_TQDM_BAR_FORMAT,
+                bar_format=_DEFAULT_WORKUNIT_TQDM_BAR,
                 desc="Loading WCS",
                 disable=not show_progress,
             ):