diff --git a/builder.py b/builder.py
index 129d754..2d6b992 100755
--- a/builder.py
+++ b/builder.py
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ IMG_EXTENSIONS = [".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png"]
 NOT_LIST = ["*/Galleries/*", "Archives"]
 # fmt: on
 
-pbardict: dict[str, tqdm] = {}
-
 args = parse_arguments(VERSION)
 
 lock_file = os.path.join(args.root_directory, ".lock")
diff --git a/modules/generate_html.py b/modules/generate_html.py
index 64c959d..de6102b 100644
--- a/modules/generate_html.py
+++ b/modules/generate_html.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(os.path.join(SCRIPTDIR, "templates")))
 thumbnails: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
 info: dict[str, str] = {}
 licens: dict[str, str] = {}
-pbardict: dict[str, tqdm] = {}
 
 
 def initialize_sizelist(folder: str) -> dict[str, dict[str, int]]: