diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aae4911a..269d7ad3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "pluggy>=0.13.0",
   "reportlab>=3.5.66",
   "rich>=13",
-  "tqdm>=4",
   "typing-extensions>=4;python_version<'3.10'",
 ]
 authors = [{ name = "James R. Barlow", email = "james@purplerock.ca" }]
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/_logging.py b/src/ocrmypdf/_logging.py
index 7882a1b0..6a449dd8 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/_logging.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/_logging.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
-from contextlib import suppress
 
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.logging import RichHandler
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ from rich.progress import (
     TimeRemainingColumn,
 )
 from rich.table import Column
-from tqdm import tqdm
 
 
 class PageNumberFilter(logging.Filter):
@@ -34,26 +32,6 @@ class PageNumberFilter(logging.Filter):
         return True
 
 
-class TqdmConsole:
-    """Wrapper to log messages in a way that is compatible with tqdm progress bar.
-
-    This routes log messages through tqdm so that it can print them above the
-    progress bar, and then refresh the progress bar, rather than overwriting
-    it which looks messy.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, file):
-        self.file = file
-
-    def write(self, msg):
-        # When no progress bar is active, tqdm.write() routes to print()
-        tqdm.write(msg.rstrip(), end='\n', file=self.file)
-
-    def flush(self):
-        with suppress(AttributeError):
-            self.file.flush()
-
-
 class RichLoggingHandler(RichHandler):
     def __init__(self, console: Console, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/api.py b/src/ocrmypdf/api.py
index b0f8c455..4be442d1 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/api.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/api.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import AnyStr, BinaryIO, Iterable, Union
 from warnings import warn
 
-from ocrmypdf._logging import PageNumberFilter, TqdmConsole
+from ocrmypdf._logging import PageNumberFilter, RichTqdmProgressAdapter
 from ocrmypdf._plugin_manager import get_plugin_manager
 from ocrmypdf._sync import run_pipeline
 from ocrmypdf._validation import check_options
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ def ocr(  # noqa: ruff: disable=D417
 
 __all__ = [
     'PageNumberFilter',
-    'TqdmConsole',
     'Verbosity',
     'check_options',
     'configure_logging',
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index ee2bd48a..5a6ba124 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -7,48 +7,10 @@ import logging
 from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 
 import pytest
-from tqdm import tqdm
 
 import ocrmypdf
 
 
-def test_raw_console():
-    bio = StringIO()
-    tqconsole = ocrmypdf.api.TqdmConsole(file=bio)
-    tqconsole.write("Test")
-    tqconsole.flush()
-    assert "Test" in bio.getvalue()
-
-
-def test_tqdm_console():
-    log = logging.getLogger()
-    log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
-
-    bio = StringIO()
-    console = logging.StreamHandler(ocrmypdf.api.TqdmConsole(file=bio))
-    console.setFormatter(formatter)
-
-    log.addHandler(console)
-
-    def before_pbar(message):
-        # Ensure that log messages appear before the progress bar, even when
-        # printed after the progress bar updates.
-        v = bio.getvalue()
-        pbar_start_marker = '|#'
-        return v.index(message) < v.index(pbar_start_marker)
-
-    with tqdm(total=2, file=bio, disable=False) as pbar:
-        pbar.update()
-        msg = "1/2 above progress bar"
-        log.info(msg)
-        assert before_pbar(msg)
-
-    log.info("done")
-    assert not before_pbar("done")
-
-
 def test_language_list():
     with pytest.raises(
         (ocrmypdf.exceptions.InputFileError, ocrmypdf.exceptions.MissingDependencyError)