diff --git a/R/progress.R b/R/progress.R
index 17f2f4c5e8..bdc8092b19 100644
--- a/R/progress.R
+++ b/R/progress.R
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Progress <- R6::R6Class("Progress",
     },
 
     print = function(...) {
-      if (!isTRUE(getOption("dplyr.show_progress")) || # user specifies no progress
+      if (isFALSE(getOption("dplyr.show_progress")) || # user specifies no progress
         !interactive() || # not an interactive session
         !is.null(getOption("knitr.in.progress"))) { # dplyr used within knitr document
         return(invisible(self))
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index ad24248048..ec7e3a7a18 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 .onLoad <- function(libname, pkgname) {
   ns_dplyr <- ns_env(pkgname)
 
-  op <- options()
-  op.dplyr <- list(
-    dplyr.show_progress = TRUE
-  )
-  toset <- !(names(op.dplyr) %in% names(op))
-  if (any(toset)) options(op.dplyr[toset])
-
   .Call(dplyr_init_library, ns_dplyr, ns_env("vctrs"), ns_env("rlang"))
 
   # TODO: For `arrange()`, `group_by()`, `with_order()`, and `nth()` until vctrs