diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 9b844eda858d16823b1c3b924c3a54180b3f40f4..6da761b22c4e9a49621fc63407e7110807e378f8 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -417,9 +417,6 @@ CURLcode curl_setopt(CURL *curl, CURLoption option, ...)
   case CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS:
     data->postfields = va_arg(param, char *);
     break;
-  case CURLOPT_PROGRESSMODE:
-    data->progress.mode = va_arg(param, long);
-    break;
   case CURLOPT_REFERER:
     data->referer = va_arg(param, char *);
     data->bits.http_set_referer = (data->referer && *data->referer)?1:0;
@@ -448,6 +445,7 @@ CURLcode curl_setopt(CURL *curl, CURLoption option, ...)
     break;
   case CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION:
     data->fprogress = va_arg(param, curl_progress_callback);
+    data->progress.callback = TRUE; /* no longer internal */
     break;
   case CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA:
     data->progress_client = va_arg(param, void *);