diff --git a/dvc/progress.py b/dvc/progress.py
index c0a67b323..64c021653 100644
--- a/dvc/progress.py
+++ b/dvc/progress.py
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ class Tqdm(tqdm):
         level=logging.ERROR,
         desc=None,
         desc_truncate=None,
-        leave=None,
-        level_leave=logging.DEBUG,
+        leave=False,
         bar_format=None,
         bytes=False,  # pylint: disable=W0622
         **kwargs
@@ -63,8 +62,6 @@ class Tqdm(tqdm):
         desc_truncate  : like `desc` but will `truncate()` and not persist
         level  : effective logging level for determining `disable`;
             used only if `disable` is unspecified
-        level_leave  : effective logging level for determining `leave`;
-            used only if `leave` is unspecified
         kwargs  : anything accepted by `tqdm.tqdm()`
         """
         kwargs = kwargs.copy()
@@ -79,8 +76,6 @@ class Tqdm(tqdm):
             desc = self.truncate(desc_truncate)
         if disable is None:
             disable = logger.getEffectiveLevel() > level
-        if leave is None:
-            leave = logger.getEffectiveLevel() <= level_leave
         super(Tqdm, self).__init__(
             iterable=iterable,
             disable=disable,
diff --git a/dvc/repo/checkout.py b/dvc/repo/checkout.py
index 26057c15c..40f4b123b 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/checkout.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/checkout.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def checkout(self, target=None, with_deps=False, force=False, recursive=False):
             unit="file",
             desc="Checkout",
             disable=total == 0,
-            level_leave=logging.INFO,
+            leave=logger.getEffectiveLevel() < logging.CRITICAL,
         ) as pbar:
             for stage in stages:
                 if stage.locked:
diff --git a/dvc/utils/__init__.py b/dvc/utils/__init__.py
index 050f65366..9878a8c2e 100644
--- a/dvc/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/utils/__init__.py
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ def file_md5(fname):
         hash_md5 = hashlib.md5()
         binary = not istextfile(fname)
         size = os.path.getsize(fname)
-        bar = False
+        no_progress_bar = True
         if size >= LARGE_FILE_SIZE:
-            bar = True
+            no_progress_bar = False
             msg = "Computing md5 for a large file {}. This is only done once."
             logger.info(msg.format(relpath(fname)))
         name = relpath(fname)
 
         with Tqdm(
             desc_truncate=name,
-            disable=not bar,
+            disable=no_progress_bar,
             total=size,
             bytes=True,
             leave=False,