diff --git a/external/external.cmake b/external/external.cmake
index 83e2c93..d299be0 100644
--- a/external/external.cmake
+++ b/external/external.cmake
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function(_cppast_download_llvm url)
 
     if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${folder})
         message(STATUS "Downloading LLVM from ${url}")
-        file(DOWNLOAD ${url} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${file} SHOW_PROGRESS
+        file(DOWNLOAD ${url} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${file}
             STATUS status
             LOG log)