diff --git a/gallery_dl/output.py b/gallery_dl/output.py
index 5d0c3ed8..6e04f1e3 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/output.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/output.py
@@ -294,15 +294,15 @@ class TerminalOutput(NullOutput):
 
     def progress(self, bytes_total, bytes_downloaded, bytes_per_second):
         if bytes_total is None:
-            print("\r {:>8} {:>10} \r".format(
-                util.format_value(bytes_downloaded, "B"),
-                util.format_value(bytes_per_second, "B/s"),
+            print("\r {:>7}B {:>7}B/s \r".format(
+                util.format_value(bytes_downloaded),
+                util.format_value(bytes_per_second),
             ), end="")
         else:
-            print("\r{:>3}% {:>8} {:>10} \r".format(
+            print("\r{:>3}% {:>7}B {:>7}B/s \r".format(
                 bytes_downloaded * 100 // bytes_total,
-                util.format_value(bytes_downloaded, "B"),
-                util.format_value(bytes_per_second, "B/s"),
+                util.format_value(bytes_downloaded),
+                util.format_value(bytes_per_second),
             ), end="")
 
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/util.py b/gallery_dl/util.py
index ac2a1955..4a7fdbf4 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/util.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/util.py
@@ -91,15 +91,15 @@ def generate_token(size=16):
     return binascii.hexlify(data).decode()
 
 
-def format_value(value, unit="B", suffixes="kMGTPEZY"):
+def format_value(value, suffixes="kMGTPEZY"):
     value = format(value)
     value_len = len(value)
     index = value_len - 4
     if index >= 0:
         offset = (value_len - 1) % 3 + 1
         return (value[:offset] + "." + value[offset:offset+2] +
-                suffixes[index // 3] + unit)
-    return value + unit
+                suffixes[index // 3])
+    return value
 
 
 def combine_dict(a, b):
diff --git a/test/test_util.py b/test/test_util.py
index c38cfa01..0fbbbcea 100644
--- a/test/test_util.py
+++ b/test/test_util.py
@@ -371,20 +371,17 @@ class TestOther(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRegex(token, r"^[0-9a-f]+$")
 
     def test_format_value(self):
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(0)         , "0B")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(1)         , "1B")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(12)        , "12B")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(123)       , "123B")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(1234)      , "1.23kB")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(12345)     , "12.34kB")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(123456)    , "123.45kB")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(1234567)   , "1.23MB")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(12345678)  , "12.34MB")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(123456789) , "123.45MB")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(1234567890), "1.23GB")
-
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(123   , "B/s"), "123B/s")
-        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(123456, "B/s"), "123.45kB/s")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(0)         , "0")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(1)         , "1")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(12)        , "12")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(123)       , "123")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(1234)      , "1.23k")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(12345)     , "12.34k")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(123456)    , "123.45k")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(1234567)   , "1.23M")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(12345678)  , "12.34M")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(123456789) , "123.45M")
+        self.assertEqual(util.format_value(1234567890), "1.23G")
 
     def test_combine_dict(self):
         self.assertEqual(