diff --git a/src/Core/ChangeInformation.vala b/src/Core/ChangeInformation.vala
index 67e8aace9..5fc6f7849 100644
--- a/src/Core/ChangeInformation.vala
+++ b/src/Core/ChangeInformation.vala
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ public class AppCenterCore.ChangeInformation : Object {
         FINISHED
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This signal is likely to be fired from a non-main thread. Ensure any UI
-     * logic driven from this runs on the GTK thread
-     */
-    public signal void status_changed ();
-
-    /**
-     * This signal is likely to be fired from a non-main thread. Ensure any UI
-     * logic driven from this runs on the GTK thread
-     */
-    public signal void progress_changed ();
-
     public Gee.ArrayList<string> updatable_packages { get; private set; }
 
     public ActionGroup action_group { get; private set; }
@@ -75,15 +63,12 @@ public class AppCenterCore.ChangeInformation : Object {
         progress = 0.0f;
         status = Status.WAITING;
         status_description = _("Waiting");
-        status_changed ();
-        progress_changed ();
     }
 
     public void complete () {
         cancel_action.set_enabled (false);
         status = Status.FINISHED;
         status_description = _("Finished");
-        status_changed ();
         reset_progress ();
     }
 
@@ -92,7 +77,6 @@ public class AppCenterCore.ChangeInformation : Object {
         cancel_action.set_enabled (false);
         status = Status.CANCELLED;
         status_description = _("Cancelling");
-        status_changed ();
     }
 
     public void clear_update_info () {
@@ -106,16 +90,21 @@ public class AppCenterCore.ChangeInformation : Object {
         progress = 0.0f;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This method is thread safe. It will queue any updates on the main thread.
+     */
     public void callback (string status_description, double progress, Status status) {
-        if (this.status_description != status_description || this.status != status) {
-            this.status_description = status_description;
-            this.status = status;
-            status_changed ();
-        }
-
-        if (this.progress != progress) {
-            this.progress = progress;
-            progress_changed ();
-        }
+        Idle.add (() => {
+            if (this.status_description != status_description || this.status != status) {
+                this.status_description = status_description;
+                this.status = status;
+            }
+
+            if (this.progress != progress) {
+                this.progress = progress;
+            }
+
+            return Source.REMOVE;
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Core/Package.vala b/src/Core/Package.vala
index 360366bab..46e5d5deb 100644
--- a/src/Core/Package.vala
+++ b/src/Core/Package.vala
@@ -186,12 +186,6 @@ public class AppCenterCore.Package : Object {
         }
     }
 
-    public bool changes_finished {
-        get {
-            return change_information.status == ChangeInformation.Status.FINISHED;
-        }
-    }
-
     public bool is_runtime_updates {
         get {
             return component.id == RUNTIME_UPDATES_ID;
@@ -601,10 +595,6 @@ public class AppCenterCore.Package : Object {
         return summary;
     }
 
-    public string get_progress_description () {
-        return change_information.status_description;
-    }
-
     public GLib.Icon get_icon (uint size, uint scale_factor) {
         GLib.Icon? icon = null;
         uint current_size = 0;
diff --git a/src/Widgets/ProgressButton.vala b/src/Widgets/ProgressButton.vala
index cab52aba0..86b3d85fb 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/ProgressButton.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/ProgressButton.vala
@@ -19,17 +19,14 @@ public class AppCenter.ProgressButton : Gtk.Button {
         add_css_class ("progress");
         add_css_class ("text-button");
 
-        package.change_information.progress_changed.connect (update_progress);
-        package.change_information.status_changed.connect (update_progress_status);
-
-        update_progress_status ();
-        update_progress ();
+        package.change_information.bind_property ("status-description", this, "tooltip-text", SYNC_CREATE);
 
         var cancel_label = new Gtk.Label (_("Cancel")) {
             mnemonic_widget = this
         };
 
         progressbar = new Gtk.ProgressBar ();
+        package.change_information.bind_property ("progress", progressbar, "fraction", SYNC_CREATE);
 
         var box = new Gtk.Box (VERTICAL, 0);
         box.append (cancel_label);
@@ -39,23 +36,4 @@ public class AppCenter.ProgressButton : Gtk.Button {
         action_name = ACTION_PREFIX + AppCenterCore.ChangeInformation.CANCEL_ACTION_NAME;
         insert_action_group (ACTION_GROUP_PREFIX, package.change_information.action_group);
     }
-
-    private void update_progress () {
-        Idle.add (() => {
-            progressbar.fraction = package.progress;
-            return GLib.Source.REMOVE;
-        });
-    }
-
-    private void update_progress_status () {
-        Idle.add (() => {
-            tooltip_text = package.get_progress_description ();
-            /* Ensure progress bar shows complete to match status (lp:1606902) */
-            if (package.changes_finished) {
-                progressbar.fraction = 1.0f;
-            }
-
-            return GLib.Source.REMOVE;
-        });
-    }
 }