diff --git a/decor/elapsed.go b/decor/elapsed.go
index 5183d59..e389f15 100644
--- a/decor/elapsed.go
+++ b/decor/elapsed.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	producer := chooseTimeProducer(style)
 	fn := func(s Statistics) string {
 		if !s.Completed {
-			msg = producer(time.Since(startTime), s.Aborted)
+			msg = producer(time.Since(startTime))
 		}
 		return msg
 	}
diff --git a/decor/eta.go b/decor/eta.go
index 684caa7..d03caa7 100644
--- a/decor/eta.go
+++ b/decor/eta.go
@@ -60,19 +60,16 @@
 	WC
 	average    ewma.MovingAverage
 	normalizer TimeNormalizer
-	producer   func(time.Duration, bool) string
+	producer   func(time.Duration) string
 }
 
 func (d *movingAverageETA) Decor(s Statistics) string {
-	var remaining time.Duration
-	if !s.Aborted {
-		v := math.Round(d.average.Value())
-		remaining = time.Duration((s.Total - s.Current) * int64(v))
-		if d.normalizer != nil {
-			remaining = d.normalizer.Normalize(remaining)
-		}
-	}
-	return d.FormatMsg(d.producer(remaining, s.Aborted))
+	v := math.Round(d.average.Value())
+	remaining := time.Duration((s.Total - s.Current) * int64(v))
+	if d.normalizer != nil {
+		remaining = d.normalizer.Normalize(remaining)
+	}
+	return d.FormatMsg(d.producer(remaining))
 }
 
 func (d *movingAverageETA) EwmaUpdate(n int64, dur time.Duration) {
@@ -117,12 +114,12 @@
 	WC
 	startTime  time.Time
 	normalizer TimeNormalizer
-	producer   func(time.Duration, bool) string
+	producer   func(time.Duration) string
 }
 
 func (d *averageETA) Decor(s Statistics) string {
 	var remaining time.Duration
-	if s.Current != 0 && !s.Aborted {
+	if s.Current != 0 {
 		durPerItem := float64(time.Since(d.startTime)) / float64(s.Current)
 		durPerItem = math.Round(durPerItem)
 		remaining = time.Duration((s.Total - s.Current) * int64(durPerItem))
@@ -130,7 +127,7 @@
 			remaining = d.normalizer.Normalize(remaining)
 		}
 	}
-	return d.FormatMsg(d.producer(remaining, s.Aborted))
+	return d.FormatMsg(d.producer(remaining))
 }
 
 func (d *averageETA) AverageAdjust(startTime time.Time) {
@@ -172,48 +169,33 @@
 	})
 }
 
-func chooseTimeProducer(style TimeStyle) func(time.Duration, bool) string {
+func chooseTimeProducer(style TimeStyle) func(time.Duration) string {
 	switch style {
 	case ET_STYLE_HHMMSS:
-		return func(remaining time.Duration, aborted bool) string {
-			if aborted {
-				return "--:--:--"
-			}
+		return func(remaining time.Duration) string {
 			hours := int64(remaining/time.Hour) % 60
 			minutes := int64(remaining/time.Minute) % 60
 			seconds := int64(remaining/time.Second) % 60
 			return fmt.Sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d", hours, minutes, seconds)
 		}
 	case ET_STYLE_HHMM:
-		return func(remaining time.Duration, aborted bool) string {
-			if aborted {
-				return "--:--"
-			}
+		return func(remaining time.Duration) string {
 			hours := int64(remaining/time.Hour) % 60
 			minutes := int64(remaining/time.Minute) % 60
 			return fmt.Sprintf("%02d:%02d", hours, minutes)
 		}
 	case ET_STYLE_MMSS:
-		return func(remaining time.Duration, aborted bool) string {
+		return func(remaining time.Duration) string {
 			hours := int64(remaining/time.Hour) % 60
 			minutes := int64(remaining/time.Minute) % 60
 			seconds := int64(remaining/time.Second) % 60
 			if hours > 0 {
-				if aborted {
-					return "--:--:--"
-				}
 				return fmt.Sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d", hours, minutes, seconds)
 			}
-			if aborted {
-				return "--:--"
-			}
 			return fmt.Sprintf("%02d:%02d", minutes, seconds)
 		}
 	default:
-		return func(remaining time.Duration, aborted bool) string {
-			if aborted {
-				return "unknown"
-			}
+		return func(remaining time.Duration) string {
 			// strip off nanoseconds
 			return ((remaining / time.Second) * time.Second).String()
 		}