diff --git a/src/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php b/src/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php
index c79f434f5d1..5030e638cfa 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php
+++ b/src/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ private function shouldShowProgressBar(InputInterface $input, string $outputForm
             return false;
         }
 
+        // no interactive terminal, e.g. piped output, CI or an agent - the redraws are just noise
+        if (! $this->isTtyOutput()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if ($this->symfonyStyle->isVerbose()) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -157,6 +162,11 @@ private function shouldShowProgressBar(InputInterface $input, string $outputForm
         return $outputFormat === ConsoleOutputFormatter::NAME;
     }
 
+    private function isTtyOutput(): bool
+    {
+        return defined('STDOUT') && stream_isatty(STDOUT);
+    }
+
     private function shouldShowDiffs(InputInterface $input): bool
     {
         $noDiffs = (bool) $input->getOption(Option::NO_DIFFS);