diff --git a/tools/buildmessage.js b/tools/buildmessage.js
index 2c094af127..bbfcc3c776 100644
--- a/tools/buildmessage.js
+++ b/tools/buildmessage.js
@@ -195,10 +195,6 @@ var getCurrentProgressTracker = function () {
   return progress ? progress : rootProgress;
 };
 
-var nudge = function () {
-  getCurrentProgressTracker().nudge();
-};
-
 var addChildTracker = function (title) {
   var options = {};
   options.title = title;
@@ -586,6 +582,5 @@ _.extend(exports, {
   reportProgress: reportProgress,
   reportProgressDone: reportProgressDone,
   getCurrentProgressTracker: getCurrentProgressTracker,
-  addChildTracker: addChildTracker,
-  nudge: nudge
+  addChildTracker: addChildTracker
 });
diff --git a/tools/catalog.js b/tools/catalog.js
index ce2601b78e..9288a67f32 100644
--- a/tools/catalog.js
+++ b/tools/catalog.js
@@ -311,20 +311,13 @@ _.extend(LayeredCatalog.prototype, {
     var self = this;
     var uniload = require('./uniload.js');
 
-    var yielder = new utils.ThrottledYield();
-
     var constraintSolverPackage =  uniload.load({
       packages: [ 'constraint-solver']
     })['constraint-solver'];
     self.resolver =
       new constraintSolverPackage.ConstraintSolver.PackagesResolver(self, {
         nudge: function () {
-          // This may be a singleton, but the resolver is in a package so it
-          // doesn't have access to it.
-          utils.Patience.nudge();
-          buildmessage.nudge();
-
-          yielder.yield();
+          Console.nudge(true);
         }
       });
   },
diff --git a/tools/console.js b/tools/console.js
index 81f73672f9..91bb6fca0a 100644
--- a/tools/console.js
+++ b/tools/console.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ var buildmessage = require('./buildmessage.js');
 // XXX: Are we happy with chalk (and its sub-dependencies)?
 var chalk = require('chalk');
 var cleanup = require('./cleanup.js');
+var utils = require('./utils.js');
 
 PROGRESS_DEBUG = !!process.env.METEOR_PROGRESS_DEBUG;
 FORCE_PRETTY=undefined;
@@ -135,6 +136,35 @@ _.extend(ProgressDisplayStatus.prototype, {
   }
 });
 
+//var spinner = ['-', '\\', '|', '/'];
+//// I looked at some Unicode indeterminate progress indicators, such as:
+////
+//// spinner = "▁▃▄▅▆▇▆▅▄▃".split('');
+//// spinner = "▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▎▍▌▋▊▉".split('');
+//// spinner = "▏▎▍▌▋▊▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▁▃▄▅▆▇▆▅▄▃".split('');
+//// spinner = "▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▎▍▌▋▊▉▇▆▅▄▃▁▃▄▅▆▇".split('');
+//// spinner = "⠉⠒⠤⣀⠤⠒".split('');
+////
+//// but none of them really seemed like an improvement. I think
+//// the case for using unicode would be stronger in a determinate
+//// progress indicator.
+////
+//// There are also some four-frame options such as ◐◓◑◒ at
+////   http://stackoverflow.com/a/2685827/157965
+//// but all of the ones I tried look terrible in the terminal.
+//if (! self.quiet) {
+//  var animationFrame = 0;
+//  var printUpdate = fiberHelpers.bindEnvironment(function () {
+//    //runLog.logTemporary("=> Starting MongoDB... " +
+//    //                    spinner[animationFrame]);
+//    buildmessage.nudge();
+//    animationFrame = (animationFrame + 1) % spinner.length;
+//  });
+//  printUpdate();
+//  var mongoProgressTimer = setInterval(printUpdate, 200);
+//}
+
+
 var ProgressDisplayBar = function (console) {
   var self = this;
 
@@ -285,7 +315,6 @@ _.extend(StatusPoller.prototype, {
       });
     }
   }
-
 });
 
 var Console = function (options) {
@@ -297,7 +326,9 @@ var Console = function (options) {
   self._progressDisplay = new ProgressDisplayNone(self);
 
   self._statusPoller = null;
-  self._lastStatusPoll = 0;
+
+  self._throttledYield = new utils.ThrottledYield();
+  self._throttledStatusPoll = new utils.Throttled(STATUS_INTERVAL_MS);
 
   self.verbose = false;
 
@@ -382,18 +413,19 @@ _.extend(Console.prototype, {
     self.verbose = verbose;
   },
 
+  // XXX: Move docs from Patience.nudge()
   // Like Patience.nudge(); this can be called during long lived operations
   // where the timer may be starved off the CPU.  It will execute the poll if
   // it has been 'too long'
-  nudge: function () {
+  nudge: function (canYield) {
     var self = this;
-    var now = Date.now();
-    if ((now - self._lastStatusPoll) < STATUS_INTERVAL_MS) {
-      return;
+    if (self._throttledStatusPoll.isAllowed()) {
+      if (self._statusPoller) {
+        self._statusPoller.statusPoll();
+      }
     }
-    // XXX: TODO: Add canYield argument and yield?
-    if (self._statusPoller) {
-      self._statusPoller.statusPoll();
+    if (canYield === true) {
+      self._throttledYield.yield();
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/tools/progress.js b/tools/progress.js
index c6fc3e056a..9eb4b3c68b 100644
--- a/tools/progress.js
+++ b/tools/progress.js
@@ -68,30 +68,6 @@ _.extend(Progress.prototype, {
     self.reportProgress(state);
   },
 
-  // For when we don't have a clear idea how long something will take,
-  // (i.e. no end estimate), just call nudge occasionally.  We'll build
-  // an exponential progress bar for the task.
-  nudge: function () {
-    var self = this;
-
-    var halfLife = 25;
-
-    var state = _.clone(self._selfState);
-
-    if (!self._exponentialCounter) {
-      self._exponentialCounter = 1;
-      // Arbitrary endpoint
-      state.end = 100;
-    } else {
-      self._exponentialCounter++;
-    }
-
-    var fractionLeft = Math.pow(0.5, self._exponentialCounter / halfLife);
-    state.current = state.end * (1 - fractionLeft);
-
-    self.reportProgress(state);
-  },
-
   // Tries to determine which is the 'current' job in the tree
   // This is very heuristical... we use some hints, like:
   // don't descend into fork-join jobs; we know these execute concurrently,
@@ -192,7 +168,7 @@ _.extend(Progress.prototype, {
 
     self._updateTotalState();
 
-    console.Console.nudge();
+    console.Console.nudge(false);
 
     self._notifyState();
   },
diff --git a/tools/run-all.js b/tools/run-all.js
index 71569bd135..6c45c0f8bc 100644
--- a/tools/run-all.js
+++ b/tools/run-all.js
@@ -143,40 +143,11 @@ _.extend(Runner.prototype, {
     }
 
     if (! self.stopped && self.mongoRunner) {
-      var spinner = ['-', '\\', '|', '/'];
-      // I looked at some Unicode indeterminate progress indicators, such as:
-      //
-      // spinner = "▁▃▄▅▆▇▆▅▄▃".split('');
-      // spinner = "▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▎▍▌▋▊▉".split('');
-      // spinner = "▏▎▍▌▋▊▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▁▃▄▅▆▇▆▅▄▃".split('');
-      // spinner = "▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▎▍▌▋▊▉▇▆▅▄▃▁▃▄▅▆▇".split('');
-      // spinner = "⠉⠒⠤⣀⠤⠒".split('');
-      //
-      // but none of them really seemed like an improvement. I think
-      // the case for using unicode would be stronger in a determinate
-      // progress indicator.
-      //
-      // There are also some four-frame options such as ◐◓◑◒ at
-      //   http://stackoverflow.com/a/2685827/157965
-      // but all of the ones I tried look terrible in the terminal.
-      if (! self.quiet) {
-        var animationFrame = 0;
-        var printUpdate = fiberHelpers.bindEnvironment(function () {
-          //runLog.logTemporary("=> Starting MongoDB... " +
-          //                    spinner[animationFrame]);
-          buildmessage.nudge();
-          animationFrame = (animationFrame + 1) % spinner.length;
-        });
-        printUpdate();
-        var mongoProgressTimer = setInterval(printUpdate, 200);
-      }
-
       buildmessage.enterJob({ title: 'Starting MongoDB' }, function () {
         self.mongoRunner.start();
       });
 
       if (! self.quiet) {
-        clearInterval(mongoProgressTimer);
         if (! self.stopped)
           runLog.log("=> Started MongoDB.");
       }
diff --git a/tools/utils.js b/tools/utils.js
index d7b8a117b0..5cd5fcbc4a 100644
--- a/tools/utils.js
+++ b/tools/utils.js
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ exports.Patience = function (options) {
   }
 };
 
+// XXX: Remove
 var nextYield = null;
 var YIELD_EVERY_MS = 150;
 var ACTIVE_PATIENCES = {};
@@ -646,34 +647,48 @@ _.extend(exports.Patience.prototype, {
   }
 });
 
-
-// This is a stripped down version of Patience, that just regulates the frequency of calling yield.
-// It should behave similarly to calling yield on every iteration of a loop,
-// except that it won't actually yield if there hasn't been a long enough time interval
-//
-// options:
-//   interval: minimum interval of time between yield calls
-//             (more frequent calls are simply dropped)
-//
-// XXX: Have Patience use ThrottledYield
-exports.ThrottledYield = function (options) {
+exports.Throttled = function (options) {
   var self = this;
 
   options = _.extend({ interval: 150 }, options || {});
   self.interval = options.interval;
   var now = +(new Date);
 
-  // The next yield time is interval from now.
-  self.nextYield = now + self.interval;
+  self.next = now;
+};
+
+_.extend(exports.Throttled.prototype, {
+  isAllowed: function () {
+    var self = this;
+    var now = +(new Date);
+
+    if (now < self.next) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    self.next = now + self.interval;
+    return true;
+  }
+});
+
+
+// ThrottledYield just regulates the frequency of calling yield.
+// It should behave similarly to calling yield on every iteration of a loop,
+// except that it won't actually yield if there hasn't been a long enough time interval
+//
+// options:
+//   interval: minimum interval of time between yield calls
+//             (more frequent calls are simply dropped)
+exports.ThrottledYield = function (options) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  self._throttle = new exports.Throttled(options);
 };
 
 _.extend(exports.ThrottledYield.prototype, {
   yield: function () {
     var self = this;
-    var now = +(new Date);
-
-    if (now >= self.nextYield) {
-      self.nextYield = now + self.interval;
+    if (self._throttle.isAllowed()) {
       utils.sleepMs(1);
     }
   }