diff --git a/public/css/players.css b/public/css/players.css
index 145c32e..7a512f7 100644
--- a/public/css/players.css
+++ b/public/css/players.css
@@ -12,37 +12,6 @@
     background: #059669;
 }
 
-/* ── Progress ─────────────────────────────────── */
-
-.progress-container {
-    width: 100%;
-    background: var(--surface-3);
-    border-radius: var(--radius-xl);
-    padding: 3px;
-    margin: 20px 0;
-    overflow: hidden;
-}
-
-.progress-bar {
-    width: 0%;
-    height: 26px;
-    background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--accent), var(--accent-hover));
-    border-radius: var(--radius-xl);
-    text-align: center;
-    line-height: 26px;
-    color: white;
-    font-weight: 600;
-    font-size: 12px;
-    transition: width 0.4s ease;
-}
-
-.progress-text {
-    text-align: center;
-    margin: 8px 0;
-    font-size: 13px;
-    color: var(--text-secondary);
-}
-
 /* ── Mobile helpers ───────────────────────────── */
 
 .mobile-only {
diff --git a/public/css/shared.css b/public/css/shared.css
index 98c4fdf..cfc1e12 100644
--- a/public/css/shared.css
+++ b/public/css/shared.css
@@ -306,15 +306,6 @@ body {
     margin: 0 0 24px 0;
 }
 
-/* ── Loading ──────────────────────────────────── */
-
-.loading {
-    text-align: center;
-    padding: 40px 20px;
-    font-size: 15px;
-    color: var(--text-secondary);
-}
-
 /* ── Tables ───────────────────────────────────── */
 
 table {
diff --git a/src/routes/players.js b/src/routes/players.js
index 59abd72..fddfc0c 100644
--- a/src/routes/players.js
+++ b/src/routes/players.js
@@ -106,75 +106,6 @@ router.get('/api/ratings/progress', (req, res) => {
   });
 });
 
-router.post('/api/populate-database', (req, res) => {
-  res.writeHead(200, {
-    'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
-    'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
-    'Connection': 'keep-alive',
-    'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
-  });
-
-  const progressCallback = (progress) => {
-    res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify(progress)}\n\n`);
-  };
-
-  logger.info('=== Starting database population from database players ===');
-
-  refreshAllPlayersInDB(progressCallback).then(ratings => {
-    logger.info(`=== Database population complete: ${ratings.length} players refreshed ===`);
-    res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify({ status: 'complete', ratings, message: `Successfully refreshed ${ratings.length} players` })}\n\n`);
-    res.end();
-  }).catch(error => {
-    logger.error('Error populating database:', error);
-    res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify({ status: 'error', message: error.message })}\n\n`);
-    res.end();
-  });
-});
-
-router.get('/api/database-status', async (req, res) => {
-  try {
-    const playerCount = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      db.get('SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM players', [], (err, row) => {
-        if (err) reject(err);
-        else resolve(row.count);
-      });
-    });
-
-    res.json({
-      playersInDB: playerCount,
-      needsPopulation: playerCount === 0
-    });
-  } catch (error) {
-    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to check database status' });
-  }
-});
-
-router.get('/api/load-all-players', (req, res) => {
-  res.writeHead(200, {
-    'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
-    'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
-    'Connection': 'keep-alive',
-    'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
-    'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': 'Cache-Control'
-  });
-
-  const progressCallback = (progress) => {
-    res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify(progress)}\n\n`);
-  };
-
-  refreshAllPlayersInDB(progressCallback).then(ratings => {
-    res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify({ status: 'complete', ratings })}\n\n`);
-    res.end();
-  }).catch(error => {
-    res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify({ status: 'error', error: error.message })}\n\n`);
-    res.end();
-  });
-
-  req.on('close', () => {
-    res.end();
-  });
-});
-
 router.get('/api/rating-history/:pdgaNumber', async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const { pdgaNumber } = req.params;
diff --git a/views/pages/courses.ejs b/views/pages/courses.ejs
index c994b10..63f3a99 100644
--- a/views/pages/courses.ejs
+++ b/views/pages/courses.ejs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
             </div>
         </div>
 
-        <div id="loading" class="loading" style="display: none;">Loading courses...</div>
         <div id="courses-table" hx-get="/partials/course-table" hx-trigger="load"></div>
 `; %>
 
diff --git a/views/pages/index.ejs b/views/pages/index.ejs
index 193e4c0..0287684 100644
--- a/views/pages/index.ejs
+++ b/views/pages/index.ejs
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
         <div style="display: flex; justify-content: flex-end; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px;">
             <a href="#" onclick="clearCache(); return false;" style="color: var(--text-muted); font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; opacity: 0.4;" title="Clear cache"><i class="fas fa-cog"></i></a>
         </div>
-        <div id="loading" class="loading" style="display: none;">Loading ratings...</div>
-        <div id="progress-section" style="display: none;">
-            <div class="progress-container">
-                <div id="progress-bar" class="progress-bar">0%</div>
-            </div>
-            <div id="progress-text" class="progress-text">Preparing to load ratings...</div>
-        </div>
         <div id="ratings-table" hx-get="/partials/ratings-table" hx-trigger="load"></div>
 `; %>
 
@@ -57,7 +50,7 @@
     title: 'PDGA Ratings',
     activePage: 'players',
     cssFiles: ['players.css'],
-    jsFiles: ['tooltips.js', 'chart.js', 'progress.js', 'players.js'],
+    jsFiles: ['tooltips.js', 'chart.js', 'players.js'],
     initScript: 'setupTooltipsAfterSwap();',
     body: body,
     modals: modals