diff -urpa mc-4.8.20.orig/src/setup.c mc-4.8.20/src/setup.c
--- mc-4.8.20.orig/src/setup.c	2018-04-09 12:31:05.331506646 +0000
+++ mc-4.8.20/src/setup.c	2018-04-09 12:31:42.760506225 +0000
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ gboolean verbose = TRUE;
  * information about copy/move sizes and bytes transferred
  * at the expense of some speed
  */
-gboolean file_op_compute_totals = TRUE;
+gboolean file_op_compute_totals = FALSE;
 
 /* If true use the internal viewer */
 gboolean use_internal_view = TRUE;