diff --git a/logical-backup/dump.sh b/logical-backup/dump.sh
index a5d5f1d..0023623 100755
--- a/logical-backup/dump.sh
+++ b/logical-backup/dump.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function estimate_size {
 function dump_db {
   echo "Taking dump of ${PGDATABASE} from ${PGHOST}"
   # settings are taken from the environment
-  "$PG_BIN"/pg_dump --jobs=$PG_DUMP_NJOBS --format=d --compress=$PG_DUMP_COMPRESS --file "/tmp/db-$1" $PG_DUMP_EXTRA_ARGUMENTS $1
+  "$PG_BIN"/pg_dump --jobs=$PG_DUMP_NJOBS --compress=$PG_DUMP_COMPRESS --file "/tmp/db-$1" $PG_DUMP_EXTRA_ARGUMENTS $1
 }
 
 function dump_global {