diff --git a/files/gnome/backup.sh b/files/gnome/backup.sh
index 39137209f4..12bb668535 100644
--- a/files/gnome/backup.sh
+++ b/files/gnome/backup.sh
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ LOGS_DIR='/fedora_backups/gnome/logs'
 for MACHINE in $MACHINES; do
       rsync -avz -e 'ssh -F /usr/local/etc/gnome_ssh_config' --bwlimit=2000 $MACHINE:/etc/rsyncd/backup.exclude $BACKUP_DIR/excludes/$MACHINE.exclude
       rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -F /usr/local/etc/gnome_ssh_config %s rdiff-backup --server' --print-statistics --exclude-device-files --exclude /selinux --exclude /sys --exclude /proc --exclude-globbing-filelist $BACKUP_DIR/excludes/$MACHINE.exclude $MACHINE::/ $BACKUP_DIR/$MACHINE/ | mail -s "Daily backup: $MACHINE" backups@gnome.org
-      rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -F /usr/local/etc/gnome_ssh_config %s rdiff-backup --server' --remove-older-than 6M --force $BACKUP_DIR/$MACHINE/
+      rdiff-backup --remove-older-than 6M --force $BACKUP_DIR/$MACHINE/
 done