diff --git a/src/views/backups.html b/src/views/backups.html
index 99531f355..ee8c4b6c4 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.html
+++ b/src/views/backups.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             <div class="form-group">
               <label class="control-label" for="storageProviderProvider">Storage provider <sup><a ng-href="{{ config.webServerOrigin }}/documentation/backups/#storage-providers" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup></label>
               <p class="small text-info" ng-show="backupConfig.provider !== configureBackup.provider">Backups in the old storage location have to be removed manually.</p>
-              <select class="form-control" id="storageProviderProvider" ng-model="configureBackup.provider" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in storageProvider" ng-change=configureBackup.clearForm()></select>
+              <select class="form-control" id="storageProviderProvider" ng-model="configureBackup.provider" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in storageProvider" ng-change=configureBackup.clearProviderFields()></select>
             </div>
 
             <!-- Noop -->
diff --git a/src/views/backups.js b/src/views/backups.js
index ae12a8cb8..460c35799 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.js
+++ b/src/views/backups.js
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
         format: 'tgz',
         password: '',
 
-        clearForm: function () {
+        clearProviderFields: function () {
             $scope.configureBackup.bucket = '';
             $scope.configureBackup.prefix = '';
             $scope.configureBackup.accessKeyId = '';
@@ -260,13 +260,9 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
             $scope.configureBackup.endpoint = '';
             $scope.configureBackup.region = '';
             $scope.configureBackup.backupFolder = '';
-            $scope.configureBackup.retentionSecs = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60;
-            $scope.configureBackup.intervalSecs = 24 * 60 * 60;
-            $scope.configureBackup.format = 'tgz';
             $scope.configureBackup.acceptSelfSignedCerts = false;
             $scope.configureBackup.useHardlinks = true;
             $scope.configureBackup.externalDisk = false;
-            $scope.configureBackup.password = '';
         },
 
         show: function () {