diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
index c21c121f9..6fcbdddca 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     <FormGroup v-if="provider !== 'noop'">
       <label for="formatInput">{{ $t('backups.configureBackupStorage.format') }} <sup><a href="https://docs.cloudron.io/backups/#backup-formats" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup></label>
       <SingleSelect id="formatInput" v-model="providerConfig.format" :options="BACKUP_FORMATS" option-label="name" option-key="value" required />
-      <div class="warning-label" v-show="providerConfig.format === 'rsync' && (s3like(provider) || provider === 'gcs')">{{ $t('backups.configureBackupStorage.s3LikeNote') }} <sup><a href="https://docs.cloudron.io/backups/#amazon-s3" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup></div>
+      <div class="warning-label" v-show="providerConfig.format === 'rsync' && (s3like(provider) || provider === 'gcs') && !importOnly">{{ $t('backups.configureBackupStorage.s3LikeNote') }} <sup><a href="https://docs.cloudron.io/backups/#amazon-s3" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup></div>
     </FormGroup>
 
     <FormGroup v-if="provider !== 'noop'">