diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/RestoreView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/RestoreView.vue
index 8e097dcd5..2c0f42a3f 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/RestoreView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/RestoreView.vue
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ async function onSubmit() {
     }
   } else if (mountlike(provider.value)) {
     config.prefix = prefix;
-    config.noHardlinks = !providerConfig.value.useHardlinks;
+    // config.noHardlinks = !providerConfig.value.useHardlinks; // unused for restore
     config.mountOptions = {};
 
     if (provider.value === 'sshfs' || provider.value === 'cifs' || provider.value === 'nfs') {
@@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ async function onSubmit() {
     }
   } else if (provider.value === 'filesystem') {
     config.backupDir = prefix;
-    config.noHardlinks = !providerConfig.value.useHardlinks;
-    config.preserveAttributes = true;
+    // unused for restore
+    // config.noHardlinks = !providerConfig.value.useHardlinks;
+    // config.preserveAttributes = true;
   } else if (provider.value === 'gcs') {
     config.bucket = providerConfig.value.bucket;
     config.prefix = prefix;