diff --git a/slapd/backup b/slapd/backup
index 320d7ff7230c6f15fb7db5e53e76faa30d6a859f..9fe1ab22c8745780df911a96f74cc5ee051b8f14 100755
--- a/slapd/backup
+++ b/slapd/backup
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ set -eux
 
 alias slapcat='slapcat -vF /var/lib/ldap/config'
 
-slapcat -n0 -v -l /var/backups/ldap/config.ldif
+slapcat -n0 -l /var/backups/ldap/config.ldif
 
 for dn in $(ldapsearch -Y EXTERNAL -LLL -s base -b '' o namingContexts | sed -n '/namingContexts/ s/namingContexts: //gp')
 do
-    slapcat -b "$dn" -v -l "/var/backups/ldap/$dn.ldif"
+    slapcat -b "$dn" -l "/var/backups/ldap/$dn.ldif"
 done