diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
index fc054af5ba..3c1cd858a8 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ typedef struct Archive
 
 	/* other important stuff */
 	char	   *searchpath;		/* search_path to set during restore */
-	char	   *default_toast_compression;	/* default TOAST compression to
-											 * set during restore */
 	char	   *use_role;		/* Issue SET ROLE to this */
 
 	/* error handling */
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
index 86de26a4bf..6b046e7734 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static void _selectTableAccessMethod(ArchiveHandle *AH, const char *tableam);
 static void processEncodingEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static void processStdStringsEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static void processSearchPathEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
-static void processToastCompressionEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 static int	_tocEntryRequired(TocEntry *te, teSection curSection, ArchiveHandle *AH);
 static RestorePass _tocEntryRestorePass(TocEntry *te);
 static bool _tocEntryIsACL(TocEntry *te);
@@ -2638,8 +2637,6 @@ ReadToc(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 			processStdStringsEntry(AH, te);
 		else if (strcmp(te->desc, "SEARCHPATH") == 0)
 			processSearchPathEntry(AH, te);
-		else if (strcmp(te->desc, "TOASTCOMPRESSION") == 0)
-			processToastCompressionEntry(AH, te);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2697,29 +2694,6 @@ processSearchPathEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te)
 	AH->public.searchpath = pg_strdup(te->defn);
 }
 
-static void
-processToastCompressionEntry(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te)
-{
-	/* te->defn should have the form SET default_toast_compression = 'x'; */
-	char	   *defn = pg_strdup(te->defn);
-	char	   *ptr1;
-	char	   *ptr2 = NULL;
-
-	ptr1 = strchr(defn, '\'');
-	if (ptr1)
-		ptr2 = strchr(++ptr1, '\'');
-	if (ptr2)
-	{
-		*ptr2 = '\0';
-		AH->public.default_toast_compression = pg_strdup(ptr1);
-	}
-	else
-		fatal("invalid TOASTCOMPRESSION item: %s",
-			  te->defn);
-
-	free(defn);
-}
-
 static void
 StrictNamesCheck(RestoreOptions *ropt)
 {
@@ -2779,8 +2753,7 @@ _tocEntryRequired(TocEntry *te, teSection curSection, ArchiveHandle *AH)
 	/* These items are treated specially */
 	if (strcmp(te->desc, "ENCODING") == 0 ||
 		strcmp(te->desc, "STDSTRINGS") == 0 ||
-		strcmp(te->desc, "SEARCHPATH") == 0 ||
-		strcmp(te->desc, "TOASTCOMPRESSION") == 0)
+		strcmp(te->desc, "SEARCHPATH") == 0)
 		return REQ_SPECIAL;
 
 	/*
@@ -3103,11 +3076,6 @@ _doSetFixedOutputState(ArchiveHandle *AH)
 	if (AH->public.searchpath)
 		ahprintf(AH, "%s", AH->public.searchpath);
 
-	/* Select the dump-time default_toast_compression */
-	if (AH->public.default_toast_compression)
-		ahprintf(AH, "SET default_toast_compression = '%s';\n",
-				 AH->public.default_toast_compression);
-
 	/* Make sure function checking is disabled */
 	ahprintf(AH, "SET check_function_bodies = false;\n");
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index b063e00cd4..e9a86ed512 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ static void dumpDatabaseConfig(Archive *AH, PQExpBuffer outbuf,
 static void dumpEncoding(Archive *AH);
 static void dumpStdStrings(Archive *AH);
 static void dumpSearchPath(Archive *AH);
-static void dumpToastCompression(Archive *AH);
 static void binary_upgrade_set_type_oids_by_type_oid(Archive *fout,
 													 PQExpBuffer upgrade_buffer,
 													 Oid pg_type_oid,
@@ -925,13 +924,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 */
 
 	/*
-	 * First the special entries for ENCODING, STDSTRINGS, SEARCHPATH and
-	 * TOASTCOMPRESSION.
+	 * First the special entries for ENCODING, STDSTRINGS, and SEARCHPATH.
 	 */
 	dumpEncoding(fout);
 	dumpStdStrings(fout);
 	dumpSearchPath(fout);
-	dumpToastCompression(fout);
 
 	/* The database items are always next, unless we don't want them at all */
 	if (dopt.outputCreateDB)
@@ -3398,58 +3395,6 @@ dumpSearchPath(Archive *AH)
 	destroyPQExpBuffer(path);
 }
 
-/*
- * dumpToastCompression: save the dump-time default TOAST compression in the
- * archive
- */
-static void
-dumpToastCompression(Archive *AH)
-{
-	char	   *toast_compression;
-	PQExpBuffer qry;
-
-	if (AH->dopt->no_toast_compression)
-	{
-		/* we don't intend to dump the info, so no need to fetch it either */
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (AH->remoteVersion < 140000)
-	{
-		/* pre-v14, the only method was pglz */
-		toast_compression = pg_strdup("pglz");
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		PGresult   *res;
-
-		res = ExecuteSqlQueryForSingleRow(AH, "SHOW default_toast_compression");
-		toast_compression = pg_strdup(PQgetvalue(res, 0, 0));
-		PQclear(res);
-	}
-
-	qry = createPQExpBuffer();
-	appendPQExpBufferStr(qry, "SET default_toast_compression = ");
-	appendStringLiteralAH(qry, toast_compression, AH);
-	appendPQExpBufferStr(qry, ";\n");
-
-	pg_log_info("saving default_toast_compression = %s", toast_compression);
-
-	ArchiveEntry(AH, nilCatalogId, createDumpId(),
-				 ARCHIVE_OPTS(.tag = "TOASTCOMPRESSION",
-							  .description = "TOASTCOMPRESSION",
-							  .section = SECTION_PRE_DATA,
-							  .createStmt = qry->data));
-
-	/*
-	 * Also save it in AH->default_toast_compression, in case we're doing
-	 * plain text dump.
-	 */
-	AH->default_toast_compression = toast_compression;
-
-	destroyPQExpBuffer(qry);
-}
-
 
 /*
  * getBlobs: