diff --git a/lib/gems/pending/util/postgres_admin.rb b/lib/gems/pending/util/postgres_admin.rb
index 95501fb15..fa97cb001 100644
--- a/lib/gems/pending/util/postgres_admin.rb
+++ b/lib/gems/pending/util/postgres_admin.rb
@@ -124,37 +124,6 @@ def self.restore_pg_basebackup(file)
     file
   end
 
-  def self.unload_pglogical_extension(opts)
-    runcmd("psql", opts, :command => <<-SQL)
-      SELECT
-        drop_subscription
-      FROM
-        pglogical.subscription subs,
-        LATERAL pglogical.drop_subscription(subs.sub_name)
-    SQL
-
-    runcmd("psql", opts, :command => <<-SQL)
-      DROP EXTENSION pglogical CASCADE
-    SQL
-
-    # Wait for pglogical manager connection to quiesce. Bail after 5 minutes
-    60.times do
-      output = runcmd("psql", opts, :command => <<-SQL)
-        SELECT application_name
-        FROM pg_stat_activity
-        WHERE application_name LIKE 'pglogical manager%'
-      SQL
-      match = /^\((?<count>\d+) row/.match(output)
-      count = match ? match[:count].to_i : 0
-      break if count.zero?
-
-      $log.info("MIQ(#{name}.#{__method__}) Waiting on #{count} pglogical connections to close...")
-      sleep 5
-    end
-  rescue AwesomeSpawn::CommandResultError
-    $log.info("MIQ(#{name}.#{__method__}) Ignoring failure to remove pglogical before restore ...")
-  end
-
   def self.backup_pg_compress(opts)
     opts = opts.dup
 
@@ -180,7 +149,6 @@ def self.recreate_db(opts)
   end
 
   def self.restore_pg_dump(opts)
-    unload_pglogical_extension(opts)
     recreate_db(opts)
 
     runcmd("pg_restore", opts, :verbose => nil, :exit_on_error => nil, nil => opts[:local_file])