diff --git a/templates/pgpool_recovery_stage_1.j2 b/templates/pgpool_recovery_stage_1.j2
index 9427182..7f79784 100644
--- a/templates/pgpool_recovery_stage_1.j2
+++ b/templates/pgpool_recovery_stage_1.j2
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ touch $MASTER_DATA/archive_log/backup_in_progress
 
 # Perform a backup of the database.
 ssh -T $RECOVERY_TARGET \
-    "pg_basebackup -h $MASTER_HOST -D $RECOVERY_DATA --xlog"
+    "pg_basebackup -h $MASTER_HOST -D $RECOVERY_DATA"
 
 # Configure the restore_command to use the archive_log WALs we’ll copy
 # over in 2nd_stage.sh.