diff --git a/pkg/scyllaclient/client_rclone.go b/pkg/scyllaclient/client_rclone.go
index 8b8ae6854..c8750ff84 100644
--- a/pkg/scyllaclient/client_rclone.go
+++ b/pkg/scyllaclient/client_rclone.go
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ import (
 // transfers performed under current client session.
 // Limit is expressed in MiB per second.
 // To turn off limitation set it to 0.
+//
+// Note that it's safer to set bandwidth limit as a parameter of given Rclone call
+// (e.g. RcloneMoveDir or RcloneCopyPaths) as it's resistant to agent restarts
+// or some other process modifying Rclone bandwidth limit in the meantime.
+// Because of that, this method should be used in tests only.
 func (c *Client) RcloneSetBandwidthLimit(ctx context.Context, host string, limit int) error {
 	p := operations.CoreBwlimitParams{
 		Context:       forceHost(ctx, host),
diff --git a/pkg/service/backup/worker_deduplicate.go b/pkg/service/backup/worker_deduplicate.go
index 82cdf59ec..e3b5fdc2a 100644
--- a/pkg/service/backup/worker_deduplicate.go
+++ b/pkg/service/backup/worker_deduplicate.go
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ func (w *worker) deduplicateHost(ctx context.Context, h hostInfo) error {
 		}(w.hostSnapshotDirs(h))
 	}
 
-	if err := w.setRateLimit(ctx, h); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "set rate limit")
-	}
-
 	dirs := w.hostSnapshotDirs(h)
 	f := func(i int) (err error) {
 		d := &dirs[i]
diff --git a/pkg/service/backup/worker_upload.go b/pkg/service/backup/worker_upload.go
index d57a57c07..23a76955f 100644
--- a/pkg/service/backup/worker_upload.go
+++ b/pkg/service/backup/worker_upload.go
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ func (w *worker) Upload(ctx context.Context, hosts []hostInfo, limits []DCLimit)
 }
 
 func (w *worker) uploadHost(ctx context.Context, h hostInfo) error {
-	if err := w.setRateLimit(ctx, h); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "set rate limit")
-	}
-
 	dirs := w.hostSnapshotDirs(h)
 
 	f := func(i int) (err error) {
@@ -151,11 +147,6 @@ func (w *worker) snapshotJobID(ctx context.Context, d snapshotDir) int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (w *worker) setRateLimit(ctx context.Context, h hostInfo) error {
-	w.Logger.Info(ctx, "Setting rate limit", "host", h.IP, "limit", h.RateLimit.Limit)
-	return w.Client.RcloneSetBandwidthLimit(ctx, h.IP, h.RateLimit.Limit)
-}
-
 func (w *worker) uploadSnapshotDir(ctx context.Context, h hostInfo, d snapshotDir) error {
 	w.Logger.Info(ctx, "Uploading table snapshot",
 		"host", h.IP,