diff --git a/source/tutorial/backup-with-mongodump.txt b/source/tutorial/backup-with-mongodump.txt
index e5371c3865e..c8fd1d5d51b 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/backup-with-mongodump.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/backup-with-mongodump.txt
@@ -176,25 +176,6 @@ database, or you may consider the :option:`mongorestore --drop` option to drop e
 collection from the database before restoring from
 backups.
 
-.. _backup-restore-filter:
-
-Restore a Subset of data from a Binary Database Dump
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-:program:`mongorestore` also includes the ability to a filter
-to all input before inserting it into the new database. Consider the
-following example:
-
-.. code-block:: sh
-
-   mongorestore --filter '{"field": 1}'
-
-Here, :program:`mongorestore` only adds documents to the database from
-the dump located in the :file:`dump/` folder *if* the documents have a
-field name ``field`` that holds a value of ``1``. Enclose the
-filter in single quotes (e.g. ``'``) to prevent the filter from
-interacting with your shell environment.
-
 Restore Backups to Non-Local ``mongod`` Instances
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~