diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index de4cb9a1d..34ba227ed 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                     </release-item>
                 </release-bug-list>
 
-                <release-improvement-list>
+                <release-feature-list>
                     <release-item>
                         <github-issue id="986"/>
                         <github-pull-request id="1337"/>
@@ -52,6 +52,21 @@
 
                         <p>Add <br-option>db-exclude</br-option> option.</p>
                     </release-item>
+                </release-feature-list>
+
+                <release-improvement-list>
+                    <release-item>
+                        <github-issue id="1373"/>
+
+                        <release-item-contributor-list>
+                            <release-item-contributor id="david.steele"/>
+                            <release-item-reviewer id="stephen.frost"/>
+                            <release-item-reviewer id="stefan.fercot"/>
+                            <release-item-reviewer id="cynthia.shang"/>
+                        </release-item-contributor-list>
+
+                        <p>Do not write files atomically or sync paths during <cmd>backup</cmd> copy.</p>
+                    </release-item>
                 </release-improvement-list>
 
                 <release-development-list>
diff --git a/src/command/backup/file.c b/src/command/backup/file.c
index 1233a2672..9d42d5a0c 100644
--- a/src/command/backup/file.c
+++ b/src/command/backup/file.c
@@ -227,8 +227,11 @@ backupFile(
                         storageReadIo(read)), cipherBlockNew(cipherModeEncrypt, cipherType, BUFSTR(cipherPass), NULL));
             }
 
-            // Setup the repo file for write
-            StorageWrite *write = storageNewWriteP(storageRepoWrite(), repoPathFile, .compressible = compressible);
+            // Setup the repo file for write. There is no need to write the file atomically (e.g. via a temp file on Posix) because
+            // checksums are tested on resume after a failed backup. The path does not need to be synced for each file because all
+            // paths are synced at the end of the backup.
+            StorageWrite *write = storageNewWriteP(
+                storageRepoWrite(), repoPathFile, .compressible = compressible, .noAtomic = true, .noSyncPath = true);
             ioFilterGroupAdd(ioWriteFilterGroup(storageWriteIo(write)), ioSizeNew());
 
             // Open the source and destination and copy the file
diff --git a/test/src/module/command/backupTest.c b/test/src/module/command/backupTest.c
index f197b18d4..1dca6deaf 100644
--- a/test/src/module/command/backupTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/command/backupTest.c
@@ -535,11 +535,6 @@ testRun(void)
         uint64_t feature = storageRepo()->pub.interface.feature;
         ((Storage *)storageRepo())->pub.interface.feature = feature & ((1 << storageFeatureCompress) ^ 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF);
 
-        // Create tmp file to make it look like a prior backup file failed partway through to ensure that retries work
-        TEST_RESULT_VOID(
-            storagePutP(storageNewWriteP(storageRepoWrite(), strNewFmt("%s.pgbackrest.tmp", strZ(backupPathFile))), NULL),
-            "    create tmp file");
-
         TEST_ASSIGN(
             result,
             backupFile(
@@ -556,9 +551,6 @@ testRun(void)
                 storageExistsP(storageRepo(), backupPathFile) && result.pageChecksumResult == NULL),
             true, "    copy file to repo success");
 
-        TEST_RESULT_BOOL(
-            storageExistsP(storageRepoWrite(), strNewFmt("%s.pgbackrest.tmp", strZ(backupPathFile))), false,
-            "    check temp file removed");
         TEST_RESULT_VOID(storageRemoveP(storageRepoWrite(), backupPathFile), "    remove repo file");
 
         // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------