diff --git a/pkg/restic/backupper.go b/pkg/restic/backupper.go
index 25adb50d3..589b33cf3 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/backupper.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/backupper.go
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ ForEachVolume:
 		case res := <-resultsChan:
 			switch res.Status.Phase {
 			case velerov1api.PodVolumeBackupPhaseCompleted:
-				if res.Status.SnapshotID == "" { // when the volume is empty there is no restic snapshot, so best to exclude it
-					break
-				}
 				podVolumeBackups = append(podVolumeBackups, res)
 			case velerov1api.PodVolumeBackupPhaseFailed:
 				errs = append(errs, errors.Errorf("pod volume backup failed: %s", res.Status.Message))
diff --git a/pkg/restore/restore.go b/pkg/restore/restore.go
index 6890c9924..5584a75e5 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restore.go
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ func (ctx *context) restoreItem(obj *unstructured.Unstructured, groupResource sc
 		}
 
 		if pvc.Spec.VolumeName != "" && ctx.pvsToProvision.Has(pvc.Spec.VolumeName) {
-			ctx.log.Infof("Resetting PersistentVolumeClaim %s/%s for dynamic provisioning because its PV %v has a reclaim policy of Delete", namespace, name, pvc.Spec.VolumeName)
+			ctx.log.Infof("Resetting PersistentVolumeClaim %s/%s for dynamic provisioning", namespace, name)
 
 			// use the unstructured helpers here since we're only deleting and
 			// the unstructured converter will add back (empty) fields for metadata