diff --git a/export.php b/export.php
index 3a0f6cb41..4afea826d 100644
--- a/export.php
+++ b/export.php
@@ -309,7 +309,11 @@ if (!$save_on_server) {
         echo "\n" . '<div align="' . $cell_align_left . '">' . "\n";
         //echo '    <pre>' . "\n";
         echo '    <form name="nofunction">' . "\n"
-           . '        <textarea name="sqldump" cols="50" rows="30" onclick="this.select();" id="textSQLDUMP" wrap="OFF">' . "\n";
+           // remove auto-select for now: there is no way to select
+           // only a part of the text; anyway, it should obey
+           // $cfg['TextareaAutoSelect']
+           //. '        <textarea name="sqldump" cols="50" rows="30" onclick="this.select();" id="textSQLDUMP" wrap="OFF">' . "\n";
+           . '        <textarea name="sqldump" cols="50" rows="30" id="textSQLDUMP" wrap="OFF">' . "\n";
     } // end download
 }