diff --git a/backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php b/backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php
index 22015c82005..39bdb0030b2 100644
--- a/backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php
+++ b/backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php
@@ -1629,8 +1629,11 @@ class restore_section_structure_step extends restore_structure_step {
                             $data, true);
                 }
             }
-            $section->component = $data->component ?? null;
-            $section->itemid = $data->itemid ?? null;
+            // Moodle 4.4 implement basic delegated section logic but it is not able to restore
+            // them from a backup. To prevent unexpected retoration errors, all sections with
+            // a component will be restored as a normal section.
+            $section->component = null;
+            $section->itemid = null;
             $newitemid = $DB->insert_record('course_sections', $section);
             $section->id = $newitemid;
 
diff --git a/backup/moodle2/tests/restore_stepslib_test.php b/backup/moodle2/tests/restore_stepslib_test.php
index 3ffcbe6ae58..02023cd6220 100644
--- a/backup/moodle2/tests/restore_stepslib_test.php
+++ b/backup/moodle2/tests/restore_stepslib_test.php
@@ -113,15 +113,6 @@ class restore_stepslib_test extends \advanced_testcase {
         $this->setAdminUser();
 
         $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course(['numsections' => 2, 'format' => 'topics']);
-        // Section 2 has an existing delegate class.
-        course_update_section(
-            $course,
-            $DB->get_record('course_sections', ['course' => $course->id, 'section' => 2]),
-            [
-                'component' => 'test_component',
-                'itemid' => 1,
-            ]
-        );
 
         $backupid = $this->backup_course($course);
         $newcourseid = $this->restore_replacing_content($backupid);
@@ -133,8 +124,6 @@ class restore_stepslib_test extends \advanced_testcase {
 
         $validatefields = ['name', 'summary', 'summaryformat', 'visible', 'component', 'itemid'];
 
-        $this->assertEquals($originalsections[1]->name, $restoredsections[1]->name);
-
         foreach ($validatefields as $field) {
             $this->assertEquals($originalsections[1]->$field, $restoredsections[1]->$field);
             $this->assertEquals($originalsections[2]->$field, $restoredsections[2]->$field);