diff --git a/frappe/database/db_manager.py b/frappe/database/db_manager.py
index 558550d1ac..f5ebc3f49c 100644
--- a/frappe/database/db_manager.py
+++ b/frappe/database/db_manager.py
@@ -50,25 +50,38 @@ class DbManager:
 		return self.db.sql("SHOW DATABASES", pluck=True)
 
 	@staticmethod
-	def restore_database(verbose, target, source, user, password):
+	def restore_database(verbose: bool, target: str, source: str, user: str, password: str) -> None:
+		"""
+		Function to restore the given SQL file to the target database.
+		:param target: The database to restore to.
+		:param source: The SQL dump to restore
+		:param user: The database username
+		:param password: The database password
+		:return: Nothing
+		"""
+
 		import shlex
 		from shutil import which
 
 		from frappe.database import get_command
 		from frappe.utils import execute_in_shell
 
+		# Ensure that the entire process fails if any part of the pipeline fails
 		command = ["set -o pipefail;"]
 
+		# Handle gzipped backups
 		if source.endswith(".gz"):
 			if gzip := which("gzip"):
 				command.extend([gzip, "-cd", source, "|"])
-				source = []
 			else:
 				raise Exception("`gzip` not installed")
-
 		else:
-			source = ["<", source]
+			command.extend(["cat", source, "|"])
 
+		# Newer versions of MariaDB add in a line that'll break on older versions, so remove it
+		command.extend(["sed", r"'/\/\*!999999\\- enable the sandbox mode \*\//d'", "|"])
+
+		# Generate the restore command
 		bin, args, bin_name = get_command(
 			socket=frappe.conf.db_socket,
 			host=frappe.conf.db_host,
@@ -84,6 +97,6 @@ class DbManager:
 			)
 		command.append(bin)
 		command.append(shlex.join(args))
-		command.extend(source)
+
 		execute_in_shell(" ".join(command), check_exit_code=True, verbose=verbose)
 		frappe.cache.delete_keys("")  # Delete all keys associated with this site.