diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index fde7f59c3d0..bd2d977bf20 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ bool		g_verbose;			/* User wants verbose narration of our
 /* subquery used to convert user ID (eg, datdba) to user name */
 static const char *username_subquery;
 
-/* obsolete as of 7.3: */
+/*
+ * For 8.0 and earlier servers, pulled from pg_database, for 8.1+ we use
+ * FirstNormalObjectId - 1.
+ */
 static Oid	g_last_builtin_oid; /* value of the last builtin oid */
 
 /* The specified names/patterns should to match at least one entity */
@@ -683,17 +686,24 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit_horribly(NULL,
 		   "Exported snapshots are not supported by this server version.\n");
 
-	/* Find the last built-in OID, if needed */
-	if (fout->remoteVersion < 70300)
+	/*
+	 * Find the last built-in OID, if needed (prior to 8.1)
+	 *
+	 * With 8.1 and above, we can just use FirstNormalObjectId - 1.
+	 */
+	if (fout->remoteVersion < 80100)
 	{
 		if (fout->remoteVersion >= 70100)
 			g_last_builtin_oid = findLastBuiltinOid_V71(fout,
 												  PQdb(GetConnection(fout)));
 		else
 			g_last_builtin_oid = findLastBuiltinOid_V70(fout);
-		if (g_verbose)
-			write_msg(NULL, "last built-in OID is %u\n", g_last_builtin_oid);
 	}
+	else
+		g_last_builtin_oid = FirstNormalObjectId - 1;
+
+	if (g_verbose)
+		write_msg(NULL, "last built-in OID is %u\n", g_last_builtin_oid);
 
 	/* Expand schema selection patterns into OID lists */
 	if (schema_include_patterns.head != NULL)
@@ -1507,7 +1517,7 @@ selectDumpableCast(CastInfo *cast, Archive *fout)
 	 * This would be DUMP_COMPONENT_ACL for from-initdb casts, but they do not
 	 * support ACLs currently.
 	 */
-	if (cast->dobj.catId.oid < (Oid) FirstNormalObjectId)
+	if (cast->dobj.catId.oid <= (Oid) g_last_builtin_oid)
 		cast->dobj.dump = DUMP_COMPONENT_NONE;
 	else
 		cast->dobj.dump = fout->dopt->include_everything ?
@@ -1539,7 +1549,7 @@ selectDumpableProcLang(ProcLangInfo *plang, Archive *fout)
 		plang->dobj.dump = DUMP_COMPONENT_NONE;
 	else
 	{
-		if (plang->dobj.catId.oid < (Oid) FirstNormalObjectId)
+		if (plang->dobj.catId.oid <= (Oid) g_last_builtin_oid)
 			plang->dobj.dump = fout->remoteVersion < 90600 ?
 				DUMP_COMPONENT_NONE : DUMP_COMPONENT_ACL;
 		else
@@ -1565,7 +1575,7 @@ selectDumpableAccessMethod(AccessMethodInfo *method, Archive *fout)
 	 * This would be DUMP_COMPONENT_ACL for from-initdb access methods, but
 	 * they do not support ACLs currently.
 	 */
-	if (method->dobj.catId.oid < (Oid) FirstNormalObjectId)
+	if (method->dobj.catId.oid <= (Oid) g_last_builtin_oid)
 		method->dobj.dump = DUMP_COMPONENT_NONE;
 	else
 		method->dobj.dump = fout->dopt->include_everything ?
@@ -1590,7 +1600,7 @@ selectDumpableExtension(ExtensionInfo *extinfo, DumpOptions *dopt)
 	 * change permissions on those objects, if they wish to, and have those
 	 * changes preserved.
 	 */
-	if (dopt->binary_upgrade && extinfo->dobj.catId.oid < (Oid) FirstNormalObjectId)
+	if (dopt->binary_upgrade && extinfo->dobj.catId.oid <= (Oid) g_last_builtin_oid)
 		extinfo->dobj.dump = extinfo->dobj.dump_contains = DUMP_COMPONENT_ACL;
 	else
 		extinfo->dobj.dump = extinfo->dobj.dump_contains =
@@ -9571,8 +9581,8 @@ dumpExtension(Archive *fout, ExtensionInfo *extinfo)
 		/*
 		 * We unconditionally create the extension, so we must drop it if it
 		 * exists.  This could happen if the user deleted 'plpgsql' and then
-		 * readded it, causing its oid to be greater than FirstNormalObjectId.
-		 * The FirstNormalObjectId test was kept to avoid repeatedly dropping
+		 * readded it, causing its oid to be greater than g_last_builtin_oid.
+		 * The g_last_builtin_oid test was kept to avoid repeatedly dropping
 		 * and recreating extensions like 'plpgsql'.
 		 */
 		appendPQExpBuffer(q, "DROP EXTENSION IF EXISTS %s;\n", qextname);
@@ -16284,10 +16294,10 @@ dumpTableConstraintComment(Archive *fout, ConstraintInfo *coninfo)
 }
 
 /*
- * findLastBuiltInOid -
+ * findLastBuiltinOid -
  * find the last built in oid
  *
- * For 7.1 and 7.2, we do this by retrieving datlastsysoid from the
+ * For 7.1 through 8.0, we do this by retrieving datlastsysoid from the
  * pg_database entry for the current database
  */
 static Oid
@@ -16309,7 +16319,7 @@ findLastBuiltinOid_V71(Archive *fout, const char *dbname)
 }
 
 /*
- * findLastBuiltInOid -
+ * findLastBuiltinOid -
  * find the last built in oid
  *
  * For 7.0, we do this by assuming that the last thing that initdb does is to