diff --git a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
index dc0bbb3afb..5ed9012f1a 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
@@ -1077,12 +1077,12 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
             // what we want to do
             let flush_fut = pgb_writer.flush();
             // metric for how long flushing takes
-            let flush_fut = match flushing_timer {
-                Some(flushing_timer) => {
-                    futures::future::Either::Left(flushing_timer.measure(flush_fut))
-                }
-                None => futures::future::Either::Right(flush_fut),
-            };
+            // let flush_fut = match flushing_timer {
+            //     Some(flushing_timer) => {
+            //         futures::future::Either::Left(flushing_timer.measure(flush_fut))
+            //     }
+            //     None => futures::future::Either::Right(flush_fut),
+            // };
             // do it while respecting cancellation
             let _: () = async move {
                 tokio::select! {