diff --git a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
index d812ff12e3..e01f28e07b 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 //!
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::fs::File;
+
 use std::io;
-use std::io::{BufReader, Write};
+use std::io::Write;
 use std::num::NonZeroU64;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::{Child, Command};
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
-use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use futures::SinkExt;
 use pageserver::client::mgmt_api;
 use pageserver_api::models::{self, LocationConfig, TenantInfo, TimelineInfo};
 use pageserver_api::shard::TenantShardId;
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ impl PageServerNode {
         // Init base reader
         let (start_lsn, base_tarfile_path) = base;
         let base_tarfile = tokio::fs::File::open(base_tarfile_path).await?;
-        let mut base_tarfile = tokio_util::io::ReaderStream::new(base_tarfile);
+        let base_tarfile = tokio_util::io::ReaderStream::new(base_tarfile);
 
         // Init wal reader if necessary
         let (end_lsn, wal_reader) = if let Some((end_lsn, wal_tarfile_path)) = pg_wal {
@@ -552,29 +552,36 @@ impl PageServerNode {
             (start_lsn, None)
         };
 
+        let copy_in = |reader, cmd| {
+            let client = &client;
+            async move {
+                let writer = client.copy_in(&cmd).await?;
+                let writer = std::pin::pin!(writer);
+                let mut writer = writer.sink_map_err(|e| {
+                    std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, format!("{e}"))
+                });
+                let mut reader = std::pin::pin!(reader);
+                writer.send_all(&mut reader).await?;
+                writer.into_inner().finish().await?;
+                anyhow::Ok(())
+            }
+        };
+
         // Import base
-        let import_cmd = format!(
-            "import basebackup {tenant_id} {timeline_id} {start_lsn} {end_lsn} {pg_version}"
-        );
-        let writer = client.copy_in(&import_cmd).await?;
-        let mut writer = std::pin::pin!(writer);
-        let mut writer =
-            writer.sink_map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, format!("{e}")));
-        let mut base_tarfile = std::pin::pin!(base_tarfile);
-        writer.send_all(&mut base_tarfile).await?;
-        writer.into_inner().finish().await?;
-
+        copy_in(
+            base_tarfile,
+            format!(
+                "import basebackup {tenant_id} {timeline_id} {start_lsn} {end_lsn} {pg_version}"
+            ),
+        )
+        .await?;
         // Import wal if necessary
-        if let Some(mut wal_reader) = wal_reader {
-            let import_cmd = format!("import wal {tenant_id} {timeline_id} {start_lsn} {end_lsn}");
-
-            let writer = client.copy_in(&import_cmd).await?;
-            let mut writer = std::pin::pin!(writer);
-            let mut writer = writer
-                .sink_map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, format!("{e}")));
-            let mut wal_reader = std::pin::pin!(wal_reader);
-            writer.send_all(&mut wal_reader).await?;
-            writer.into_inner().finish().await?;
+        if let Some(wal_reader) = wal_reader {
+            copy_in(
+                wal_reader,
+                format!("import wal {tenant_id} {timeline_id} {start_lsn} {end_lsn}"),
+            )
+            .await?;
         }
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/libs/postgres_connection/src/lib.rs b/libs/postgres_connection/src/lib.rs
index d793abc8d0..ccf9108895 100644
--- a/libs/postgres_connection/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/postgres_connection/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fmt;
-use tokio_postgres::tls::NoTlsStream;
 use url::Host;
 
 /// Parses a string of format either `host:port` or `host` into a corresponding pair.