diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer.rs
index 5ddead45c2..ef40cb4258 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer.rs
@@ -363,9 +363,6 @@ pub trait Layer: std::fmt::Debug + std::fmt::Display + Send + Sync + 'static {
         reconstruct_data: &mut ValueReconstructState,
         ctx: &RequestContext,
     ) -> Result<ValueReconstructResult>;
-
-    /// Dump summary of the contents of the layer to stdout
-    async fn dump(&self, verbose: bool, ctx: &RequestContext) -> Result<()>;
 }
 
 /// Get a layer descriptor from a layer.
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
index 0c1180554d..0e3333f057 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
@@ -239,11 +239,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for DeltaLayerInner {
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl Layer for DeltaLayer {
-    /// debugging function to print out the contents of the layer
-    async fn dump(&self, verbose: bool, ctx: &RequestContext) -> Result<()> {
-        self.dump(verbose, ctx).await
-    }
-
     async fn get_value_reconstruct_data(
         &self,
         key: Key,
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
index 4596e7ba9d..b2d8bde8db 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
@@ -169,11 +169,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for ImageLayerInner {
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl Layer for ImageLayer {
-    /// debugging function to print out the contents of the layer
-    async fn dump(&self, verbose: bool, ctx: &RequestContext) -> Result<()> {
-        self.dump(verbose, ctx).await
-    }
-
     /// Look up given page in the file
     async fn get_value_reconstruct_data(
         &self,
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer.rs
index b639852e9f..f8d47124cc 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer.rs
@@ -223,10 +223,6 @@ impl Layer for InMemoryLayer {
         self.get_value_reconstruct_data(key, lsn_range, reconstruct_data, ctx)
             .await
     }
-
-    async fn dump(&self, verbose: bool, ctx: &RequestContext) -> Result<()> {
-        self.dump(verbose, ctx).await
-    }
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for InMemoryLayer {
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/remote_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/remote_layer.rs
index f1bdcc18eb..9de13b4af3 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/remote_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/remote_layer.rs
@@ -76,24 +76,6 @@ impl Layer for RemoteLayer {
     ) -> Result<ValueReconstructResult> {
         bail!("layer {self} needs to be downloaded");
     }
-
-    /// debugging function to print out the contents of the layer
-    async fn dump(&self, _verbose: bool, _ctx: &RequestContext) -> Result<()> {
-        println!(
-            "----- remote layer for ten {} tli {} keys {}-{} lsn {}-{} is_delta {} is_incremental {} size {} ----",
-            self.desc.tenant_id,
-            self.desc.timeline_id,
-            self.desc.key_range.start,
-            self.desc.key_range.end,
-            self.desc.lsn_range.start,
-            self.desc.lsn_range.end,
-            self.desc.is_delta,
-            self.desc.is_incremental,
-            self.desc.file_size,
-        );
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }
 
 /// Boilerplate to implement the Layer trait, always use layer_desc for persistent layers.