diff --git a/pageserver/src/restore_local_repo.rs b/pageserver/src/restore_local_repo.rs
index 7fae6a121b..9e480a5135 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/restore_local_repo.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/restore_local_repo.rs
@@ -282,11 +282,16 @@ pub fn save_decoded_record(
     {
         let truncate = XlSmgrTruncate::decode(&decoded);
         save_xlog_smgr_truncate(timeline, lsn, &truncate)?;
-    } else if decoded.xl_rmid == pg_constants::RM_DBASE_ID
-        && (decoded.xl_info & pg_constants::XLR_RMGR_INFO_MASK) == pg_constants::XLOG_DBASE_CREATE
-    {
-        let createdb = XlCreateDatabase::decode(&decoded);
-        save_xlog_dbase_create(timeline, lsn, &createdb)?;
+    } else if decoded.xl_rmid == pg_constants::RM_DBASE_ID {
+        if (decoded.xl_info & pg_constants::XLR_RMGR_INFO_MASK) == pg_constants::XLOG_DBASE_CREATE {
+            let createdb = XlCreateDatabase::decode(&decoded);
+            save_xlog_dbase_create(timeline, lsn, &createdb)?;
+        } else {
+            // TODO
+            trace!("XLOG_DBASE_DROP is not handled yet");
+        }
+    } else if decoded.xl_rmid == pg_constants::RM_TBLSPC_ID {
+        trace!("XLOG_TBLSPC_CREATE/DROP is not handled yet");
     }
 
     // Now that this record has been handled, let the repository know that
diff --git a/pageserver/src/waldecoder.rs b/pageserver/src/waldecoder.rs
index 2fbb0af95f..a21936880f 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/waldecoder.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/waldecoder.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use postgres_ffi::XLogPageHeaderData;
 use postgres_ffi::XLogRecord;
 
 use std::cmp::min;
-use std::str;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use zenith_utils::lsn::Lsn;
 
@@ -19,9 +18,6 @@ pub type Oid = u32;
 pub type TransactionId = u32;
 pub type BlockNumber = u32;
 pub type OffsetNumber = u16;
-pub type MultiXactId = TransactionId;
-pub type MultiXactOffset = u32;
-pub type MultiXactStatus = u32;
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub struct WalStreamDecoder {
@@ -264,24 +260,6 @@ pub struct RelFileNode {
     pub relnode: Oid, /* relation */
 }
 
-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct XlRelmapUpdate {
-    pub dbid: Oid,   /* database ID, or 0 for shared map */
-    pub tsid: Oid,   /* database's tablespace, or pg_global */
-    pub nbytes: i32, /* size of relmap data */
-}
-
-impl XlRelmapUpdate {
-    pub fn decode(buf: &mut Bytes) -> XlRelmapUpdate {
-        XlRelmapUpdate {
-            dbid: buf.get_u32_le(),
-            tsid: buf.get_u32_le(),
-            nbytes: buf.get_i32_le(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct XlSmgrTruncate {
@@ -404,74 +382,6 @@ impl XlHeapUpdate {
     }
 }
 
-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct MultiXactMember {
-    pub xid: TransactionId,
-    pub status: MultiXactStatus,
-}
-
-impl MultiXactMember {
-    pub fn decode(buf: &mut Bytes) -> MultiXactMember {
-        MultiXactMember {
-            xid: buf.get_u32_le(),
-            status: buf.get_u32_le(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct XlMultiXactCreate {
-    pub mid: MultiXactId,      /* new MultiXact's ID */
-    pub moff: MultiXactOffset, /* its starting offset in members file */
-    pub nmembers: u32,         /* number of member XIDs */
-    pub members: Vec<MultiXactMember>,
-}
-
-impl XlMultiXactCreate {
-    pub fn decode(buf: &mut Bytes) -> XlMultiXactCreate {
-        let mid = buf.get_u32_le();
-        let moff = buf.get_u32_le();
-        let nmembers = buf.get_u32_le();
-        let mut members = Vec::new();
-        for _ in 0..nmembers {
-            members.push(MultiXactMember::decode(buf));
-        }
-        XlMultiXactCreate {
-            mid,
-            moff,
-            nmembers,
-            members,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct XlMultiXactTruncate {
-    oldest_multi_db: Oid,
-    /* to-be-truncated range of multixact offsets */
-    start_trunc_off: MultiXactId, /* just for completeness' sake */
-    end_trunc_off: MultiXactId,
-
-    /* to-be-truncated range of multixact members */
-    start_trunc_memb: MultiXactOffset,
-    end_trunc_memb: MultiXactOffset,
-}
-
-impl XlMultiXactTruncate {
-    pub fn decode(buf: &mut Bytes) -> XlMultiXactTruncate {
-        XlMultiXactTruncate {
-            oldest_multi_db: buf.get_u32_le(),
-            start_trunc_off: buf.get_u32_le(),
-            end_trunc_off: buf.get_u32_le(),
-            start_trunc_memb: buf.get_u32_le(),
-            end_trunc_memb: buf.get_u32_le(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Main routine to decode a WAL record and figure out which blocks are modified
 //
 // See xlogrecord.h for details
@@ -719,125 +629,9 @@ pub fn decode_wal_record(record: Bytes) -> DecodedWALRecord {
         assert_eq!(buf.remaining(), main_data_len as usize);
     }
 
-    //5. Handle special XACT records
-    if xlogrec.xl_rmid == pg_constants::RM_XACT_ID {
-        let info = xlogrec.xl_info & pg_constants::XLOG_XACT_OPMASK;
-        if info == pg_constants::XLOG_XACT_COMMIT {
-            //parse commit record to extract subtrans entries
-            // xl_xact_commit starts with time of commit
-            let _xact_time = buf.get_i64_le();
-
-            let mut xinfo = 0;
-            if xlogrec.xl_info & pg_constants::XLOG_XACT_HAS_INFO != 0 {
-                xinfo = buf.get_u32_le();
-            }
-            if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_DBINFO != 0 {
-                let _dbid = buf.get_u32_le();
-                let _tsid = buf.get_u32_le();
-            }
-            if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_SUBXACTS != 0 {
-                let nsubxacts = buf.get_i32_le();
-                for _i in 0..nsubxacts {
-                    let _subxact = buf.get_u32_le();
-                }
-            }
-            if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_RELFILENODES != 0 {
-                let nrels = buf.get_i32_le();
-                for _i in 0..nrels {
-                    let spcnode = buf.get_u32_le();
-                    let dbnode = buf.get_u32_le();
-                    let relnode = buf.get_u32_le();
-                    //TODO handle this too?
-                    trace!(
-                        "XLOG_XACT_COMMIT relfilenode {}/{}/{}",
-                        spcnode,
-                        dbnode,
-                        relnode
-                    );
-                }
-            }
-            if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_INVALS != 0 {
-                let nmsgs = buf.get_i32_le();
-                for _i in 0..nmsgs {
-                    let sizeof_shared_invalidation_message = 0;
-                    buf.advance(sizeof_shared_invalidation_message);
-                }
-            }
-            if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_TWOPHASE != 0 {
-                let _xid = buf.get_u32_le();
-                trace!("XLOG_XACT_COMMIT-XACT_XINFO_HAS_TWOPHASE");
-                //TODO handle this to be able to restore pg_twophase on node start
-            }
-        } else if info == pg_constants::XLOG_XACT_ABORT {
-            //parse abort record to extract subtrans entries
-            // xl_xact_abort starts with time of commit
-            let _xact_time = buf.get_i64_le();
-
-            let mut xinfo = 0;
-            if xlogrec.xl_info & pg_constants::XLOG_XACT_HAS_INFO != 0 {
-                xinfo = buf.get_u32_le();
-            }
-            if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_DBINFO != 0 {
-                let _dbid = buf.get_u32_le();
-                let _tsid = buf.get_u32_le();
-            }
-            if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_SUBXACTS != 0 {
-                let nsubxacts = buf.get_i32_le();
-                for _i in 0..nsubxacts {
-                    let _subxact = buf.get_u32_le();
-                }
-            }
-            if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_RELFILENODES != 0 {
-                let nrels = buf.get_i32_le();
-                for _i in 0..nrels {
-                    let spcnode = buf.get_u32_le();
-                    let dbnode = buf.get_u32_le();
-                    let relnode = buf.get_u32_le();
-                    //TODO handle this too?
-                    trace!(
-                        "XLOG_XACT_ABORT relfilenode {}/{}/{}",
-                        spcnode,
-                        dbnode,
-                        relnode
-                    );
-                }
-            }
-            if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_TWOPHASE != 0 {
-                let _xid = buf.get_u32_le();
-                trace!("XLOG_XACT_ABORT-XACT_XINFO_HAS_TWOPHASE");
-            }
-        }
-    } else if xlogrec.xl_rmid == pg_constants::RM_DBASE_ID {
-        let info = xlogrec.xl_info & !pg_constants::XLR_INFO_MASK;
-        if info == pg_constants::XLOG_DBASE_CREATE {
-            //buf points to main_data
-            let db_id = buf.get_u32_le();
-            let tablespace_id = buf.get_u32_le();
-            let src_db_id = buf.get_u32_le();
-            let src_tablespace_id = buf.get_u32_le();
-            trace!(
-                "XLOG_DBASE_CREATE tablespace_id/db_id {}/{} src_db_id {}/{}",
-                tablespace_id,
-                db_id,
-                src_tablespace_id,
-                src_db_id
-            );
-            // in postgres it is implemented as copydir
-            // we need to copy all pages in page_cache
-        } else {
-            trace!("XLOG_DBASE_DROP is not handled yet");
-        }
-    } else if xlogrec.xl_rmid == pg_constants::RM_TBLSPC_ID {
-        let info = xlogrec.xl_info & !pg_constants::XLR_INFO_MASK;
-        if info == pg_constants::XLOG_TBLSPC_CREATE {
-            //buf points to main_data
-            let ts_id = buf.get_u32_le();
-            let ts_path = str::from_utf8(&buf).unwrap();
-            trace!("XLOG_TBLSPC_CREATE ts_id {} ts_path {}", ts_id, ts_path);
-        } else {
-            trace!("XLOG_TBLSPC_DROP is not handled yet");
-        }
-    } else if xlogrec.xl_rmid == pg_constants::RM_HEAP_ID {
+    // 5. Handle a few special record types that modify blocks without registering
+    // them with the standard mechanism.
+    if xlogrec.xl_rmid == pg_constants::RM_HEAP_ID {
         let info = xlogrec.xl_info & pg_constants::XLOG_XACT_OPMASK;
         let blkno = blocks[0].blkno / pg_constants::HEAPBLOCKS_PER_PAGE as u32;
         if info == pg_constants::XLOG_HEAP_INSERT {
diff --git a/postgres_ffi/src/pg_constants.rs b/postgres_ffi/src/pg_constants.rs
index 94262bc438..ecd7fe3919 100644
--- a/postgres_ffi/src/pg_constants.rs
+++ b/postgres_ffi/src/pg_constants.rs
@@ -33,33 +33,11 @@ pub const SIZE_OF_PAGE_HEADER: u16 = 24;
 pub const BITS_PER_HEAPBLOCK: u16 = 2;
 pub const HEAPBLOCKS_PER_PAGE: u16 = (BLCKSZ - SIZE_OF_PAGE_HEADER) * 8 / BITS_PER_HEAPBLOCK;
 
-pub const TRANSACTION_STATUS_COMMITTED: u8 = 0x01;
-pub const TRANSACTION_STATUS_ABORTED: u8 = 0x02;
-pub const TRANSACTION_STATUS_SUB_COMMITTED: u8 = 0x03;
-
-// From xact.h
-pub const XLOG_XACT_COMMIT: u8 = 0x00;
-pub const XLOG_XACT_PREPARE: u8 = 0x10;
-pub const XLOG_XACT_ABORT: u8 = 0x20;
-
 /* mask for filtering opcodes out of xl_info */
 pub const XLOG_XACT_OPMASK: u8 = 0x70;
 /* does this record have a 'xinfo' field or not */
 pub const XLOG_XACT_HAS_INFO: u8 = 0x80;
 
-/*
- * The following flags, stored in xinfo, determine which information is
- * contained in commit/abort records.
- */
-pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_DBINFO: u32 = 1u32 << 0;
-pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_SUBXACTS: u32 = 1u32 << 1;
-pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_RELFILENODES: u32 = 1u32 << 2;
-pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_INVALS: u32 = 1u32 << 3;
-pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_TWOPHASE: u32 = 1u32 << 4;
-// pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_ORIGIN: u32 = 1u32 << 5;
-// pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_AE_LOCKS: u32 = 1u32 << 6;
-// pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_GID: u32 = 1u32 << 7;
-
 // From pg_control.h and rmgrlist.h
 pub const XLOG_SWITCH: u8 = 0x40;
 pub const XLOG_SMGR_TRUNCATE: u8 = 0x20;