diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index 0fa315682d..dc1470fd98 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ impl ComputeNode {
             ComputeMode::Primary => {}
             ComputeMode::Replica | ComputeMode::Static(..) => {
                 add_standby_signal(pgdata_path)?;
+                remove_logrep_files(pgdata_path).context("remove_logrep_files")?;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/pg_helpers.rs b/compute_tools/src/pg_helpers.rs
index 5deb50d6b7..0c84856158 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/pg_helpers.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/pg_helpers.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::Write;
-use std::fs;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Child;
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::{fs, io};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use ini::Ini;
@@ -366,6 +366,25 @@ pub fn create_pgdata(pgdata: &str) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Remove contents of the given directory. It must exist.
+fn remove_dir_contents<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
+    for entry in fs::read_dir(path)? {
+        fs::remove_file(entry?.path())?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Logical replication slots and snapshot files are currently stored on
+/// pageserver via logical replication messages, so standby can't write them. So
+/// we remove them from the basebackup prepared for the standby. In particular
+/// this removes noise from ls_monitor failing to drop them.
+pub fn remove_logrep_files<P: AsRef<Path>>(pgdata: P) -> Result<()> {
+    remove_dir_contents(pgdata.as_ref().join("pg_replslot"))?;
+    remove_dir_contents(pgdata.as_ref().join("pg_logical/snapshots"))?;
+    remove_dir_contents(pgdata.as_ref().join("pg_logical/mappings"))?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Update pgbouncer.ini with provided options
 fn update_pgbouncer_ini(
     pgbouncer_config: HashMap<String, String>,