diff --git a/pageserver/ctl/src/draw_timeline_dir.rs b/pageserver/ctl/src/draw_timeline_dir.rs
index 568078808f..0e77ef0563 100644
--- a/pageserver/ctl/src/draw_timeline_dir.rs
+++ b/pageserver/ctl/src/draw_timeline_dir.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 //!      <https://grafana.com/tutorials/build-a-panel-plugin/>
 use anyhow::Result;
 use pageserver::repository::Key;
+use pageserver::METADATA_FILE_NAME;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::io::{self, BufRead};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
         let line = PathBuf::from_str(&line).unwrap();
         let filename = line.file_name().unwrap();
         let filename = filename.to_str().unwrap();
+        if filename == METADATA_FILE_NAME {
+            // Don't try and parse "metadata" like a key-lsn range
+            continue;
+        }
         let range = parse_filename(filename);
         ranges.push(range);
     }