diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a9b54ffcaf..655542c12d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1360,7 +1360,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost 0.13.3",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-epoll-uring",
  "tokio-pipe",
  "tonic",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/pgxn/neon/communicator/Cargo.toml b/pgxn/neon/communicator/Cargo.toml
index b34c3843e2..fba4a5067c 100644
--- a/pgxn/neon/communicator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pgxn/neon/communicator/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ zerocopy = "0.8.0"
 zerocopy-derive = "0.8.0"
 
 metrics.workspace = true
-tokio-epoll-uring.workspace = true
-uring-common.workspace = true
+uring-common = { workspace = true, features = ["bytes"] }
 
 pageserver_client_grpc.workspace = true
 pageserver_page_api.workspace = true
diff --git a/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/file_cache.rs b/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/file_cache.rs
index cc85cc2f57..ee3964e283 100644
--- a/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/file_cache.rs
+++ b/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/file_cache.rs
@@ -9,19 +9,18 @@
 //! process. The backend processes *also* read the file (and sometimes also
 //! write it? ), but the backends use direct C library calls for that.
 use std::fs::File;
+use std::os::unix::fs::FileExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
-use tokio_epoll_uring;
-
 use crate::BLCKSZ;
 
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
 pub type CacheBlock = u64;
 
 pub struct FileCache {
-    uring_system: tokio_epoll_uring::SystemHandle,
-
     file: Arc<File>,
 
     free_list: Mutex<FreeList>,
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ impl FileCache {
     pub fn new(
         file_cache_path: &Path,
         mut initial_size: u64,
-        uring_system: tokio_epoll_uring::SystemHandle,
     ) -> Result<FileCache, std::io::Error> {
         if initial_size < 100 {
             tracing::warn!(
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@ impl FileCache {
 
         Ok(FileCache {
             file: Arc::new(file),
-            uring_system,
             free_list: Mutex::new(FreeList {
                 next_free_block: 0,
                 max_blocks: initial_size,
@@ -91,21 +88,14 @@ impl FileCache {
     pub async fn read_block(
         &self,
         cache_block: CacheBlock,
-        dst: impl uring_common::buf::IoBufMut + Send + Sync,
+        mut dst: impl uring_common::buf::IoBufMut + Send + Sync,
     ) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         assert!(dst.bytes_total() == BLCKSZ);
         let file = self.file.clone();
 
-        let ((_file, _buf), res) = self
-            .uring_system
-            .read(file, cache_block as u64 * BLCKSZ as u64, dst)
-            .await;
-
-        let res = res.map_err(map_io_uring_error)?;
-        if res != BLCKSZ {
-            panic!("unexpected read result");
-        }
+        let dst_ref = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(dst.stable_mut_ptr(), BLCKSZ) };
 
+        spawn_blocking(move || file.read_exact_at(dst_ref, cache_block as u64 * BLCKSZ as u64)).await??;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -117,14 +107,9 @@ impl FileCache {
         assert!(src.bytes_init() == BLCKSZ);
         let file = self.file.clone();
 
-        let ((_file, _buf), res) = self
-            .uring_system
-            .write(file, cache_block as u64 * BLCKSZ as u64, src)
-            .await;
-        let res = res.map_err(map_io_uring_error)?;
-        if res != BLCKSZ {
-            panic!("unexpected read result");
-        }
+        let src_ref = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(src.stable_ptr(), BLCKSZ) };
+
+        spawn_blocking(move || file.write_all_at(src_ref, cache_block as u64 * BLCKSZ as u64)).await??;
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -148,15 +133,6 @@ impl FileCache {
     }
 }
 
-fn map_io_uring_error(err: tokio_epoll_uring::Error<std::io::Error>) -> std::io::Error {
-    match err {
-        tokio_epoll_uring::Error::Op(err) => err,
-        tokio_epoll_uring::Error::System(err) => {
-            std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, err)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl metrics::core::Collector for FileCache {
     fn desc(&self) -> Vec<&metrics::core::Desc> {
         let mut descs = Vec::new();
diff --git a/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/worker_process/main_loop.rs b/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/worker_process/main_loop.rs
index 622acc8361..90574da6f3 100644
--- a/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/worker_process/main_loop.rs
+++ b/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/worker_process/main_loop.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use pageserver_client_grpc::PageserverClient;
 use pageserver_page_api::model;
 
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
-use tokio_epoll_uring::IoBuf;
+use uring_common::buf::IoBuf;
 use tokio_pipe::PipeRead;
 
 use super::callbacks::{get_request_lsn, notify_proc};
@@ -44,17 +44,15 @@ pub(super) async fn init(
 ) -> CommunicatorWorkerProcessStruct<'static> {
     let last_lsn = get_request_lsn();
 
-    let uring_system = tokio_epoll_uring::System::launch().await.unwrap();
-
     let file_cache = if let Some(path) = file_cache_path {
         Some(
-            FileCache::new(&path, file_cache_size, uring_system)
+            FileCache::new(&path, file_cache_size)
                 .expect("could not create cache file"),
         )
     } else {
         // FIXME: temporarily for testing, use LFC even if disabled
         Some(
-            FileCache::new(&PathBuf::from("new_filecache"), 1000, uring_system)
+            FileCache::new(&PathBuf::from("new_filecache"), 1000)
                 .expect("could not create cache file"),
         )
     };