diff --git a/pageserver/src/virtual_file/open_options.rs b/pageserver/src/virtual_file/open_options.rs
index 6952cf3194..f75edb0bac 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/virtual_file/open_options.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/virtual_file/open_options.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 //! Enum-dispatch to the `OpenOptions` type of the respective [`super::IoEngineKind`];
 
-use nix::libc::O_DSYNC;
-
 use super::io_engine::IoEngine;
-use std::{
-    os::{fd::OwnedFd, unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt},
-    path::Path,
-};
+use std::{os::fd::OwnedFd, path::Path};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum OpenOptions {
@@ -99,14 +94,12 @@ impl OpenOptions {
     }
 
     pub(in crate::virtual_file) async fn open(&self, path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<OwnedFd> {
-        let mut options = self.clone();
-        options.custom_flags(O_DSYNC); // disk latency
-        match options {
+        match self {
             OpenOptions::StdFs(x) => x.open(path).map(|file| file.into()),
             #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
             OpenOptions::TokioEpollUring(x) => {
                 let system = tokio_epoll_uring::thread_local_system().await;
-                system.open(path, &x).await.map_err(|e| match e {
+                system.open(path, x).await.map_err(|e| match e {
                     tokio_epoll_uring::Error::Op(e) => e,
                     tokio_epoll_uring::Error::System(system) => {
                         std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, system)