diff --git a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
index 16fd51d79a..e337ee7b15 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ struct Cli {
     #[arg(long)]
     pub set_disk_quota_for_fs: Option<String>,
 
-    // TODO(tristan957): remove alias after compatibility tests are no longer
-    // an issue
-    #[arg(short = 'c', long, alias = "spec-path")]
+    #[arg(short = 'c', long)]
     pub config: Option<OsString>,
 
     #[arg(short = 'i', long, group = "compute-id")]
diff --git a/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs b/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
index b569b0fb8e..4071b620d6 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
@@ -766,10 +766,6 @@ impl Endpoint {
             }
         };
 
-        // TODO(tristan957): Remove the write to spec.json after compatibility
-        // tests work themselves out
-        let spec_path = self.endpoint_path().join("spec.json");
-        std::fs::write(spec_path, serde_json::to_string_pretty(&config.spec)?)?;
         let config_path = self.endpoint_path().join("config.json");
         std::fs::write(config_path, serde_json::to_string_pretty(&config)?)?;
 
@@ -779,16 +775,6 @@ impl Endpoint {
             .append(true)
             .open(self.endpoint_path().join("compute.log"))?;
 
-        // TODO(tristan957): Remove when compatibility tests are no longer an
-        // issue
-        let old_compute_ctl = {
-            let mut cmd = Command::new(self.env.neon_distrib_dir.join("compute_ctl"));
-            let help_output = cmd.arg("--help").output()?;
-            let help_output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&help_output.stdout);
-
-            !help_output.contains("--config")
-        };
-
         // Launch compute_ctl
         let conn_str = self.connstr("cloud_admin", "postgres");
         println!("Starting postgres node at '{}'", conn_str);
@@ -807,19 +793,8 @@ impl Endpoint {
         ])
         .args(["--pgdata", self.pgdata().to_str().unwrap()])
         .args(["--connstr", &conn_str])
-        // TODO(tristan957): Change this to --config when compatibility tests
-        // are no longer an issue
-        .args([
-            "--spec-path",
-            self.endpoint_path()
-                .join(if old_compute_ctl {
-                    "spec.json"
-                } else {
-                    "config.json"
-                })
-                .to_str()
-                .unwrap(),
-        ])
+        .arg("--config")
+        .arg(self.endpoint_path().join("config.json").as_os_str())
         .args([
             "--pgbin",
             self.env
diff --git a/docker-compose/compute_wrapper/shell/compute.sh b/docker-compose/compute_wrapper/shell/compute.sh
index 9409e9d055..723b2f8afb 100755
--- a/docker-compose/compute_wrapper/shell/compute.sh
+++ b/docker-compose/compute_wrapper/shell/compute.sh
@@ -81,19 +81,9 @@ sed -i "s/TIMELINE_ID/${timeline_id}/" ${CONFIG_FILE}
 
 cat ${CONFIG_FILE}
 
-# TODO(tristan957): Remove these workarounds for backwards compatibility after
-# the next compute release. That includes these next few lines and the
-# --spec-path in the compute_ctl invocation.
-if compute_ctl --help | grep --quiet -- '--config'; then
-  SPEC_PATH="$CONFIG_FILE"
-else
-  jq '.spec' < "$CONFIG_FILE" > /tmp/spec.json
-  SPEC_PATH=/tmp/spec.json
-fi
-
 echo "Start compute node"
 /usr/local/bin/compute_ctl --pgdata /var/db/postgres/compute \
      -C "postgresql://cloud_admin@localhost:55433/postgres"  \
      -b /usr/local/bin/postgres                              \
      --compute-id "compute-$RANDOM"                          \
-     --spec-path "$SPEC_PATH"
+     --config "$CONFIG_FILE"