diff --git a/control_plane/src/compute.rs b/control_plane/src/compute.rs
index 9f32ad31c1..b3f90b5922 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/compute.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/compute.rs
@@ -282,9 +282,7 @@ impl PostgresNode {
     fn setup_pg_conf(&self, auth_type: AuthType) -> Result<()> {
         let mut conf = PostgresConf::new();
         conf.append("max_wal_senders", "10");
-        // wal_log_hints is mandatory when running against pageserver (see gh issue#192)
-        // TODO: is it possible to check wal_log_hints at pageserver side via XLOG_PARAMETER_CHANGE?
-        conf.append("wal_log_hints", "on");
+        conf.append("wal_log_hints", "off");
         conf.append("max_replication_slots", "10");
         conf.append("hot_standby", "on");
         conf.append("shared_buffers", "1MB");