diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0c246bd258..5af3ef3804 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1333,7 +1333,6 @@ name = "control_plane"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
  "camino",
  "clap",
  "comfy-table",
@@ -3790,7 +3789,6 @@ name = "pageserver_client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
  "pageserver_api",
@@ -5952,7 +5950,6 @@ name = "storage_controller_client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
  "pageserver_api",
@@ -6955,7 +6952,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
  "async-compression",
- "async-trait",
  "bincode",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/control_plane/Cargo.toml b/control_plane/Cargo.toml
index 487ac8f047..6fca59b368 100644
--- a/control_plane/Cargo.toml
+++ b/control_plane/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
-async-trait.workspace = true
 camino.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 comfy-table.workspace = true
diff --git a/control_plane/src/safekeeper.rs b/control_plane/src/safekeeper.rs
index a0a73f5609..573f1688d5 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/safekeeper.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/safekeeper.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 //! ```text
 //!   .neon/safekeepers/<safekeeper id>
 //! ```
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -34,12 +35,10 @@ pub enum SafekeeperHttpError {
 
 type Result<T> = result::Result<T, SafekeeperHttpError>;
 
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
-pub trait ResponseErrorMessageExt: Sized {
-    async fn error_from_body(self) -> Result<Self>;
+pub(crate) trait ResponseErrorMessageExt: Sized {
+    fn error_from_body(self) -> impl Future<Output = Result<Self>> + Send;
 }
 
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl ResponseErrorMessageExt for reqwest::Response {
     async fn error_from_body(self) -> Result<Self> {
         let status = self.status();
diff --git a/libs/utils/Cargo.toml b/libs/utils/Cargo.toml
index 777fb95ece..19deaab63f 100644
--- a/libs/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libs/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ testing = ["fail/failpoints"]
 arc-swap.workspace = true
 sentry.workspace = true
 async-compression.workspace = true
-async-trait.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
 bincode.workspace = true
 bytes.workspace = true
diff --git a/pageserver/client/Cargo.toml b/pageserver/client/Cargo.toml
index a938367334..d9b36bf3d4 100644
--- a/pageserver/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pageserver/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 pageserver_api.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
-async-trait.workspace = true
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = [ "stream" ] }
 utils.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/safekeeper/src/control_file.rs b/safekeeper/src/control_file.rs
index c551cd3122..8b252b4ab4 100644
--- a/safekeeper/src/control_file.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/src/control_file.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use utils::crashsafe::durable_rename;
 
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -31,10 +32,9 @@ pub const CHECKSUM_SIZE: usize = size_of::<u32>();
 
 /// Storage should keep actual state inside of it. It should implement Deref
 /// trait to access state fields and have persist method for updating that state.
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
 pub trait Storage: Deref<Target = TimelinePersistentState> {
     /// Persist safekeeper state on disk and update internal state.
-    async fn persist(&mut self, s: &TimelinePersistentState) -> Result<()>;
+    fn persist(&mut self, s: &TimelinePersistentState) -> impl Future<Output = Result<()>> + Send;
 
     /// Timestamp of last persist.
     fn last_persist_at(&self) -> Instant;
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ impl TimelinePersistentState {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl Storage for FileStorage {
     /// Persists state durably to the underlying storage.
     ///
diff --git a/safekeeper/src/safekeeper.rs b/safekeeper/src/safekeeper.rs
index 0814d9ba67..486954c7b9 100644
--- a/safekeeper/src/safekeeper.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/src/safekeeper.rs
@@ -971,7 +971,6 @@ mod tests {
         persisted_state: TimelinePersistentState,
     }
 
-    #[async_trait::async_trait]
     impl control_file::Storage for InMemoryState {
         async fn persist(&mut self, s: &TimelinePersistentState) -> Result<()> {
             self.persisted_state = s.clone();
@@ -1003,7 +1002,6 @@ mod tests {
         lsn: Lsn,
     }
 
-    #[async_trait::async_trait]
     impl wal_storage::Storage for DummyWalStore {
         fn flush_lsn(&self) -> Lsn {
             self.lsn
diff --git a/safekeeper/src/wal_storage.rs b/safekeeper/src/wal_storage.rs
index ded8571a3e..6fd7c91a68 100644
--- a/safekeeper/src/wal_storage.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/src/wal_storage.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use postgres_ffi::v14::xlog_utils::{IsPartialXLogFileName, IsXLogFileName, XLogF
 use postgres_ffi::{dispatch_pgversion, XLogSegNo, PG_TLI};
 use remote_storage::RemotePath;
 use std::cmp::{max, min};
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::io::{self, SeekFrom};
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use tokio::fs::{self, remove_file, File, OpenOptions};
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ use postgres_ffi::XLOG_BLCKSZ;
 use pq_proto::SystemId;
 use utils::{id::TenantTimelineId, lsn::Lsn};
 
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
 pub trait Storage {
     /// LSN of last durably stored WAL record.
     fn flush_lsn(&self) -> Lsn;
@@ -44,16 +44,19 @@ pub trait Storage {
     /// the segment and short header at the page of given LSN. This is only used
     /// for timeline initialization because compute will stream data only since
     /// init_lsn. Other segment headers are included in compute stream.
-    async fn initialize_first_segment(&mut self, init_lsn: Lsn) -> Result<()>;
+    fn initialize_first_segment(
+        &mut self,
+        init_lsn: Lsn,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = Result<()>> + Send;
 
     /// Write piece of WAL from buf to disk, but not necessarily sync it.
-    async fn write_wal(&mut self, startpos: Lsn, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()>;
+    fn write_wal(&mut self, startpos: Lsn, buf: &[u8]) -> impl Future<Output = Result<()>> + Send;
 
     /// Truncate WAL at specified LSN, which must be the end of WAL record.
-    async fn truncate_wal(&mut self, end_pos: Lsn) -> Result<()>;
+    fn truncate_wal(&mut self, end_pos: Lsn) -> impl Future<Output = Result<()>> + Send;
 
     /// Durably store WAL on disk, up to the last written WAL record.
-    async fn flush_wal(&mut self) -> Result<()>;
+    fn flush_wal(&mut self) -> impl Future<Output = Result<()>> + Send;
 
     /// Remove all segments <= given segno. Returns function doing that as we
     /// want to perform it without timeline lock.
@@ -325,7 +328,6 @@ impl PhysicalStorage {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl Storage for PhysicalStorage {
     /// flush_lsn returns LSN of last durably stored WAL record.
     fn flush_lsn(&self) -> Lsn {
diff --git a/safekeeper/tests/walproposer_sim/safekeeper_disk.rs b/safekeeper/tests/walproposer_sim/safekeeper_disk.rs
index c2db9de78a..6b31edb1f2 100644
--- a/safekeeper/tests/walproposer_sim/safekeeper_disk.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/tests/walproposer_sim/safekeeper_disk.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ impl DiskStateStorage {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl control_file::Storage for DiskStateStorage {
     /// Persist safekeeper state on disk and update internal state.
     async fn persist(&mut self, s: &TimelinePersistentState) -> Result<()> {
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@ impl DiskWALStorage {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl wal_storage::Storage for DiskWALStorage {
     /// LSN of last durably stored WAL record.
     fn flush_lsn(&self) -> Lsn {
diff --git a/storage_controller/client/Cargo.toml b/storage_controller/client/Cargo.toml
index c3bfe2bfd2..e7a4264fd0 100644
--- a/storage_controller/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/storage_controller/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 pageserver_api.workspace = true
 pageserver_client.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
-async-trait.workspace = true
 reqwest.workspace = true
 utils.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true