diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
index 8199218c3c..d9725ad756 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use crate::span::debug_assert_current_span_has_tenant_and_timeline_id;
 use crate::tenant::remote_timeline_client::{remote_layer_path, remote_timelines_path};
 use crate::tenant::storage_layer::LayerName;
 use crate::tenant::Generation;
+#[cfg_attr(target_os = "macos", allow(unused_imports))]
 use crate::virtual_file::owned_buffers_io::io_buf_ext::IoBufExt;
 use crate::virtual_file::{on_fatal_io_error, MaybeFatalIo, VirtualFile};
 use crate::TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX;