diff --git a/compute/Makefile b/compute/Makefile
index c53d040887..ef2e55f7b1 100644
--- a/compute/Makefile
+++ b/compute/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sql_exporter.yml: $(jsonnet_files)
 		--output-file etc/$@ \
 		--tla-str collector_name=neon_collector \
 		--tla-str collector_file=neon_collector.yml \
-		--tla-str 'connection_string=postgresql://cloud_admin@127.0.0.1:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable&application_name=sql_exporter' \
+		--tla-str 'connection_string=postgresql://cloud_admin@127.0.0.1:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable&application_name=sql_exporter&pgaudit.log=none' \
 		etc/sql_exporter.jsonnet
 
 sql_exporter_autoscaling.yml: $(jsonnet_files)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sql_exporter_autoscaling.yml: $(jsonnet_files)
 		--output-file etc/$@ \
 		--tla-str collector_name=neon_collector_autoscaling \
 		--tla-str collector_file=neon_collector_autoscaling.yml \
-		--tla-str 'connection_string=postgresql://cloud_admin@127.0.0.1:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable&application_name=sql_exporter_autoscaling' \
+		--tla-str 'connection_string=postgresql://cloud_admin@127.0.0.1:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable&application_name=sql_exporter_autoscaling&pgaudit.log=none' \
 		etc/sql_exporter.jsonnet
 
 .PHONY: clean
diff --git a/compute/vm-image-spec-bookworm.yaml b/compute/vm-image-spec-bookworm.yaml
index 057099994a..267e4c83b5 100644
--- a/compute/vm-image-spec-bookworm.yaml
+++ b/compute/vm-image-spec-bookworm.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ commands:
   - name: postgres-exporter
     user: nobody
     sysvInitAction: respawn
-    shell: 'DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user=cloud_admin sslmode=disable dbname=postgres application_name=postgres-exporter" /bin/postgres_exporter --config.file=/etc/postgres_exporter.yml'
+    shell: 'DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user=cloud_admin sslmode=disable dbname=postgres application_name=postgres-exporter pgaudit.log=none" /bin/postgres_exporter --config.file=/etc/postgres_exporter.yml'
   - name: pgbouncer-exporter
     user: postgres
     sysvInitAction: respawn
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ files:
       # the rules use ALL as the hostname. Avoid the pointless lookups and the "unable to
       # resolve host" log messages that they generate.
       Defaults !fqdn
-      
+
       # Allow postgres user (which is what compute_ctl runs as) to run /neonvm/bin/resize-swap
       # and /neonvm/bin/set-disk-quota as root without requiring entering a password (NOPASSWD),
       # regardless of hostname (ALL)
diff --git a/compute/vm-image-spec-bullseye.yaml b/compute/vm-image-spec-bullseye.yaml
index d048e20b2e..2b6e77b656 100644
--- a/compute/vm-image-spec-bullseye.yaml
+++ b/compute/vm-image-spec-bullseye.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ commands:
   - name: postgres-exporter
     user: nobody
     sysvInitAction: respawn
-    shell: 'DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user=cloud_admin sslmode=disable dbname=postgres application_name=postgres-exporter" /bin/postgres_exporter --config.file=/etc/postgres_exporter.yml'
+    shell: 'DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user=cloud_admin sslmode=disable dbname=postgres application_name=postgres-exporter pgaudit.log=none" /bin/postgres_exporter --config.file=/etc/postgres_exporter.yml'
   - name: pgbouncer-exporter
     user: postgres
     sysvInitAction: respawn
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ files:
       # the rules use ALL as the hostname. Avoid the pointless lookups and the "unable to
       # resolve host" log messages that they generate.
       Defaults !fqdn
-      
+
       # Allow postgres user (which is what compute_ctl runs as) to run /neonvm/bin/resize-swap
       # and /neonvm/bin/set-disk-quota as root without requiring entering a password (NOPASSWD),
       # regardless of hostname (ALL)
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index f84a5f0841..70b2d28bf2 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ impl ComputeNode {
         // that can affect `compute_ctl` and prevent it from properly configuring the database schema.
         // Unset them via connection string options before connecting to the database.
         // N.B. keep it in sync with `ZENITH_OPTIONS` in `get_maintenance_client()`.
-        const EXTRA_OPTIONS: &str = "-c role=cloud_admin -c default_transaction_read_only=off -c search_path=public -c statement_timeout=0";
+        const EXTRA_OPTIONS: &str = "-c role=cloud_admin -c default_transaction_read_only=off -c search_path=public -c statement_timeout=0 -c pgaudit.log=none";
         let options = match conn_conf.get_options() {
             // Allow the control plane to override any options set by the
             // compute
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_compute_metrics.py b/test_runner/regress/test_compute_metrics.py
index c751a3e7cc..d1e61e597c 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_compute_metrics.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_compute_metrics.py
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ def test_sql_exporter_metrics_e2e(
     pg_user = conn_options["user"]
     pg_dbname = conn_options["dbname"]
     pg_application_name = f"sql_exporter{stem_suffix}"
-    connstr = f"postgresql://{pg_user}@{pg_host}:{pg_port}/{pg_dbname}?sslmode=disable&application_name={pg_application_name}"
+    connstr = f"postgresql://{pg_user}@{pg_host}:{pg_port}/{pg_dbname}?sslmode=disable&application_name={pg_application_name}&pgaudit.log=none"
 
     def escape_go_filepath_match_characters(s: str) -> str:
         """