diff --git a/libs/pageserver_api/src/models.rs b/libs/pageserver_api/src/models.rs
index 36aafe7341..aa1a8ae487 100644
--- a/libs/pageserver_api/src/models.rs
+++ b/libs/pageserver_api/src/models.rs
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ impl ThrottleConfig {
     }
     /// The requests per second allowed  by the given config.
     pub fn steady_rps(&self) -> f64 {
-        (self.refill_amount.get() as f64) / (self.refill_interval.as_secs_f64()) / 1e3
+        (self.refill_amount.get() as f64) / (self.refill_interval.as_secs_f64())
     }
 }