diff --git a/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs b/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
index 05fb14daca..a2564d51d7 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     // Basic initialization of things that don't change after startup
     virtual_file::init(conf.max_file_descriptors);
-
-    page_cache::init(conf);
+    page_cache::init(conf.page_cache_size);
 
     // Create repo and exit if init was requested
     if init {
diff --git a/pageserver/src/page_cache.rs b/pageserver/src/page_cache.rs
index b0c8d3a5d7..2992d9477b 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/page_cache.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/page_cache.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ use zenith_utils::{
 };
 
 use crate::layered_repository::writeback_ephemeral_file;
-use crate::{config::PageServerConf, relish::RelTag};
+use crate::relish::RelTag;
 
 static PAGE_CACHE: OnceCell<PageCache> = OnceCell::new();
 const TEST_PAGE_CACHE_SIZE: usize = 10;
@@ -61,11 +61,8 @@ const TEST_PAGE_CACHE_SIZE: usize = 10;
 ///
 /// Initialize the page cache. This must be called once at page server startup.
 ///
-pub fn init(conf: &'static PageServerConf) {
-    if PAGE_CACHE
-        .set(PageCache::new(conf.page_cache_size))
-        .is_err()
-    {
+pub fn init(size: usize) {
+    if PAGE_CACHE.set(PageCache::new(size)).is_err() {
         panic!("page cache already initialized");
     }
 }