diff --git a/pageserver/src/disk_usage_eviction_task.rs b/pageserver/src/disk_usage_eviction_task.rs
index c3538266d8..92e90a835d 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/disk_usage_eviction_task.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/disk_usage_eviction_task.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn launch_disk_usage_global_eviction_task(
                 _ = background_jobs_barrier.wait() => { }
             };
 
-            disk_usage_eviction_task(&state, task_config, storage, &conf.tenants_path(), cancel)
+            disk_usage_eviction_task(&state, task_config, &storage, &conf.tenants_path(), cancel)
                 .await;
             Ok(())
         },
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pub fn launch_disk_usage_global_eviction_task(
 async fn disk_usage_eviction_task(
     state: &State,
     task_config: &DiskUsageEvictionTaskConfig,
-    storage: GenericRemoteStorage,
+    _storage: &GenericRemoteStorage,
     tenants_dir: &Path,
     cancel: CancellationToken,
 ) {
@@ -150,14 +150,8 @@ async fn disk_usage_eviction_task(
         let start = Instant::now();
 
         async {
-            let res = disk_usage_eviction_task_iteration(
-                state,
-                task_config,
-                &storage,
-                tenants_dir,
-                &cancel,
-            )
-            .await;
+            let res =
+                disk_usage_eviction_task_iteration(state, task_config, tenants_dir, &cancel).await;
 
             match res {
                 Ok(()) => {}
@@ -188,13 +182,12 @@ pub trait Usage: Clone + Copy + std::fmt::Debug {
 async fn disk_usage_eviction_task_iteration(
     state: &State,
     task_config: &DiskUsageEvictionTaskConfig,
-    storage: &GenericRemoteStorage,
     tenants_dir: &Path,
     cancel: &CancellationToken,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let usage_pre = filesystem_level_usage::get(tenants_dir, task_config)
         .context("get filesystem-level disk usage before evictions")?;
-    let res = disk_usage_eviction_task_iteration_impl(state, storage, usage_pre, cancel).await;
+    let res = disk_usage_eviction_task_iteration_impl(state, usage_pre, cancel).await;
     match res {
         Ok(outcome) => {
             debug!(?outcome, "disk_usage_eviction_iteration finished");
@@ -278,7 +271,6 @@ struct LayerCount {
 
 pub async fn disk_usage_eviction_task_iteration_impl<U: Usage>(
     state: &State,
-    storage: &GenericRemoteStorage,
     usage_pre: U,
     cancel: &CancellationToken,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<IterationOutcome<U>> {