diff --git a/pageserver/src/metrics.rs b/pageserver/src/metrics.rs
index 27e25d8e32..4f2c75d308 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/metrics.rs
@@ -1867,7 +1867,6 @@ pub(crate) struct WalIngestMetrics {
     pub(crate) records_received: IntCounter,
     pub(crate) records_committed: IntCounter,
     pub(crate) records_filtered: IntCounter,
-    pub(crate) time_spent_on_ingest: Histogram,
 }
 
 pub(crate) static WAL_INGEST: Lazy<WalIngestMetrics> = Lazy::new(|| WalIngestMetrics {
@@ -1891,12 +1890,6 @@ pub(crate) static WAL_INGEST: Lazy<WalIngestMetrics> = Lazy::new(|| WalIngestMet
         "Number of WAL records filtered out due to sharding"
     )
     .expect("failed to define a metric"),
-    time_spent_on_ingest: register_histogram!(
-        "pageserver_wal_ingest_put_value_seconds",
-        "Actual time spent on ingesting a record",
-        redo_histogram_time_buckets!(),
-    )
-    .expect("failed to define a metric"),
 });
 
 pub(crate) static WAL_REDO_TIME: Lazy<Histogram> = Lazy::new(|| {
diff --git a/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs b/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
index b4fc4a08ee..f9d8c1020d 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 use super::tenant::{PageReconstructError, Timeline};
 use crate::context::RequestContext;
 use crate::keyspace::{KeySpace, KeySpaceAccum};
-use crate::metrics::WAL_INGEST;
 use crate::span::debug_assert_current_span_has_tenant_and_timeline_id_no_shard_id;
 use crate::walrecord::NeonWalRecord;
 use crate::{aux_file, repository::*};
@@ -1702,8 +1701,6 @@ impl<'a> DatadirModification<'a> {
     pub async fn commit(&mut self, ctx: &RequestContext) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let mut writer = self.tline.writer().await;
 
-        let timer = WAL_INGEST.time_spent_on_ingest.start_timer();
-
         let pending_nblocks = self.pending_nblocks;
         self.pending_nblocks = 0;
 
@@ -1743,8 +1740,6 @@ impl<'a> DatadirModification<'a> {
             writer.update_directory_entries_count(kind, count as u64);
         }
 
-        timer.observe_duration();
-
         Ok(())
     }