diff --git a/control_plane/src/broker.rs b/control_plane/src/broker.rs
index 7b6943f9c1..f40705863b 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/broker.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/broker.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub async fn start_broker_process(env: &local_env::LocalEnv) -> anyhow::Result<(
 
     let args = [format!("--listen-addr={listen_addr}")];
 
-    let client = reqwest::blocking::Client::new();
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
     background_process::start_process(
         "storage_broker",
         &env.base_data_dir,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub async fn start_broker_process(env: &local_env::LocalEnv) -> anyhow::Result<(
                 .get(status_url)
                 .build()
                 .with_context(|| format!("Failed to construct request to broker endpoint {url}"))?;
-            match client.execute(request) {
+            match client.execute(request).await {
                 Ok(resp) => Ok(resp.status().is_success()),
                 Err(_) => Ok(false),
             }
diff --git a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
index 3e7e335a68..a0256c1e52 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
@@ -224,11 +224,7 @@ impl PageServerNode {
             self.pageserver_env_variables()?,
             background_process::InitialPidFile::Expect(self.pid_file()),
             || async {
-                let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
-                    .enable_all()
-                    .build()
-                    .unwrap();
-                let st = rt.block_on(self.check_status());
+                let st = self.check_status().await;
                 match st {
                     Ok(()) => Ok(true),
                     Err(mgmt_api::Error::ReceiveBody(_)) => Ok(false),