diff --git a/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs b/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs
index 3d7ed8c360..2278509c1f 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/extension_server.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ use regex::Regex;
 use remote_storage::*;
 use serde_json;
 use std::io::Read;
-use std::num::{NonZeroU32, NonZeroUsize};
+use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::str;
 use tar::Archive;
@@ -281,8 +281,6 @@ pub fn init_remote_storage(remote_ext_config: &str) -> anyhow::Result<GenericRem
         max_keys_per_list_response: None,
     };
     let config = RemoteStorageConfig {
-        max_concurrent_syncs: NonZeroUsize::new(100).expect("100 != 0"),
-        max_sync_errors: NonZeroU32::new(100).expect("100 != 0"),
         storage: RemoteStorageKind::AwsS3(config),
     };
     GenericRemoteStorage::from_config(&config)
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
index 7054610d9e..e6d306ff66 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,13 +14,7 @@ mod local_fs;
 mod s3_bucket;
 mod simulate_failures;
 
-use std::{
-    collections::HashMap,
-    fmt::Debug,
-    num::{NonZeroU32, NonZeroUsize},
-    pin::Pin,
-    sync::Arc,
-};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug, num::NonZeroUsize, pin::Pin, sync::Arc};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
@@ -36,12 +30,6 @@ pub use self::{
 };
 use s3_bucket::RequestKind;
 
-/// How many different timelines can be processed simultaneously when synchronizing layers with the remote storage.
-/// During regular work, pageserver produces one layer file per timeline checkpoint, with bursts of concurrency
-/// during start (where local and remote timelines are compared and initial sync tasks are scheduled) and timeline attach.
-/// Both cases may trigger timeline download, that might download a lot of layers. This concurrency is limited by the clients internally, if needed.
-pub const DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_CONCURRENT_SYNCS: usize = 50;
-pub const DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_SYNC_ERRORS: u32 = 10;
 /// Currently, sync happens with AWS S3, that has two limits on requests per second:
 /// ~200 RPS for IAM services
 /// <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.html>
@@ -443,10 +431,6 @@ pub struct StorageMetadata(HashMap<String, String>);
 /// External backup storage configuration, enough for creating a client for that storage.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct RemoteStorageConfig {
-    /// Max allowed number of concurrent sync operations between the API user and the remote storage.
-    pub max_concurrent_syncs: NonZeroUsize,
-    /// Max allowed errors before the sync task is considered failed and evicted.
-    pub max_sync_errors: NonZeroU32,
     /// The storage connection configuration.
     pub storage: RemoteStorageKind,
 }
@@ -542,18 +526,6 @@ impl RemoteStorageConfig {
 
         let use_azure = container_name.is_some() && container_region.is_some();
 
-        let max_concurrent_syncs = NonZeroUsize::new(
-            parse_optional_integer("max_concurrent_syncs", toml)?
-                .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_CONCURRENT_SYNCS),
-        )
-        .context("Failed to parse 'max_concurrent_syncs' as a positive integer")?;
-
-        let max_sync_errors = NonZeroU32::new(
-            parse_optional_integer("max_sync_errors", toml)?
-                .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_SYNC_ERRORS),
-        )
-        .context("Failed to parse 'max_sync_errors' as a positive integer")?;
-
         let default_concurrency_limit = if use_azure {
             DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT
         } else {
@@ -635,11 +607,7 @@ impl RemoteStorageConfig {
             }
         };
 
-        Ok(Some(RemoteStorageConfig {
-            max_concurrent_syncs,
-            max_sync_errors,
-            storage,
-        }))
+        Ok(Some(RemoteStorageConfig { storage }))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_azure.rs b/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_azure.rs
index 0338270aaf..59b92b48fb 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_azure.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_azure.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env;
-use std::num::{NonZeroU32, NonZeroUsize};
+use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use std::ops::ControlFlow;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -469,8 +469,6 @@ fn create_azure_client(
     let random = rand::thread_rng().gen::<u32>();
 
     let remote_storage_config = RemoteStorageConfig {
-        max_concurrent_syncs: NonZeroUsize::new(100).unwrap(),
-        max_sync_errors: NonZeroU32::new(5).unwrap(),
         storage: RemoteStorageKind::AzureContainer(AzureConfig {
             container_name: remote_storage_azure_container,
             container_region: remote_storage_azure_region,
diff --git a/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_s3.rs b/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_s3.rs
index 7e2aa9f6d7..e2360b7533 100644
--- a/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_s3.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/tests/test_real_s3.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env;
-use std::num::{NonZeroU32, NonZeroUsize};
+use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use std::ops::ControlFlow;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -396,8 +396,6 @@ fn create_s3_client(
     let random = rand::thread_rng().gen::<u32>();
 
     let remote_storage_config = RemoteStorageConfig {
-        max_concurrent_syncs: NonZeroUsize::new(100).unwrap(),
-        max_sync_errors: NonZeroU32::new(5).unwrap(),
         storage: RemoteStorageKind::AwsS3(S3Config {
             bucket_name: remote_storage_s3_bucket,
             bucket_region: remote_storage_s3_region,
diff --git a/pageserver/src/config.rs b/pageserver/src/config.rs
index 05ed9c0cee..87d9cc522e 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/config.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/config.rs
@@ -1314,12 +1314,6 @@ broker_endpoint = '{broker_endpoint}'
             assert_eq!(
                 parsed_remote_storage_config,
                 RemoteStorageConfig {
-                    max_concurrent_syncs: NonZeroUsize::new(
-                        remote_storage::DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_CONCURRENT_SYNCS
-                    )
-                        .unwrap(),
-                    max_sync_errors: NonZeroU32::new(remote_storage::DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_SYNC_ERRORS)
-                        .unwrap(),
                     storage: RemoteStorageKind::LocalFs(local_storage_path.clone()),
                 },
                 "Remote storage config should correctly parse the local FS config and fill other storage defaults"
@@ -1380,8 +1374,6 @@ broker_endpoint = '{broker_endpoint}'
             assert_eq!(
                 parsed_remote_storage_config,
                 RemoteStorageConfig {
-                    max_concurrent_syncs,
-                    max_sync_errors,
                     storage: RemoteStorageKind::AwsS3(S3Config {
                         bucket_name: bucket_name.clone(),
                         bucket_region: bucket_region.clone(),
diff --git a/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs b/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs
index b6f889c682..6a732d1029 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs
@@ -893,14 +893,6 @@ mod test {
         std::fs::create_dir_all(remote_fs_dir)?;
         let remote_fs_dir = harness.conf.workdir.join("remote_fs").canonicalize_utf8()?;
         let storage_config = RemoteStorageConfig {
-            max_concurrent_syncs: std::num::NonZeroUsize::new(
-                remote_storage::DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_CONCURRENT_SYNCS,
-            )
-            .unwrap(),
-            max_sync_errors: std::num::NonZeroU32::new(
-                remote_storage::DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_SYNC_ERRORS,
-            )
-            .unwrap(),
             storage: RemoteStorageKind::LocalFs(remote_fs_dir.clone()),
         };
         let storage = GenericRemoteStorage::from_config(&storage_config).unwrap();
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
index a738633d5e..dc07ea7346 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -3528,10 +3528,6 @@ pub(crate) mod harness {
             let remote_fs_dir = conf.workdir.join("localfs");
             std::fs::create_dir_all(&remote_fs_dir).unwrap();
             let config = RemoteStorageConfig {
-                // TODO: why not remote_storage::DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_CONCURRENT_SYNCS,
-                max_concurrent_syncs: std::num::NonZeroUsize::new(2_000_000).unwrap(),
-                // TODO: why not remote_storage::DEFAULT_REMOTE_STORAGE_MAX_SYNC_ERRORS,
-                max_sync_errors: std::num::NonZeroU32::new(3_000_000).unwrap(),
                 storage: RemoteStorageKind::LocalFs(remote_fs_dir.clone()),
             };
             let remote_storage = GenericRemoteStorage::from_config(&config).unwrap();