diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1cd96d278e..9436b591d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2748,7 +2748,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "strum_macros",
  "svg_fmt",
  "sync_wrapper",
- "take_mut",
  "tempfile",
  "tenant_size_model",
  "thiserror",
@@ -4198,12 +4197,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "take_mut"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f764005d11ee5f36500a149ace24e00e3da98b0158b3e2d53a7495660d3f4d60"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tar"
 version = "0.4.38"
diff --git a/pageserver/Cargo.toml b/pageserver/Cargo.toml
index 99abfb2fb5..ea81544cbe 100644
--- a/pageserver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pageserver/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ enum-map.workspace = true
 enumset.workspace = true
 strum.workspace = true
 strum_macros.workspace = true
-take_mut = "0.2.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion.workspace = true
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
index 7b6e10148a..8e5e6cbcb1 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
@@ -1066,65 +1066,67 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
         // into stopped state, thereby dropping all off the queued *ops* which haven't become *tasks* yet.
         // The other *tasks* will come here and observe an already shut down queue and hence simply wrap up their business.
         let mut guard = self.upload_queue.lock().unwrap();
-        let mut res = None;
-        take_mut::take(&mut *guard, |queue| {
-            match queue {
-                UploadQueue::Uninitialized => {
-                    res = Some(Err(StopError::QueueUninitialized));
-                    queue
-                }
-                UploadQueue::Stopped(_) => {
-                    // nothing to do
-                    info!("another concurrent task already shut down the queue");
-                    res = Some(Ok(()));
-                    queue
-                }
-                UploadQueue::Initialized(qi) => {
-                    let UploadQueueInitialized {
-                        task_counter: _,
-                        latest_files,
-                        // XXX need to think about what it means if it's non-zero here
-                        latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled: _,
-                        latest_metadata,
-                        last_uploaded_consistent_lsn,
-                        num_inprogress_layer_uploads,
-                        num_inprogress_metadata_uploads,
-                        num_inprogress_deletions,
-                        inprogress_tasks,
-                        queued_operations,
-                    } = qi;
-
-                    // consistency check
-                    assert_eq!(
-                        num_inprogress_layer_uploads
-                            + num_inprogress_metadata_uploads
-                            + num_inprogress_deletions,
-                        inprogress_tasks.len()
-                    );
-
-                    // We don't need to do anything here for in-progress tasks. They will finish
-                    // on their own, decrement the unfinished-task counter themselves, and observe
-                    // that the queue is Stopped.
-                    drop(inprogress_tasks);
-
-                    // Tear down queued ops
-                    for op in queued_operations.into_iter() {
-                        self.calls_unfinished_metric_end(&op);
-                        // Dropping UploadOp::Barrier() here will make wait_completion() return with an Err()
-                        // which is exactly what we want to happen.
-                        drop(op);
-                    }
-                    res = Some(Ok(()));
-                    UploadQueue::Stopped(UploadQueueStopped {
-                        latest_files,
-                        last_uploaded_consistent_lsn,
-                        latest_metadata,
-                        deleted_at: None,
-                    })
-                }
+        match &*guard {
+            UploadQueue::Uninitialized => Err(StopError::QueueUninitialized),
+            UploadQueue::Stopped(_) => {
+                // nothing to do
+                info!("another concurrent task already shut down the queue");
+                Ok(())
             }
-        });
-        res.expect("the closure above always sets res")
+            UploadQueue::Initialized(qi) => {
+                info!("shutting down upload queue");
+
+                // Prepare index part to put into stopped state
+                let index_part = IndexPart::new(
+                    qi.latest_files.clone(),
+                    qi.last_uploaded_consistent_lsn,
+                    qi.latest_metadata
+                        .to_bytes()
+                        .map_err(StopError::SerializeMetadata)?,
+                );
+
+                // Replace the queue with the Stopped state, taking ownership of the old
+                // Initialized queue. We will do some checks on it, and then drop it.
+                let qi = {
+                    let upload_queue = std::mem::replace(
+                        &mut *guard,
+                        UploadQueue::Stopped(UploadQueueStopped {
+                            last_uploaded_index_part: index_part,
+                        }),
+                    );
+                    if let UploadQueue::Initialized(qi) = upload_queue {
+                        qi
+                    } else {
+                        unreachable!("we checked in the match above that it is Initialized");
+                    }
+                };
+
+                // consistency check
+                assert_eq!(
+                    qi.num_inprogress_layer_uploads
+                        + qi.num_inprogress_metadata_uploads
+                        + qi.num_inprogress_deletions,
+                    qi.inprogress_tasks.len()
+                );
+
+                // We don't need to do anything here for in-progress tasks. They will finish
+                // on their own, decrement the unfinished-task counter themselves, and observe
+                // that the queue is Stopped.
+                drop(qi.inprogress_tasks);
+
+                // Tear down queued ops
+                for op in qi.queued_operations.into_iter() {
+                    self.calls_unfinished_metric_end(&op);
+                    // Dropping UploadOp::Barrier() here will make wait_completion() return with an Err()
+                    // which is exactly what we want to happen.
+                    drop(op);
+                }
+
+                // We're done.
+                drop(guard);
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
     }
 }