diff --git a/docs/production/export-and-import.md b/docs/production/export-and-import.md
index 98e78fad09..6dc859737b 100644
--- a/docs/production/export-and-import.md
+++ b/docs/production/export-and-import.md
@@ -245,10 +245,8 @@ To restore from a manual backup, the process is basically the reverse of the abo
 This restoration process can also be used to migrate a Zulip
 installation from one server to another.
 
-We recommend running a disaster recovery test after setting up your
-backups to confirm that your backups are working. You may also want to
-monitor that they are up to date using the Nagios plugin at:
-`puppet/zulip/files/nagios_plugins/zulip_postgresql_backups/check_postgresql_backup`.
+We recommend running a disaster recovery test after setting up your backups to
+confirm that your backups are working.
 
 ## Data export
 
@@ -528,9 +526,9 @@ it may be minutes before the backup is saved into S3 -- see
 If you need always-current backup availability, Zulip also has
 [built-in database replication support](postgresql.md#postgresql-warm-standby).
 
-You can (and should) monitor that backups are running regularly via
-the Nagios plugin installed into
-`/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_postgresql_backups/check_postgresql_backup`.
+You can (and should) monitor that backups are running regularly, for instance
+via the Prometheus exporter found in
+`puppet/zulip/files/postgresql/wal-g-exporter`
 
 ### Streaming backups to S3
 
diff --git a/docs/production/troubleshooting.md b/docs/production/troubleshooting.md
index 6d27dee330..c4f79d1440 100644
--- a/docs/production/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/production/troubleshooting.md
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ Database monitoring:
 - `check_fts_update_log`: Checks whether full-text search updates are
   being processed properly or getting backlogged.
 - `check_postgres`: General checks for database health.
-- `check_postgresql_backup`: Checks status of PostgreSQL backups.
 - `check_postgresql_replication_lag`: Checks whether PostgreSQL streaming
   replication is up to date.
 
diff --git a/puppet/kandra/files/nagios4/commands.cfg b/puppet/kandra/files/nagios4/commands.cfg
index a2ecc9bf9a..f1accba482 100644
--- a/puppet/kandra/files/nagios4/commands.cfg
+++ b/puppet/kandra/files/nagios4/commands.cfg
@@ -145,11 +145,6 @@ define command {
         command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -l nagios -t 30 -i /var/lib/nagios/.ssh/id_ed25519 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_postgresql/check_postgresql_replication_lag'
 }
 
-define command {
-        command_name    check_postgresql_backup
-        command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -l nagios -t 30 -i /var/lib/nagios/.ssh/id_ed25519 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_postgresql_backups/check_postgresql_backup'
-}
-
 define command{
        command_name     check_worker_memory
        command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_by_ssh -l nagios -t 30 -i /var/lib/nagios/.ssh/id_ed25519 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_worker_memory'
diff --git a/puppet/kandra/files/nagios4/conf.d/services.cfg b/puppet/kandra/files/nagios4/conf.d/services.cfg
index c056790ea4..794bfb14a8 100644
--- a/puppet/kandra/files/nagios4/conf.d/services.cfg
+++ b/puppet/kandra/files/nagios4/conf.d/services.cfg
@@ -273,14 +273,6 @@ define service {
         contact_groups                  admins
 }
 
-define service {
-        use                             generic-service
-        service_description             Check last PostgreSQL backup time
-        hostgroup_name                  postgresql
-        check_command                   check_postgresql_backup
-        contact_groups                  admins
-}
-
 
 #### Redis
 
diff --git a/puppet/zulip/files/nagios_plugins/zulip_postgresql_backups/check_postgresql_backup b/puppet/zulip/files/nagios_plugins/zulip_postgresql_backups/check_postgresql_backup
deleted file mode 100755
index ead5f96d80..0000000000
--- a/puppet/zulip/files/nagios_plugins/zulip_postgresql_backups/check_postgresql_backup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import subprocess
-import sys
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
-
-import dateutil.parser
-
-states = {
-    "OK": 0,
-    "WARNING": 1,
-    "CRITICAL": 2,
-    "UNKNOWN": 3,
-}
-
-
-def report(state: str, msg: str) -> None:
-    print(f"{state}: {msg}")
-    sys.exit(states[state])
-
-
-replicas = subprocess.check_output(
-    [
-        "psql",
-        "-v",
-        "ON_ERROR_STOP=1",
-        "postgres",
-        "-t",
-        "-c",
-        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_stat_replication",
-    ],
-    stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-    text=True,
-).strip()
-if int(replicas) > 0:
-    # We are the primary and we have replicas; we expect that backups
-    # will be taken on one of them.
-    report("OK", "this is the primary, with backups taken on the replicas")
-
-skip_backups = subprocess.run(
-    ["crudini", "--get", "/etc/zulip/zulip.conf", "postgresql", "skip_backups"],
-    capture_output=True,
-    text=True,
-    check=False,
-)
-if skip_backups.returncode == 0 and skip_backups.stdout.strip().lower() in [
-    1,
-    "y",
-    "t",
-    "yes",
-    "true",
-    "enable",
-    "enabled",
-]:
-    report("OK", "backups are disabled on this host")
-
-try:
-    with open("/var/lib/nagios_state/last_postgresql_backup") as f:
-        last_backup = dateutil.parser.parse(f.read())
-except OSError:
-    report("UNKNOWN", "could not determine completion time of last PostgreSQL backup")
-
-if datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc) - last_backup > timedelta(hours=25):
-    report("CRITICAL", f"last PostgreSQL backup completed more than 25 hours ago: {last_backup}")
-
-report("OK", f"last PostgreSQL backup completed less than 25 hours ago: {last_backup}")
diff --git a/puppet/zulip/files/postgresql/pg_backup_and_purge b/puppet/zulip/files/postgresql/pg_backup_and_purge
index c3800bcfcc..b1d3a85d90 100755
--- a/puppet/zulip/files/postgresql/pg_backup_and_purge
+++ b/puppet/zulip/files/postgresql/pg_backup_and_purge
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ env = os.environ.copy()
 env["WALG_UPLOAD_DISK_CONCURRENCY"] = disk_concurrency
 subprocess.check_call(["env-wal-g", "backup-push", pg_data_path], env=env)
 
-now = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
-with open("/var/lib/nagios_state/last_postgresql_backup", "w") as f:
-    f.write(now.isoformat())
-    f.write("\n")
-
 backups = {}
 lines = subprocess.check_output(["env-wal-g", "backup-list"], text=True).split("\n")
 for line in lines[1:]:
@@ -70,7 +65,7 @@ for line in lines[1:]:
         backup_name, date_str = line.split()[0:2]
         backups[dateutil.parser.parse(date_str)] = backup_name
 
-one_month_ago = now - timedelta(days=30)
+one_month_ago = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=30)
 for date in sorted(backups.keys(), reverse=True):
     if date < one_month_ago:
         # We pass `FIND_FULL` such that if delta backups are being
diff --git a/puppet/zulip/manifests/postgresql_backups.pp b/puppet/zulip/manifests/postgresql_backups.pp
index 86b407cd5a..3e79923095 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/manifests/postgresql_backups.pp
+++ b/puppet/zulip/manifests/postgresql_backups.pp
@@ -45,14 +45,4 @@ class zulip::postgresql_backups {
       mode   => '0600',
     }
   }
-
-  file { "${zulip::common::nagios_plugins_dir}/zulip_postgresql_backups":
-    require => Package[$zulip::common::nagios_plugins],
-    recurse => true,
-    purge   => true,
-    owner   => 'root',
-    group   => 'root',
-    mode    => '0755',
-    source  => 'puppet:///modules/zulip/nagios_plugins/zulip_postgresql_backups',
-  }
 }