diff --git a/src/libstore/gc-store.hh b/src/libstore/gc-store.hh
index da1551056..2c26c65c4 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/gc-store.hh
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ struct GcStore : public virtual Store
      * Perform a garbage collection.
      */
     virtual void collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results) = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * Called by `collectGarbage` to recursively delete a path.
-     * The default implementation simply calls `deletePath`, but it can be
-     * overridden by stores that wish to provide their own deletion behaviour.
-     */
-    virtual void deleteGCPath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed);
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index 959f4d3b1..80875efed 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -891,12 +891,6 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
 }
 
 
-void GcStore::deleteGCPath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
-{
-    deletePath(path, bytesFreed);
-}
-
-
 void LocalStore::autoGC(bool sync)
 {
     static auto fakeFreeSpaceFile = getEnv("_NIX_TEST_FREE_SPACE_FILE");
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.cc
index f42b37324..061478c52 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.cc
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void LocalOverlayStore::deleteGCPath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
         return;
     }
     if (pathExists(toUpperPath({path.substr(mergedDir.length())}))) {
-        GcStore::deleteGCPath(path, bytesFreed);
+        LocalStore::deleteGCPath(path, bytesFreed);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 17385cdfb..172fa1ef0 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -457,6 +457,12 @@ AutoCloseFD LocalStore::openGCLock()
 }
 
 
+void LocalStore::deleteGCPath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
+{
+    deletePath(path, bytesFreed);
+}
+
+
 LocalStore::~LocalStore()
 {
     std::shared_future<void> future;
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
index 46a660c68..fcddffa82 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ public:
 
     void collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results) override;
 
+    /**
+     * Called by `collectGarbage` to recursively delete a path.
+     * The default implementation simply calls `deletePath`, but it can be
+     * overridden by stores that wish to provide their own deletion behaviour.
+     */
+    virtual void deleteGCPath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed);
+
     /**
      * Optimise the disk space usage of the Nix store by hard-linking
      * files with the same contents.