diff --git a/lib/blockstore/blockstore.go b/lib/blockstore/blockstore.go
index a1293a83c..eb28f1bf0 100644
--- a/lib/blockstore/blockstore.go
+++ b/lib/blockstore/blockstore.go
@@ -45,12 +45,8 @@ func NewBlockstore(dstore ds.Batching) blockstore.Blockstore {
 // Alias so other packages don't have to import go-ipfs-blockstore
 type Blockstore = blockstore.Blockstore
 type Viewer = blockstore.Viewer
-type GCBlockstore = blockstore.GCBlockstore
 type CacheOpts = blockstore.CacheOpts
-type GCLocker = blockstore.GCLocker
 
-var NewGCLocker = blockstore.NewGCLocker
-var NewGCBlockstore = blockstore.NewGCBlockstore
 var ErrNotFound = blockstore.ErrNotFound
 
 func DefaultCacheOpts() CacheOpts {
diff --git a/node/builder.go b/node/builder.go
index 2207083c0..5ae7b8fea 100644
--- a/node/builder.go
+++ b/node/builder.go
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/extern/sector-storage/storiface"
 	sealing "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/extern/storage-sealing"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/journal"
-	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/blockstore"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/peermgr"
 	_ "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/sigs/bls"
 	_ "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/sigs/secp"
@@ -264,8 +263,6 @@ func Online() Option {
 			Override(new(api.WalletAPI), From(new(wallet.MultiWallet))),
 			Override(new(*messagesigner.MessageSigner), messagesigner.NewMessageSigner),
 
-			Override(new(dtypes.ChainGCLocker), blockstore.NewGCLocker),
-			Override(new(dtypes.ChainGCBlockstore), modules.ChainGCBlockstore),
 			Override(new(dtypes.ChainBitswap), modules.ChainBitswap),
 			Override(new(dtypes.ChainBlockService), modules.ChainBlockService),
 
diff --git a/node/modules/chain.go b/node/modules/chain.go
index 8c7606ee3..fe0ebdfbb 100644
--- a/node/modules/chain.go
+++ b/node/modules/chain.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/node/repo"
 )
 
-func ChainBitswap(mctx helpers.MetricsCtx, lc fx.Lifecycle, host host.Host, rt routing.Routing, bs dtypes.ChainGCBlockstore) dtypes.ChainBitswap {
+func ChainBitswap(mctx helpers.MetricsCtx, lc fx.Lifecycle, host host.Host, rt routing.Routing, bs dtypes.ChainBlockstore) dtypes.ChainBitswap {
 	// prefix protocol for chain bitswap
 	// (so bitswap uses /chain/ipfs/bitswap/1.0.0 internally for chain sync stuff)
 	bitswapNetwork := network.NewFromIpfsHost(host, rt, network.Prefix("/chain"))
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ func ChainRawBlockstore(lc fx.Lifecycle, mctx helpers.MetricsCtx, r repo.LockedR
 	return cbs, nil
 }
 
-func ChainGCBlockstore(bs dtypes.ChainRawBlockstore, gcl dtypes.ChainGCLocker) dtypes.ChainGCBlockstore {
-	return blockstore.NewGCBlockstore(bs, gcl)
-}
-
 func ChainBlockService(bs dtypes.ChainRawBlockstore, rem dtypes.ChainBitswap) dtypes.ChainBlockService {
 	return blockservice.New(bs, rem)
 }
diff --git a/node/modules/dtypes/storage.go b/node/modules/dtypes/storage.go
index 9d7364577..05b830920 100644
--- a/node/modules/dtypes/storage.go
+++ b/node/modules/dtypes/storage.go
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ type MetadataDS datastore.Batching
 type ChainRawBlockstore blockstore.Blockstore
 type ChainBlockstore blockstore.Blockstore // optionally bitswap backed
 
-type ChainGCLocker blockstore.GCLocker
-type ChainGCBlockstore blockstore.GCBlockstore
 type ChainBitswap exchange.Interface
 type ChainBlockService bserv.BlockService