2 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix-collect-garbage/local.mk b/src/nix-collect-garbage/local.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 02d14cf62199..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-collect-garbage/local.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-programs += nix-collect-garbage
-
-nix-collect-garbage_DIR := $(d)
-
-nix-collect-garbage_SOURCES := $(d)/nix-collect-garbage.cc
-
-nix-collect-garbage_LIBS = libmain libstore libutil libformat
diff --git a/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc b/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc
index 37fe22f48134..d4060ac937fc 100644
--- a/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc
+++ b/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "profiles.hh"
 #include "shared.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
+#include "legacy.hh"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <cerrno>
@@ -48,12 +49,10 @@ void removeOldGenerations(std::string dir)
     }
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char * * argv)
+static int _main(int argc, char * * argv)
 {
-    bool removeOld = false;
-
-    return handleExceptions(argv[0], [&]() {
-        initNix();
+    {
+        bool removeOld = false;
 
         GCOptions options;
 
@@ -90,5 +89,9 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
             PrintFreed freed(true, results);
             store->collectGarbage(options, results);
         }
-    });
+
+        return 0;
+    }
 }
+
+static RegisterLegacyCommand s1("nix-collect-garbage", _main);