diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checkout.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checkout.c
index 433ff0ed..2b63851d 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-checkout.c
@@ -280,9 +280,6 @@ ostree_builtin_checkout (int argc, char **argv, GFile *repo_path, GError **error
         }
     }
 
-  if (!ostree_repo_checkout_gc (repo, cancellable, error))
-    goto out;
-
   ret = TRUE;
  out:
   if (context)