diff --git a/src/libstore/daemon.cc b/src/libstore/daemon.cc
index 87bfe5187..ebe0c2ab4 100644
--- a/src/libstore/daemon.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/daemon.cc
@@ -546,17 +546,6 @@ static void performOp(
         break;
     }
 
-    case WorkerProto::Op::ExportPath: {
-        auto path = store->parseStorePath(readString(conn.from));
-        readInt(conn.from); // obsolete
-        logger->startWork();
-        TunnelSink sink(conn.to);
-        store->exportPath(path, sink);
-        logger->stopWork();
-        conn.to << 1;
-        break;
-    }
-
     case WorkerProto::Op::ImportPaths: {
         logger->startWork();
         TunnelSource source(conn.from, conn.to);
diff --git a/src/libstore/include/nix/store/worker-protocol.hh b/src/libstore/include/nix/store/worker-protocol.hh
index c7f8d5891..3920089fa 100644
--- a/src/libstore/include/nix/store/worker-protocol.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/include/nix/store/worker-protocol.hh
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ enum struct WorkerProto::Op : uint64_t {
     AddIndirectRoot = 12,
     SyncWithGC = 13,
     FindRoots = 14,
-    ExportPath = 16,   // obsolete
     QueryDeriver = 18, // obsolete
     SetOptions = 19,
     CollectGarbage = 20,