diff --git a/lix/libstore/derivations.cc b/lix/libstore/derivations.cc
index f0c6e2188..7286640cb 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/derivations.cc
+++ b/lix/libstore/derivations.cc
@@ -732,110 +732,6 @@ std::string hashPlaceholder(const OutputNameView outputName)
 
 
 
-static kj::Promise<Result<void>>
-rewriteDerivation(Store & store, BasicDerivation & drv, const StringMap & rewrites)
-try {
-    debug("Rewriting the derivation");
-
-    for (auto & rewrite : rewrites) {
-        debug("rewriting %s as %s", rewrite.first, rewrite.second);
-    }
-
-    drv.builder = rewriteStrings(drv.builder, rewrites);
-    for (auto & arg : drv.args) {
-        arg = rewriteStrings(arg, rewrites);
-    }
-
-    StringPairs newEnv;
-    for (auto & envVar : drv.env) {
-        auto envName = rewriteStrings(envVar.first, rewrites);
-        auto envValue = rewriteStrings(envVar.second, rewrites);
-        newEnv.emplace(envName, envValue);
-    }
-    drv.env = newEnv;
-
-    TRY_AWAIT(hashDerivationModulo(store, Derivation(drv), true));
-    co_return result::success();
-} catch (...) {
-    co_return result::current_exception();
-}
-
-kj::Promise<Result<std::optional<BasicDerivation>>>
-Derivation::tryResolve(Store & store, Store * evalStore) const
-try {
-    std::map<std::pair<StorePath, std::string>, StorePath> inputDrvOutputs;
-
-    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-capturing-lambda-coroutines)
-    auto accum = [&](auto & inputDrv, auto & node) -> kj::Promise<Result<void>> {
-        try {
-            for (auto & [outputName, outputPath] :
-                 TRY_AWAIT(store.queryPartialDerivationOutputMap(inputDrv, evalStore)))
-            {
-                if (outputPath) {
-                    inputDrvOutputs.insert_or_assign({inputDrv, outputName}, *outputPath);
-                }
-            }
-            co_return result::success();
-        } catch (...) {
-            co_return result::current_exception();
-        }
-    };
-
-    for (auto & [inputDrv, node] : inputDrvs)
-        TRY_AWAIT(accum(inputDrv, node));
-
-    co_return TRY_AWAIT(tryResolve(store, inputDrvOutputs));
-} catch (...) {
-    co_return result::current_exception();
-}
-
-static bool tryResolveInput(
-    Store & store, StorePathSet & inputSrcs, StringMap & inputRewrites,
-    const StorePath & inputDrv, const StringSet & inputNode,
-    const std::map<std::pair<StorePath, std::string>, StorePath> & inputDrvOutputs)
-{
-    auto getOutput = [&](const std::string & outputName) {
-        auto * actualPathOpt = get(inputDrvOutputs, { inputDrv, outputName });
-        if (!actualPathOpt)
-            warn("output %s of input %s missing, aborting the resolving",
-                outputName,
-                store.printStorePath(inputDrv)
-            );
-        return actualPathOpt;
-    };
-
-    for (auto & outputName : inputNode) {
-        auto actualPathOpt = getOutput(outputName);
-        if (!actualPathOpt) return false;
-        auto actualPath = *actualPathOpt;
-        inputSrcs.insert(std::move(actualPath));
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-kj::Promise<Result<std::optional<BasicDerivation>>> Derivation::tryResolve(
-    Store & store,
-    const std::map<std::pair<StorePath, std::string>, StorePath> & inputDrvOutputs) const
-try {
-    BasicDerivation resolved { *this };
-
-    // Input paths that we'll want to rewrite in the derivation
-    StringMap inputRewrites;
-
-    for (auto & [inputDrv, inputNode] : inputDrvs)
-        if (!tryResolveInput(store, resolved.inputSrcs, inputRewrites,
-            inputDrv, inputNode, inputDrvOutputs))
-            co_return std::nullopt;
-
-    TRY_AWAIT(rewriteDerivation(store, resolved, inputRewrites));
-
-    co_return resolved;
-} catch (...) {
-    co_return result::current_exception();
-}
-
-
 kj::Promise<Result<void>>
 Derivation::checkInvariants(Store & store, const StorePath & drvPath) const
 try {
diff --git a/lix/libstore/derivations.hh b/lix/libstore/derivations.hh
index 8b4ff6179..8f3870ce4 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/derivations.hh
+++ b/lix/libstore/derivations.hh
@@ -234,27 +234,6 @@ struct Derivation : BasicDerivation
     std::string unparse(const Store & store, bool maskOutputs,
         std::map<std::string, StringSet> * actualInputs = nullptr) const;
 
-    /**
-     * Return the underlying basic derivation but with these changes:
-     *
-     * 1. Input drvs are emptied, but the outputs of them that were used
-     *    are added directly to input sources.
-     *
-     * 2. Input placeholders are replaced with realized input store
-     *    paths.
-     */
-    kj::Promise<Result<std::optional<BasicDerivation>>>
-    tryResolve(Store & store, Store * evalStore = nullptr) const;
-
-    /**
-     * Like the above, but instead of querying the Nix database for
-     * realisations, uses a given mapping from input derivation paths +
-     * output names to actual output store paths.
-     */
-    kj::Promise<Result<std::optional<BasicDerivation>>> tryResolve(
-        Store & store,
-        const std::map<std::pair<StorePath, std::string>, StorePath> & inputDrvOutputs) const;
-
     /**
      * Check that the derivation is valid and does not present any
      * illegal states.