diff --git a/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc b/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc
index af0dd9092143..c1e871e93844 100644
--- a/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ struct DummyStoreConfig : virtual StoreConfig {
           #include "dummy-store.md"
           ;
     }
+
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() {
+        return {"dummy"};
+    }
 };
 
 struct DummyStore : public virtual DummyStoreConfig, public virtual Store
@@ -54,10 +58,6 @@ struct DummyStore : public virtual DummyStoreConfig, public virtual Store
         return Trusted;
     }
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() {
-        return {"dummy"};
-    }
-
     std::optional<StorePath> queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string & hashPart) override
     { unsupported("queryPathFromHashPart"); }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
index 49ec26b9f932..b15ef4e4cbab 100644
--- a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -83,14 +83,6 @@ class HttpBinaryCacheStore : public virtual HttpBinaryCacheStoreConfig, public v
         }
     }
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
-    {
-        static bool forceHttp = getEnv("_NIX_FORCE_HTTP") == "1";
-        auto ret = std::set<std::string>({"http", "https"});
-        if (forceHttp) ret.insert("file");
-        return ret;
-    }
-
 protected:
 
     void maybeDisable()
diff --git a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.hh b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.hh
index 230e52b33733..879cab064cd5 100644
--- a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.hh
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ struct HttpBinaryCacheStoreConfig : virtual BinaryCacheStoreConfig
         return "HTTP Binary Cache Store";
     }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    {
+        static bool forceHttp = getEnv("_NIX_FORCE_HTTP") == "1";
+        auto ret = std::set<std::string>({"http", "https"});
+        if (forceHttp) ret.insert("file");
+        return ret;
+    }
+
     std::string doc() override;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.hh b/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.hh
index f2665189828e..b541455b4e50 100644
--- a/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.hh
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct LegacySSHStoreConfig : virtual CommonSSHStoreConfig
 
     const std::string name() override { return "SSH Store"; }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() { return {"ssh"}; }
+
     std::string doc() override;
 };
 
@@ -46,8 +48,6 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public virtual LegacySSHStoreConfig, public virtual Stor
 
     SSHMaster master;
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() { return {"ssh"}; }
-
     LegacySSHStore(
         std::string_view scheme,
         std::string_view host,
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
index 106663132c1f..dcc6affe4a1d 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ struct LocalBinaryCacheStore : virtual LocalBinaryCacheStoreConfig, virtual Bina
         return "file://" + binaryCacheDir;
     }
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes();
-
 protected:
 
     bool fileExists(const std::string & path) override;
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ bool LocalBinaryCacheStore::fileExists(const std::string & path)
     return pathExists(binaryCacheDir + "/" + path);
 }
 
-std::set<std::string> LocalBinaryCacheStore::uriSchemes()
+std::set<std::string> LocalBinaryCacheStoreConfig::uriSchemes()
 {
     if (getEnv("_NIX_FORCE_HTTP") == "1")
         return {};
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.hh
index 7701eb38b995..997e8ecbb514 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.hh
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ struct LocalBinaryCacheStoreConfig : virtual BinaryCacheStoreConfig
         return "Local Binary Cache Store";
     }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes();
+
     std::string doc() override;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
index a3f15e484f02..63628abed503 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ struct LocalOverlayStoreConfig : virtual LocalStoreConfig
         return ExperimentalFeature::LocalOverlayStore;
     }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    {
+        return { "local-overlay" };
+    }
+
     std::string doc() override;
 
 protected:
@@ -102,11 +107,6 @@ public:
 
     LocalOverlayStore(std::string_view scheme, PathView path, const Params & params);
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
-    {
-        return { "local-overlay" };
-    }
-
     std::string getUri() override
     {
         return "local-overlay://";
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
index 026729bf24ce..a03cfc03b308 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ struct LocalStoreConfig : virtual LocalFSStoreConfig
 
     const std::string name() override { return "Local Store"; }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    { return {"local"}; }
+
     std::string doc() override;
 };
 
@@ -149,9 +152,6 @@ public:
 
     ~LocalStore();
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
-    { return {"local"}; }
-
     /**
      * Implementations of abstract store API methods.
      */
diff --git a/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
index d865684d7aa1..1a0ec11112e3 100644
--- a/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -475,9 +475,6 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : virtual S3BinaryCacheStoreConfig, public virtual
     {
         return std::nullopt;
     }
-
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() { return {"s3"}; }
-
 };
 
 static RegisterStoreImplementation<S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl, S3BinaryCacheStoreConfig> regS3BinaryCacheStore;
diff --git a/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.hh b/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.hh
index bca5196cde0d..0fa6965c67b8 100644
--- a/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.hh
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ public:
         return "S3 Binary Cache Store";
     }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() { return {"s3"}; }
+
     std::string doc() override;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/ssh-store.cc b/src/libstore/ssh-store.cc
index d63995bf3bc2..954a97467743 100644
--- a/src/libstore/ssh-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/ssh-store.cc
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ class SSHStore : public virtual SSHStoreConfig, public virtual RemoteStore
     {
     }
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() { return {"ssh-ng"}; }
-
     std::string getUri() override
     {
         return *uriSchemes().begin() + "://" + host;
@@ -154,11 +152,6 @@ class MountedSSHStore : public virtual MountedSSHStoreConfig, public virtual SSH
         };
     }
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
-    {
-        return {"mounted-ssh-ng"};
-    }
-
     std::string getUri() override
     {
         return *uriSchemes().begin() + "://" + host;
diff --git a/src/libstore/ssh-store.hh b/src/libstore/ssh-store.hh
index feb57ccba800..29a2a8b2c2db 100644
--- a/src/libstore/ssh-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/ssh-store.hh
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ struct SSHStoreConfig : virtual RemoteStoreConfig, virtual CommonSSHStoreConfig
         return "Experimental SSH Store";
     }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    {
+        return {"ssh-ng"};
+    }
+
     std::string doc() override;
 };
 
@@ -40,6 +45,11 @@ struct MountedSSHStoreConfig : virtual SSHStoreConfig, virtual LocalFSStoreConfi
         return "Experimental SSH Store with filesystem mounted";
     }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    {
+        return {"mounted-ssh-ng"};
+    }
+
     std::string doc() override;
 
     std::optional<ExperimentalFeature> experimentalFeature() const override
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
index 749d7ea098dc..7d5f533c5a34 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ public:
 
     virtual ~Store() { }
 
+    /**
+     * @todo move to `StoreConfig` one we store enough information in
+     * those to recover the scheme and authority in all cases.
+     */
     virtual std::string getUri() = 0;
 
     /**
@@ -897,7 +901,7 @@ struct Implementations
     {
         if (!registered) registered = new std::vector<StoreFactory>();
         StoreFactory factory{
-            .uriSchemes = T::uriSchemes(),
+            .uriSchemes = TConfig::uriSchemes(),
             .create =
                 ([](auto scheme, auto uri, auto & params)
                  -> std::shared_ptr<Store>
diff --git a/src/libstore/uds-remote-store.hh b/src/libstore/uds-remote-store.hh
index 0e9542eabba0..a8e571664161 100644
--- a/src/libstore/uds-remote-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/uds-remote-store.hh
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ struct UDSRemoteStoreConfig : virtual LocalFSStoreConfig, virtual RemoteStoreCon
 
 protected:
     static constexpr char const * scheme = "unix";
+
+public:
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    { return {scheme}; }
 };
 
 class UDSRemoteStore : public virtual UDSRemoteStoreConfig
@@ -59,9 +63,6 @@ public:
 
     std::string getUri() override;
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
-    { return {scheme}; }
-
     ref<SourceAccessor> getFSAccessor(bool requireValidPath = true) override
     { return LocalFSStore::getFSAccessor(requireValidPath); }