diff --git a/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc b/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc
index 17ebaace6a8e..37e3015e9699 100644
--- a/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ struct DummyStoreConfig : virtual StoreConfig {
           #include "dummy-store.md"
           ;
     }
+
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() {
+        return {"dummy"};
+    }
 };
 
 struct DummyStore : public virtual DummyStoreConfig, public virtual Store
@@ -50,10 +54,6 @@ 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 3328caef9c4d..8fcbe75f5b99 100644
--- a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ struct HttpBinaryCacheStoreConfig : virtual BinaryCacheStoreConfig
 
     const std::string name() override { 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
     {
         return
@@ -81,14 +89,6 @@ 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/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 aa2efdb8fb6a..9b26e141626d 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ struct LocalBinaryCacheStoreConfig : virtual BinaryCacheStoreConfig
 
     const std::string name() override { return "Local Binary Cache Store"; }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes();
+
     std::string doc() override
     {
         return
@@ -53,8 +55,6 @@ class LocalBinaryCacheStore : public virtual LocalBinaryCacheStoreConfig, public
         return "file://" + binaryCacheDir;
     }
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes();
-
 protected:
 
     bool fileExists(const std::string & path) override;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ 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-overlay-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
index 35a301013910..343dd655f313 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ struct LocalOverlayStoreConfig : virtual LocalStoreConfig
         return ExperimentalFeature::LocalOverlayStore;
     }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    {
+        return { "local-overlay" };
+    }
+
     std::string doc() override;
 
 protected:
@@ -99,11 +104,6 @@ public:
             throw UsageError("local-overlay:// store url doesn't support path part, only scheme and query 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 b0a0def9aaea..6bc03efb9fc7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ struct LocalStoreConfig : virtual LocalFSStoreConfig
 
     const std::string name() override { return "Local Store"; }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    { return {"local"}; }
+
     std::string doc() override;
 };
 
@@ -144,9 +147,6 @@ 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 27013c0f17a2..06789314c843 100644
--- a/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreConfig : virtual BinaryCacheStoreConfig
 
     const std::string name() override { return "S3 Binary Cache Store"; }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() { return {"s3"}; }
+
     std::string doc() override
     {
         return
@@ -521,9 +523,6 @@ 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/ssh-store.cc b/src/libstore/ssh-store.cc
index b21c22d7e089..53a3d345de76 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;
@@ -114,6 +112,11 @@ struct MountedSSHStoreConfig : virtual SSHStoreConfig, virtual LocalFSStoreConfi
 
     const std::string name() override { return "Experimental SSH Store with filesystem mounted"; }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    {
+        return {"mounted-ssh-ng"};
+    }
+
     std::string doc() override
     {
         return
@@ -165,11 +168,6 @@ 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 6ef2219a2e92..43fe61ac61a6 100644
--- a/src/libstore/ssh-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/ssh-store.hh
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ struct SSHStoreConfig : virtual RemoteStoreConfig, virtual CommonSSHStoreConfig
         return "Experimental SSH Store";
     }
 
+    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
+    {
+        return {"ssh-ng"};
+    }
+
     std::string doc() 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 2cf40edd6b06..43f4c2004210 100644
--- a/src/libstore/uds-remote-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/uds-remote-store.hh
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ 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
@@ -60,9 +64,6 @@ public:
 
     std::string getUri() override;
 
-    static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
-    { return {scheme}; }
-
     ref<SourceAccessor> getFSAccessor(bool requireValidPath = true) override
     { return LocalFSStore::getFSAccessor(requireValidPath); }