diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Base/Controller/NixChannel.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Base/Controller/NixChannel.pm
index 6452f279..19e5bf8e 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Base/Controller/NixChannel.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Base/Controller/NixChannel.pm
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@ sub pkg : Chained('nix') PathPart Args(1) {
             || notFound($c, "No such package in this channel.");
     }
 
-    unless (all { isValidPath($_->path) } $c->stash->{build}->buildoutputs->all) {
-        $c->response->status(410); # "Gone"
-        error($c, "Build " . $c->stash->{build}->id . " is no longer available.");
-    }
+    gone($c, "Build " . $c->stash->{build}->id . " is no longer available.")
+        unless all { isValidPath($_->path) } $c->stash->{build}->buildoutputs->all;
 
     $c->stash->{manifestUri} = $c->uri_for($self->action_for("manifest"), $c->req->captures);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
index f9d34628..01b76856 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ sub output : Chained('buildChain') PathPart Args(1) {
     error($c, "This build is not finished yet.") unless $build->finished;
     my $output = $build->buildoutputs->find({name => $outputName});
     notFound($c, "This build has no output named ‘$outputName’") unless defined $output;
-    error($c, "Output is not available.") unless isValidPath $output->path;
+    gone($c, "Output is no longer available.") unless isValidPath $output->path;
 
     $c->response->header('Content-Disposition', "attachment; filename=\"build-${\$build->id}-${\$outputName}.nar.bz2\"");
     $c->stash->{current_view} = 'NixNAR';
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Root.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Root.pm
index cc02cbd3..3f816731 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Root.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Root.pm
@@ -230,10 +230,7 @@ sub nar :Local :Args(1) {
 
     $path = ($ENV{NIX_STORE_DIR} || "/nix/store")."/$path";
 
-    if (!isValidPath($path)) {
-        $c->response->status(410); # "Gone"
-        error($c, "Path " . $path . " is no longer available.");
-    }
+    gone($c, "Path " . $path . " is no longer available.") unless isValidPath($path);
 
     $c->stash->{current_view} = 'NixNAR';
     $c->stash->{storePath} = $path;
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
index 22fe3474..e3ebae80 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use feature qw/switch/;
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw(
     getBuild getPreviousBuild getNextBuild getPreviousSuccessfulBuild
-    error notFound accessDenied
+    error notFound gone accessDenied
     forceLogin requireUser requireProjectOwner requireAdmin requirePost isAdmin isProjectOwner
     trim
     getLatestFinishedEval
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ sub notFound {
 }
 
 
+sub gone {
+    my ($c, $msg) = @_;
+    error($c, $msg, 410);
+}
+
+
 sub accessDenied {
     my ($c, $msg) = @_;
     error($c, $msg, 403);