diff --git a/src/libcmd/common-eval-args.cc b/src/libcmd/common-eval-args.cc
index dc0de4b9f..782a25964 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/common-eval-args.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/common-eval-args.cc
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ Bindings * MixEvalArgs::getAutoArgs(EvalState & state)
 
 Path lookupFileArg(EvalState & state, std::string_view s)
 {
-    if (isUri(s)) {
-        return state.store->toRealPath(
-            fetchers::downloadTarball(
-                state.store, resolveUri(s), "source", false).first.storePath);
+    if (EvalSettings::isPseudoUrl(s)) {
+        auto storePath = fetchers::downloadTarball(
+            state.store, EvalSettings::resolvePseudoUrl(s), "source", false).first.storePath;
+        return state.store->toRealPath(storePath);
     } else if (s.size() > 2 && s.at(0) == '<' && s.at(s.size() - 1) == '>') {
         Path p(s.substr(1, s.size() - 2));
         return state.findFile(p);
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index b67ed853e..ca8d634da 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static Strings parseNixPath(const std::string & s)
         }
 
         if (*p == ':') {
-            if (isUri(std::string(start2, s.end()))) {
+            if (EvalSettings::isPseudoUrl(std::string(start2, s.end()))) {
                 ++p;
                 while (p != s.end() && *p != ':') ++p;
             }
@@ -2583,6 +2583,23 @@ Strings EvalSettings::getDefaultNixPath()
     return res;
 }
 
+bool EvalSettings::isPseudoUrl(std::string_view s)
+{
+    if (s.compare(0, 8, "channel:") == 0) return true;
+    size_t pos = s.find("://");
+    if (pos == std::string::npos) return false;
+    std::string scheme(s, 0, pos);
+    return scheme == "http" || scheme == "https" || scheme == "file" || scheme == "channel" || scheme == "git" || scheme == "s3" || scheme == "ssh";
+}
+
+std::string EvalSettings::resolvePseudoUrl(std::string_view url)
+{
+    if (hasPrefix(url, "channel:"))
+        return "https://nixos.org/channels/" + std::string(url.substr(8)) + "/nixexprs.tar.xz";
+    else
+        return std::string(url);
+}
+
 EvalSettings evalSettings;
 
 static GlobalConfig::Register rEvalSettings(&evalSettings);
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.hh b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
index f07f15d43..cf307d820 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
@@ -590,6 +590,10 @@ struct EvalSettings : Config
 
     static Strings getDefaultNixPath();
 
+    static bool isPseudoUrl(std::string_view s);
+
+    static std::string resolvePseudoUrl(std::string_view url);
+
     Setting<bool> enableNativeCode{this, false, "allow-unsafe-native-code-during-evaluation",
         "Whether builtin functions that allow executing native code should be enabled."};
 
diff --git a/src/libexpr/parser.y b/src/libexpr/parser.y
index 7c9b5a2db..6ef9407cd 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/parser.y
+++ b/src/libexpr/parser.y
@@ -805,10 +805,11 @@ std::pair<bool, std::string> EvalState::resolveSearchPathElem(const SearchPathEl
 
     std::pair<bool, std::string> res;
 
-    if (isUri(elem.second)) {
+    if (EvalSettings::isPseudoUrl(elem.second)) {
         try {
-            res = { true, store->toRealPath(fetchers::downloadTarball(
-                        store, resolveUri(elem.second), "source", false).first.storePath) };
+            auto storePath = fetchers::downloadTarball(
+                store, EvalSettings::resolvePseudoUrl(elem.second), "source", false).first.storePath;
+            res = { true, store->toRealPath(storePath) };
         } catch (FileTransferError & e) {
             logWarning({
                 .msg = hintfmt("Nix search path entry '%1%' cannot be downloaded, ignoring", elem.second)
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
index 84e7f5c02..680446787 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
@@ -220,8 +220,6 @@ static void fetch(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args, Value & v
     } else
         url = state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos);
 
-    url = resolveUri(*url);
-
     state.checkURI(*url);
 
     if (name == "")
diff --git a/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc b/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
index 2ff411e18..756bd4423 100644
--- a/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ FileTransferSettings fileTransferSettings;
 
 static GlobalConfig::Register rFileTransferSettings(&fileTransferSettings);
 
-std::string resolveUri(std::string_view uri)
-{
-    if (uri.compare(0, 8, "channel:") == 0)
-        return "https://nixos.org/channels/" + std::string(uri.substr(8)) + "/nixexprs.tar.xz";
-    else
-        return std::string(uri);
-}
-
 struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
 {
     CURLM * curlm = 0;
@@ -873,14 +865,4 @@ FileTransferError::FileTransferError(FileTransfer::Error error, std::optional<st
         err.msg = hf;
 }
 
-bool isUri(std::string_view s)
-{
-    if (s.compare(0, 8, "channel:") == 0) return true;
-    size_t pos = s.find("://");
-    if (pos == std::string::npos) return false;
-    std::string scheme(s, 0, pos);
-    return scheme == "http" || scheme == "https" || scheme == "file" || scheme == "channel" || scheme == "git" || scheme == "s3" || scheme == "ssh";
-}
-
-
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/filetransfer.hh b/src/libstore/filetransfer.hh
index 40e7cf52c..07d58f53a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/filetransfer.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/filetransfer.hh
@@ -125,9 +125,4 @@ public:
     FileTransferError(FileTransfer::Error error, std::optional<std::string> response, const Args & ... args);
 };
 
-bool isUri(std::string_view s);
-
-/* Resolve deprecated 'channel:<foo>' URLs. */
-std::string resolveUri(std::string_view uri);
-
 }