diff --git a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
index ac730c77c..060ca37c3 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
@@ -90,15 +90,18 @@ public:
     LocalOverlayStore(std::string scheme, std::string path, const Params & params)
         : LocalOverlayStore(params)
     {
-        throw UnimplementedError("LocalOverlayStore");
+        if (!path.empty())
+            throw UsageError("local-overlay:// store url doesn't support path part, only scheme and query params");
     }
 
     static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes()
-    { return {}; }
+    {
+        return { "local-overlay" };
+    }
 
     std::string getUri() override
     {
-        return "local-overlay";
+        return "local-overlay://";
     }
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
index 55cdd71a9..069fad420 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "archive.hh"
 #include "callback.hh"
 #include "remote-store.hh"
-#include "local-overlay-store.hh"
 // FIXME this should not be here, see TODO below on
 // `addMultipleToStore`.
 #include "worker-protocol.hh"
@@ -1456,10 +1455,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<Store> openFromNonUri(const std::string & uri, const Store::Para
         return std::make_shared<UDSRemoteStore>(params);
     } else if (uri == "local") {
         return std::make_shared<LocalStore>(params);
-    } else if (uri == "local-overlay") {
-        auto store = std::make_shared<LocalOverlayStore>(params);
-        experimentalFeatureSettings.require(store->experimentalFeature());
-        return store;
     } else if (isNonUriPath(uri)) {
         Store::Params params2 = params;
         params2["root"] = absPath(uri);
diff --git a/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/bad-uris.sh b/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/bad-uris.sh
index 462bf27eb..07b2c6f28 100644
--- a/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/bad-uris.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/bad-uris.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ storeDirs
 
 mkdir -p $TEST_ROOT/bad_test
 badTestRoot=$TEST_ROOT/bad_test
-storeBadRoot="local-overlay?root=$badTestRoot&lower-store=$storeA&upper-layer=$storeBTop"
-storeBadLower="local-overlay?root=$storeBRoot&lower-store=$badTestRoot&upper-layer=$storeBTop"
-storeBadUpper="local-overlay?root=$storeBRoot&lower-store=$storeA&upper-layer=$badTestRoot"
+storeBadRoot="local-overlay://?root=$badTestRoot&lower-store=$storeA&upper-layer=$storeBTop"
+storeBadLower="local-overlay://?root=$storeBRoot&lower-store=$badTestRoot&upper-layer=$storeBTop"
+storeBadUpper="local-overlay://?root=$storeBRoot&lower-store=$storeA&upper-layer=$badTestRoot"
 
 declare -a storesBad=(
     "$storeBadRoot" "$storeBadLower" "$storeBadUpper"
diff --git a/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/common.sh b/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/common.sh
index 2d614b140..bd144c925 100644
--- a/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/common.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/local-overlay-store/common.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ storeDirs () {
   storeA="$storeVolume/store-a"
   storeBTop="$storeVolume/store-b"
   storeBRoot="$storeVolume/merged-store"
-  storeB="local-overlay?root=$storeBRoot&lower-store=$storeA&upper-layer=$storeBTop"
+  storeB="local-overlay://?root=$storeBRoot&lower-store=$storeA&upper-layer=$storeBTop"
   # Creating testing directories
   mkdir -p "$storeVolume"/{store-a/nix/store,store-b,merged-store/nix/store,workdir}
 }