diff --git a/src/store/data.ts b/src/store/data.ts
index 9bd814d..14905bf 100644
--- a/src/store/data.ts
+++ b/src/store/data.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export const gc = (data: InMemoryData) => {
       data.records.base.delete(entityKey);
       data.gcBatch.delete(entityKey);
       if (storage.current) {
-        storage.current.remove(prefixKey('r', entityKey));
+        persistanceBatch[prefixKey('r', entityKey)] = undefined;
       }
 
       // Delete all the entity's links, but also update the reference count
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ export const gc = (data: InMemoryData) => {
       if (linkNode !== undefined) {
         data.links.base.delete(entityKey);
         if (storage.current) {
-          storage.current.remove(prefixKey('l', entityKey));
+          persistanceBatch[prefixKey('l', entityKey)] = undefined;
         }
         for (const key in linkNode) {
           updateRCForLink(data.gcBatch, data.refCount, linkNode[key], -1);
diff --git a/src/store/store.test.ts b/src/store/store.test.ts
index 32ca48c..6cdabda 100644
--- a/src/store/store.test.ts
+++ b/src/store/store.test.ts
@@ -424,7 +424,6 @@ describe('Store with storage', () => {
     const storage: StorageAdapter = {
       read: jest.fn(),
       write: jest.fn(),
-      remove: jest.fn(),
     };
     let store = new Store();
 
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 200030b..1a48314 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ export interface SerializedEntries {
 
 export interface StorageAdapter {
   read(): Promise<SerializedEntries>;
-  remove(key: string): Promise<void>;
   write(data: SerializedEntries): Promise<void>;
 }