diff --git a/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/vat-loader/transcript.js b/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/vat-loader/transcript.js
index 92f6d76783a1..e90100fea3c4 100644
--- a/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/vat-loader/transcript.js
+++ b/packages/SwingSet/src/kernel/vat-loader/transcript.js
@@ -26,13 +26,7 @@ export function makeTranscriptManager(
     };
   }
 
-  const gcSyscalls = new Set(['dropImports', 'retireImports', 'retireExports']);
-
   function addSyscall(d, response) {
-    const type = d[0];
-    if (gcSyscalls.has(type)) {
-      return;
-    }
     if (currentEntry) {
       currentEntry.syscalls.push({ d, response });
     }
@@ -65,10 +59,6 @@ export function makeTranscriptManager(
   let replayError;
 
   function simulateSyscall(newSyscall) {
-    const type = newSyscall[0];
-    if (gcSyscalls.has(type)) {
-      return ['ok', undefined];
-    }
     const s = playbackSyscalls.shift();
     const newReplayError = compareSyscalls(vatID, s.d, newSyscall);
     if (newReplayError) {
diff --git a/packages/SwingSet/test/test-gc-transcript.js b/packages/SwingSet/test/test-gc-transcript.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9707a16b300a..000000000000
--- a/packages/SwingSet/test/test-gc-transcript.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/order
-import { test } from '../tools/prepare-test-env-ava.js';
-
-import { makeDummySlogger } from '../src/kernel/slogger.js';
-import { makeManagerKit } from '../src/kernel/vat-loader/manager-helper.js';
-
-const m1 = ['message', { method: 'foo', args: { body: '', slots: [] } }];
-
-function setup(storedTranscript = []) {
-  const vatID = 'vatID';
-  const slog = makeDummySlogger({}, () => console);
-  const transcript = [];
-  const vatKeeper = {
-    addToTranscript(entry) {
-      transcript.push(entry);
-    },
-    vatStats() {
-      return { transcriptCount: storedTranscript.length };
-    },
-    getTranscript() {
-      return storedTranscript;
-    },
-    closeTranscript() {},
-    getLastSnapshot: () => undefined,
-  };
-  const kernelKeeper = {
-    provideVatKeeper() {
-      return vatKeeper;
-    },
-  };
-  function vatSyscallHandler(_vso) {
-    return ['ok', null];
-  }
-  const workerCanBlock = false;
-  const mk = makeManagerKit(
-    vatID,
-    slog,
-    kernelKeeper,
-    vatSyscallHandler,
-    workerCanBlock,
-    undefined,
-    true,
-  );
-  const { syscallFromWorker } = mk;
-  function deliver(_delivery) {
-    // a syscall.subscribe is included in the transcript
-    syscallFromWorker(['subscribe', 'p-1']);
-    // but GC syscalls are not
-    syscallFromWorker(['dropImports', ['o-1']]);
-    syscallFromWorker(['retireImports', ['o-1']]);
-    syscallFromWorker(['retireExports', ['o+2']]);
-    syscallFromWorker(['subscribe', 'p-2']);
-    return Promise.resolve(['ok', null, { usage: 0 }]);
-  }
-  mk.setDeliverToWorker(deliver);
-  function shutdown() {}
-  const manager = mk.getManager(shutdown);
-  return { manager, transcript };
-}
-
-test('gc syscalls are not included in transcript', async t => {
-  const { manager, transcript } = setup();
-  await manager.deliver(m1);
-
-  t.is(transcript.length, 1);
-  t.deepEqual(transcript[0], {
-    d: m1,
-    syscalls: [
-      { d: ['subscribe', 'p-1'], response: ['ok', null] },
-      { d: ['subscribe', 'p-2'], response: ['ok', null] },
-    ],
-  });
-});
-
-test('gc syscalls are ignored during replay', async t => {
-  const storedTranscript = [
-    {
-      d: m1,
-      syscalls: [
-        { d: ['subscribe', 'p-1'], response: ['ok', null] },
-        { d: ['subscribe', 'p-2'], response: ['ok', null] },
-      ],
-    },
-  ];
-  const { manager } = setup(storedTranscript);
-  await manager.replayTranscript();
-  // success is that replayTranscript didn't throw anachrophobia error
-  t.pass();
-});