diff --git a/distribution/config.go b/distribution/config.go
index 52ed9ddbfc..fa06e3c9c0 100644
--- a/distribution/config.go
+++ b/distribution/config.go
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ type ImagePushConfig struct {
 type ImageConfigStore interface {
 	Put(context.Context, []byte) (digest.Digest, error)
 	Get(context.Context, digest.Digest) ([]byte, error)
-	RootFSFromConfig([]byte) (*image.RootFS, error)
-	PlatformFromConfig([]byte) (*specs.Platform, error)
 }
 
 // PushLayerProvider provides layers to be pushed by ChainID.
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ func (s *imageConfigStore) Get(_ context.Context, d digest.Digest) ([]byte, erro
 	return img.RawJSON(), nil
 }
 
-func (s *imageConfigStore) RootFSFromConfig(c []byte) (*image.RootFS, error) {
+func rootFSFromConfig(c []byte) (*image.RootFS, error) {
 	var unmarshalledConfig image.Image
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(c, &unmarshalledConfig); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ func (s *imageConfigStore) RootFSFromConfig(c []byte) (*image.RootFS, error) {
 	return unmarshalledConfig.RootFS, nil
 }
 
-func (s *imageConfigStore) PlatformFromConfig(c []byte) (*specs.Platform, error) {
+func platformFromConfig(c []byte) (*specs.Platform, error) {
 	var unmarshalledConfig image.Image
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(c, &unmarshalledConfig); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -154,7 +152,12 @@ func (s *imageConfigStore) PlatformFromConfig(c []byte) (*specs.Platform, error)
 	if !system.IsOSSupported(os) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(system.ErrNotSupportedOperatingSystem, "image operating system %q cannot be used on this platform", os)
 	}
-	return &specs.Platform{OS: os, Architecture: unmarshalledConfig.Architecture, Variant: unmarshalledConfig.Variant, OSVersion: unmarshalledConfig.OSVersion}, nil
+	return &specs.Platform{
+		OS:           os,
+		Architecture: unmarshalledConfig.Architecture,
+		Variant:      unmarshalledConfig.Variant,
+		OSVersion:    unmarshalledConfig.OSVersion,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 type storeLayerProvider struct {
diff --git a/distribution/pull_v2.go b/distribution/pull_v2.go
index 090ba10f25..0495ab4146 100644
--- a/distribution/pull_v2.go
+++ b/distribution/pull_v2.go
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ func (p *puller) pullSchema2Layers(ctx context.Context, target distribution.Desc
 	// check to block Windows images being pulled on Linux is implemented, it
 	// may be necessary to perform the same type of serialisation.
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		configJSON, configRootFS, configPlatform, err = receiveConfig(p.config.ImageStore, configChan, configErrChan)
+		configJSON, configRootFS, configPlatform, err = receiveConfig(configChan, configErrChan)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ func (p *puller) pullSchema2Layers(ctx context.Context, target distribution.Desc
 	}
 
 	if configJSON == nil {
-		configJSON, configRootFS, _, err = receiveConfig(p.config.ImageStore, configChan, configErrChan)
+		configJSON, configRootFS, _, err = receiveConfig(configChan, configErrChan)
 		if err == nil && configRootFS == nil {
 			err = errRootFSInvalid
 		}
@@ -773,14 +773,14 @@ func (p *puller) pullOCI(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named, mfst *ocische
 	return id, manifestDigest, err
 }
 
-func receiveConfig(s ImageConfigStore, configChan <-chan []byte, errChan <-chan error) ([]byte, *image.RootFS, *specs.Platform, error) {
+func receiveConfig(configChan <-chan []byte, errChan <-chan error) ([]byte, *image.RootFS, *specs.Platform, error) {
 	select {
 	case configJSON := <-configChan:
-		rootfs, err := s.RootFSFromConfig(configJSON)
+		rootfs, err := rootFSFromConfig(configJSON)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, nil, err
 		}
-		platform, err := s.PlatformFromConfig(configJSON)
+		platform, err := platformFromConfig(configJSON)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/distribution/push_v2.go b/distribution/push_v2.go
index 372705dc9c..24824709ee 100644
--- a/distribution/push_v2.go
+++ b/distribution/push_v2.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (p *pusher) pushTag(ctx context.Context, ref reference.NamedTagged, id dige
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not find image from tag %s: %v", reference.FamiliarString(ref), err)
 	}
 
-	rootfs, err := p.config.ImageStore.RootFSFromConfig(imgConfig)
+	rootfs, err := rootFSFromConfig(imgConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get rootfs for image %s: %s", reference.FamiliarString(ref), err)
 	}