diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
index ddbd899e7..c4b8b2999 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static void fetchTree(
     if (!state.settings.pureEval && !input.isDirect() && experimentalFeatureSettings.isEnabled(Xp::Flakes))
         input = lookupInRegistries(state.store, input).first;
 
-    if (state.settings.pureEval && !input.isConsideredLocked(state.fetchSettings)) {
+    if (state.settings.pureEval && !input.isLocked()) {
         if (input.getNarHash())
             warn(
                 "Input '%s' is unlocked (e.g. lacks a Git revision) but does have a NAR hash. "
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc b/src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc
index 9459db087..aadeecba2 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc
@@ -155,12 +155,6 @@ bool Input::isLocked() const
     return scheme && scheme->isLocked(*this);
 }
 
-bool Input::isConsideredLocked(
-    const Settings & settings) const
-{
-    return isLocked() || (settings.allowDirtyLocks && getNarHash());
-}
-
 bool Input::isFinal() const
 {
     return maybeGetBoolAttr(attrs, "__final").value_or(false);
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/fetchers.hh b/src/libfetchers/fetchers.hh
index 644c267c1..37de1f507 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/fetchers.hh
+++ b/src/libfetchers/fetchers.hh
@@ -90,15 +90,6 @@ public:
      */
     bool isLocked() const;
 
-    /**
-     * Return whether the input is either locked, or, if
-     * `allow-dirty-locks` is enabled, it has a NAR hash. In the
-     * latter case, we can verify the input but we may not be able to
-     * fetch it from anywhere.
-     */
-    bool isConsideredLocked(
-        const Settings & settings) const;
-
     /**
      * Only for relative path flakes, i.e. 'path:./foo', returns the
      * relative path, i.e. './foo'.
diff --git a/src/libflake/flake/lockfile.cc b/src/libflake/flake/lockfile.cc
index e3bf22c21..b0971a696 100644
--- a/src/libflake/flake/lockfile.cc
+++ b/src/libflake/flake/lockfile.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 
+#include "fetch-settings.hh"
+#include "flake/settings.hh"
 #include "lockfile.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
+#include "strings.hh"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iomanip>
@@ -9,8 +12,6 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
-#include "strings.hh"
-#include "flake/settings.hh"
 
 namespace nix::flake {
 
@@ -255,11 +256,20 @@ std::optional<FlakeRef> LockFile::isUnlocked(const fetchers::Settings & fetchSet
 
     visit(root);
 
+    /* Return whether the input is either locked, or, if
+       `allow-dirty-locks` is enabled, it has a NAR hash. In the
+       latter case, we can verify the input but we may not be able to
+       fetch it from anywhere. */
+    auto isConsideredLocked = [&](const fetchers::Input & input)
+    {
+        return input.isLocked() || (fetchSettings.allowDirtyLocks && input.getNarHash());
+    };
+
     for (auto & i : nodes) {
         if (i == ref<const Node>(root)) continue;
         auto node = i.dynamic_pointer_cast<const LockedNode>();
         if (node
-            && (!node->lockedRef.input.isConsideredLocked(fetchSettings)
+            && (!isConsideredLocked(node->lockedRef.input)
                 || !node->lockedRef.input.isFinal())
             && !node->lockedRef.input.isRelative())
             return node->lockedRef;