diff --git a/go/store/types/value.go b/go/store/types/value.go
index 509d06d7bab..7d48301f65c 100644
--- a/go/store/types/value.go
+++ b/go/store/types/value.go
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ func (v valueImpl) Kind() NomsKind {
 // GhostValue is a placeholder for a value that has not been pulled from a remote. The structure holds no information,
 // All methods will panic if called.
 type GhostValue struct {
+	hash hash.Hash
 }
 
 var _ Value = GhostValue{}
@@ -317,20 +318,20 @@ func (g GhostValue) Kind() NomsKind {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.Kind() called.")
 }
 
-func (g GhostValue) Value(ctx context.Context) (Value, error) {
+func (g GhostValue) Value(_ context.Context) (Value, error) {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.Value() called.")
 }
 
-func (g GhostValue) Less(ctx context.Context, nbf *NomsBinFormat, other LesserValuable) (bool, error) {
+func (g GhostValue) Less(_ context.Context, _ *NomsBinFormat, _ LesserValuable) (bool, error) {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.Less() called.")
 }
 
-func (g GhostValue) Equals(other Value) bool {
+func (g GhostValue) Equals(_ Value) bool {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.Equals() called.")
 }
 
-func (g GhostValue) Hash(format *NomsBinFormat) (hash.Hash, error) {
-	panic("Error: GhostValue.Hash() called.")
+func (g GhostValue) Hash(_ *NomsBinFormat) (hash.Hash, error) {
+	return g.hash, nil
 }
 
 func (g GhostValue) isPrimitive() bool {
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ func (g GhostValue) HumanReadableString() string {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.HumanReadableString() called.")
 }
 
-func (g GhostValue) walkRefs(format *NomsBinFormat, callback RefCallback) error {
+func (g GhostValue) walkRefs(_ *NomsBinFormat, _ RefCallback) error {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.walkRefs() called.")
 }
 
@@ -349,14 +350,14 @@ func (g GhostValue) typeOf() (*Type, error) {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.typeOf() called.")
 }
 
-func (g GhostValue) writeTo(writer nomsWriter, format *NomsBinFormat) error {
+func (g GhostValue) writeTo(_ nomsWriter, _ *NomsBinFormat) error {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.writeTo() called.")
 }
 
-func (g GhostValue) readFrom(format *NomsBinFormat, reader *binaryNomsReader) (Value, error) {
+func (g GhostValue) readFrom(_ *NomsBinFormat, _ *binaryNomsReader) (Value, error) {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.readFrom() called.")
 }
 
-func (g GhostValue) skip(format *NomsBinFormat, reader *binaryNomsReader) {
+func (g GhostValue) skip(_ *NomsBinFormat, _ *binaryNomsReader) {
 	panic("Error: GhostValue.skip() called.")
 }
diff --git a/go/store/types/value_store.go b/go/store/types/value_store.go
index a28a68a752e..ba4b493931e 100644
--- a/go/store/types/value_store.go
+++ b/go/store/types/value_store.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (lvs *ValueStore) ReadValue(ctx context.Context, h hash.Hash) (Value, error
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if chunk.IsGhost() {
-		return GhostValue{}, nil
+		return GhostValue{hash: chunk.Hash()}, nil
 	}
 
 	if chunk.IsEmpty() {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (lvs *ValueStore) ReadManyValues(ctx context.Context, hashes hash.HashSlice
 	lvs.versOnce.Do(lvs.expectVersion)
 	decode := func(h hash.Hash, chunk *chunks.Chunk) (Value, error) {
 		if chunk.IsGhost() {
-			return GhostValue{}, nil
+			return GhostValue{hash: chunk.Hash()}, nil
 		}
 
 		v, ferr := DecodeValue(*chunk, lvs)
@@ -725,10 +725,6 @@ func (lvs *ValueStore) gcProcessRefs(ctx context.Context,
 			toVisit = make([]hash.HashSet, len(batches)+1)
 			toVisitCount = 0
 			for i, batch := range batches {
-				if err := keepHashes(batch); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-
 				vals, err := lvs.ReadManyValues(ctx, batch)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -739,6 +735,27 @@ func (lvs *ValueStore) gcProcessRefs(ctx context.Context,
 					}
 				}
 
+				// GC skips ghost values, but other ref walkers don't. Filter them out here.
+				realVals := make(ValueSlice, 0, len(vals))
+				nonGhostBatch := make([]hash.Hash, 0, len(vals))
+				for _, v := range vals {
+					h, err := v.Hash(lvs.Format())
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					if _, ok := v.(GhostValue); ok {
+						visited.Insert(h) // Can't visit a ghost. That would be spooky.
+					} else {
+						realVals = append(realVals, v)
+						nonGhostBatch = append(nonGhostBatch, h)
+					}
+				}
+				vals = realVals
+
+				if err := keepHashes(nonGhostBatch); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
 				hashes, err := walker.GetRefSet(visited, vals)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/shallow-clone.bats b/integration-tests/bats/shallow-clone.bats
index e307f8b17b5..a02d9192830 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/shallow-clone.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/shallow-clone.bats
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stop_remotesrv() {
 
 # serial repository is 7 commits:
 # (init) <- (table create) <- (val 1) <- (val 2) <- (val 3) <- (val 4) <- (val 5) [main]
-seed_and_start_serial_remote() {
+seed_local_remote() {
     mkdir remote
     cd remote
     dolt init
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ seed_and_start_serial_remote() {
     done
 
     dolt tag nonheadtag HEAD~2
+    cd ..
+}
+
+
+seed_and_start_serial_remote() {
+    seed_local_remote
+    cd remote
 
     remotesrv --http-port 1234 --repo-mode &
     remotesrv_pid=$!
@@ -94,8 +101,7 @@ seed_and_start_serial_remote() {
 }
 
 @test "shallow-clone: shallow clone with a file path" {
-    seed_and_start_serial_remote
-    stop_remotesrv
+    seed_local_remote
     cd remote
     dolt remote add origin file://../file-remote
     dolt push origin main
@@ -120,6 +126,22 @@ seed_and_start_serial_remote() {
     [[ "$output" =~ "15" ]] || false # 1+2+3+4+5 = 15.
 }
 
+@test "shallow-clone: dolt gc works" {
+    seed_and_start_serial_remote
+
+    mkdir clones
+    cd clones
+
+    dolt sql -q "call dolt_clone('--depth', '1','http://localhost:50051/test-org/test-repo')"
+
+    cd test-repo
+    dolt gc
+
+    # Verify that the table is complete.
+    run dolt sql -q "select sum(i) from vals"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "15" ]] || false # 1+2+3+4+5 = 15.
+}
 @test "shallow-clone: push to a new remote should error" {
     seed_and_start_serial_remote