diff --git a/cmd/containerd/builtins/builtins.go b/cmd/containerd/builtins/builtins.go
index 1badd7c18..af6923821 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/builtins/builtins.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/builtins/builtins.go
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ package builtins
 
 // register containerd builtins here
 import (
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/gc/scheduler"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/events/plugin"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/nri/plugin"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/diff/walking/plugin"
+	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/gc"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/imageverifier"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/leases"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/metadata"
diff --git a/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go b/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go
index 0f3dec7ba..707882049 100644
--- a/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go
+++ b/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ package fuzz
 
 import (
 	// base containerd imports
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/gc/scheduler"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/cri"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/events/plugin"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/nri/plugin"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/images"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/diff/walking/plugin"
+	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/gc"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/imageverifier"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/leases"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/metadata"
diff --git a/integration/build_local_containerd_helper_test.go b/integration/build_local_containerd_helper_test.go
index 165295ea6..3fc4ed6fa 100644
--- a/integration/build_local_containerd_helper_test.go
+++ b/integration/build_local_containerd_helper_test.go
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/gc/scheduler"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/events/plugin"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/images"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/diff/walking/plugin"
+	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/gc"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/leases"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/metadata"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/services/containers"
diff --git a/gc/scheduler/metrics.go b/plugins/gc/metrics.go
similarity index 100%
rename from gc/scheduler/metrics.go
rename to plugins/gc/metrics.go
diff --git a/gc/scheduler/scheduler.go b/plugins/gc/scheduler.go
similarity index 100%
rename from gc/scheduler/scheduler.go
rename to plugins/gc/scheduler.go
diff --git a/gc/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/plugins/gc/scheduler_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from gc/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
rename to plugins/gc/scheduler_test.go