diff --git a/plugins/store/build.rs b/plugins/store/build.rs
index 5d30417d..a144df29 100644
--- a/plugins/store/build.rs
+++ b/plugins/store/build.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 const COMMANDS: &[&str] = &[
     "create_store",
     "get_store",
-    "get_or_create_store",
     "set",
     "get",
     "has",
diff --git a/plugins/store/guest-js/index.ts b/plugins/store/guest-js/index.ts
index d21ce45c..2c2be476 100644
--- a/plugins/store/guest-js/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/store/guest-js/index.ts
@@ -42,17 +42,6 @@ export async function getStore(path: string): Promise<Store | undefined> {
   return await Store.getStore(path)
 }
 
-/**
- * @param path: Path to save the store in `app_data_dir`
- * @param options: Store configuration options
- */
-export async function getOrCreateStore(
-  path: string,
-  options?: StoreOptions
-): Promise<Store> {
-  return await Store.getOrCreateStore(path, options)
-}
-
 /**
  * A lazy loaded key-value store persisted by the backend layer.
  *
@@ -67,7 +56,9 @@ export class LazyStore implements IStore {
 
   private get store(): Promise<Store> {
     if (!this._store) {
-      this._store = getOrCreateStore(this.path, this.options)
+      this._store = createStore(this.path, this.options).catch(
+        async () => (await getStore(this.path))!
+      )
     }
     return this._store
   }
@@ -183,24 +174,6 @@ export class Store extends Resource implements IStore {
     return resourceId ? new Store(resourceId, path) : undefined
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @param path: Path to save the store in `app_data_dir`
-   * @param options: Store configuration options
-   */
-  static async getOrCreateStore(
-    path: string,
-    options?: StoreOptions
-  ): Promise<Store> {
-    const resourceId = await invoke<number>(
-      'plugin:store|get_or_create_store',
-      {
-        path,
-        ...options
-      }
-    )
-    return new Store(resourceId, path)
-  }
-
   async set(key: string, value: unknown): Promise<void> {
     await invoke('plugin:store|set', {
       rid: this.rid,
diff --git a/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/commands/get_or_create_store.toml b/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/commands/get_or_create_store.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 73f12fd7..00000000
--- a/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/commands/get_or_create_store.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Automatically generated - DO NOT EDIT!
-
-"$schema" = "../../schemas/schema.json"
-
-[[permission]]
-identifier = "allow-get-or-create-store"
-description = "Enables the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope."
-commands.allow = ["get_or_create_store"]
-
-[[permission]]
-identifier = "deny-get-or-create-store"
-description = "Denies the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope."
-commands.deny = ["get_or_create_store"]
diff --git a/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/reference.md b/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/reference.md
index 203bdc7a..ce857346 100644
--- a/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/reference.md
+++ b/plugins/store/permissions/autogenerated/reference.md
@@ -165,32 +165,6 @@ Denies the get command without any pre-configured scope.
 <tr>
 <td>
 
-`store:allow-get-or-create-store`
-
-</td>
-<td>
-
-Enables the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope.
-
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>
-
-`store:deny-get-or-create-store`
-
-</td>
-<td>
-
-Denies the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope.
-
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>
-
 `store:allow-get-store`
 
 </td>
diff --git a/plugins/store/permissions/default.toml b/plugins/store/permissions/default.toml
index 225a4b26..bf888679 100644
--- a/plugins/store/permissions/default.toml
+++ b/plugins/store/permissions/default.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ All operations are enabled by default.
 """
 permissions = [
   "allow-create-store",
-  "allow-get-store",
-  "allow-get-or-create-store",
   "allow-clear",
   "allow-delete",
   "allow-entries",
diff --git a/plugins/store/permissions/schemas/schema.json b/plugins/store/permissions/schemas/schema.json
index 69ef4f64..bfd50f9c 100644
--- a/plugins/store/permissions/schemas/schema.json
+++ b/plugins/store/permissions/schemas/schema.json
@@ -344,16 +344,6 @@
           "type": "string",
           "const": "deny-get"
         },
-        {
-          "description": "Enables the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope.",
-          "type": "string",
-          "const": "allow-get-or-create-store"
-        },
-        {
-          "description": "Denies the get_or_create_store command without any pre-configured scope.",
-          "type": "string",
-          "const": "deny-get-or-create-store"
-        },
         {
           "description": "Enables the get_store command without any pre-configured scope.",
           "type": "string",
diff --git a/plugins/store/src/lib.rs b/plugins/store/src/lib.rs
index ac444aef..532ee1ab 100644
--- a/plugins/store/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/store/src/lib.rs
@@ -77,19 +77,6 @@ async fn get_store<R: Runtime>(app: AppHandle<R>, path: PathBuf) -> Option<Resou
     stores.get(&path).copied()
 }
 
-#[tauri::command]
-async fn get_or_create_store<R: Runtime>(
-    app: AppHandle<R>,
-    path: PathBuf,
-    auto_save: Option<AutoSave>,
-) -> Result<ResourceId> {
-    if let Some(rid) = get_store(app.clone(), path.clone()).await {
-        Ok(rid)
-    } else {
-        create_store(app, path, auto_save).await
-    }
-}
-
 #[tauri::command]
 async fn set<R: Runtime>(
     app: AppHandle<R>,
@@ -245,7 +232,6 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Builder<R> {
             .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
                 create_store,
                 get_store,
-                get_or_create_store,
                 set,
                 get,
                 has,