diff --git a/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Store.php b/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Store.php
index 632fd4aaa..8d1d04f40 100644
--- a/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Store.php
+++ b/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Store.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Class ActionScheduler_Store
  * @codeCoverageIgnore
  */
-abstract class ActionScheduler_Store {
+abstract class ActionScheduler_Store extends ActionScheduler_Store_Deprecated {
 	const STATUS_COMPLETE = 'complete';
 	const STATUS_PENDING  = 'pending';
 	const STATUS_RUNNING  = 'in-progress';
@@ -239,35 +239,6 @@ public function has_pending_actions_due() {
 
 	public function init() {}
 
-	/**
-	 * Mark an action that failed to fetch correctly as failed.
-	 *
-	 * @since 2.2.6
-	 *
-	 * @param int $action_id The ID of the action.
-	 */
-	public function mark_failed_fetch_action( $action_id ) {
-		self::$store->mark_failure( $action_id );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add base hooks
-	 *
-	 * @since 2.2.6
-	 */
-	public static function hook() {
-		add_action( 'action_scheduler_failed_fetch_action', array( self::$store, 'mark_failed_fetch_action' ), 20 );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Remove base hooks
-	 *
-	 * @since 2.2.6
-	 */
-	public static function unhook() {
-		remove_action( 'action_scheduler_failed_fetch_action', array( self::$store, 'mark_failed_fetch_action' ), 20 );
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @return ActionScheduler_Store
 	 */
@@ -275,19 +246,7 @@ public static function instance() {
 		if ( empty( self::$store ) ) {
 			$class = apply_filters( 'action_scheduler_store_class', self::DEFAULT_CLASS );
 			self::$store = new $class();
-			self::hook();
 		}
 		return self::$store;
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Get the site's local time.
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated 2.1.0
-	 * @return DateTimeZone
-	 */
-	protected function get_local_timezone() {
-		_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0', 'ActionScheduler_TimezoneHelper::set_local_timezone()' );
-		return ActionScheduler_TimezoneHelper::get_local_timezone();
-	}
 }
diff --git a/deprecated/ActionScheduler_Store_Deprecated.php b/deprecated/ActionScheduler_Store_Deprecated.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..002dc75b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deprecated/ActionScheduler_Store_Deprecated.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Class ActionScheduler_Store_Deprecated
+ * @codeCoverageIgnore
+ */
+abstract class ActionScheduler_Store_Deprecated {
+
+	/**
+	 * Mark an action that failed to fetch correctly as failed.
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.2.6
+	 *
+	 * @param int $action_id The ID of the action.
+	 */
+	public function mark_failed_fetch_action( $action_id ) {
+		_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '3.0.0', 'ActionScheduler_Store::mark_failure()' );
+		self::$store->mark_failure( $action_id );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Add base hooks
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.2.6
+	 */
+	protected static function hook() {
+		_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '3.0.0' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove base hooks
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.2.6
+	 */
+	protected static function unhook() {
+		_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '3.0.0' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the site's local time.
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated 2.1.0
+	 * @return DateTimeZone
+	 */
+	protected function get_local_timezone() {
+		_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0', 'ActionScheduler_TimezoneHelper::set_local_timezone()' );
+		return ActionScheduler_TimezoneHelper::get_local_timezone();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/jobstore/ActionScheduler_wpPostStore_Test.php b/tests/phpunit/jobstore/ActionScheduler_wpPostStore_Test.php
index ce6795cbf..cba33e935 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/jobstore/ActionScheduler_wpPostStore_Test.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/jobstore/ActionScheduler_wpPostStore_Test.php
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ public function test_action_bad_args( $content ) {
 			'post_content' => $content,
 		) );
 
-		ActionScheduler_Store::unhook();
 		$fetched = $store->fetch_action( $post_id );
-		ActionScheduler_Store::hook();
 		$this->assertInstanceOf( 'ActionScheduler_NullSchedule', $fetched->get_schedule() );
 	}