diff --git a/Documentation/config/receive.txt b/Documentation/config/receive.txt
index c77e55b1cd..36a1e6f2d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/receive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/receive.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ receive.advertisePushOptions::
 	capability to its clients. False by default.
 
 receive.autogc::
-	By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
+	By default, git-receive-pack will run "git maintenance run --auto" after
 	receiving data from git-push and updating refs.  You can stop
 	it by setting this variable to false.
 
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index db65607485..2585be2831 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -2581,17 +2581,16 @@ int cmd_receive_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (auto_gc) {
 			struct child_process proc = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
-			proc.no_stdin = 1;
-			proc.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
-			proc.err = use_sideband ? -1 : 0;
-			proc.git_cmd = proc.close_object_store = 1;
-			strvec_pushl(&proc.args, "gc", "--auto", "--quiet",
-				     NULL);
+			if (prepare_auto_maintenance(1, &proc)) {
+				proc.no_stdin = 1;
+				proc.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
+				proc.err = use_sideband ? -1 : 0;
 
-			if (!start_command(&proc)) {
-				if (use_sideband)
-					copy_to_sideband(proc.err, -1, NULL);
-				finish_command(&proc);
+				if (!start_command(&proc)) {
+					if (use_sideband)
+						copy_to_sideband(proc.err, -1, NULL);
+					finish_command(&proc);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		if (auto_update_server_info)