diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/core/sync_engine.ts b/packages/firestore/src/core/sync_engine.ts
index 2eccb47d2a2..e1b7931e5c2 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/core/sync_engine.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/core/sync_engine.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 import { User } from '../auth/user';
-import { LocalStore } from '../local/local_store';
+import { ignoreIfPrimaryLeaseLoss, LocalStore } from '../local/local_store';
 import { LocalViewChanges } from '../local/local_view_changes';
 import { ReferenceSet } from '../local/reference_set';
 import { TargetData, TargetPurpose } from '../local/target_data';
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import { ObjectMap } from '../util/obj_map';
 import { Deferred } from '../util/promise';
 import { SortedMap } from '../util/sorted_map';
 
-import { ignoreIfPrimaryLeaseLoss } from '../local/indexeddb_persistence';
 import { ClientId, SharedClientState } from '../local/shared_client_state';
 import {
   QueryTargetState,
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/local/indexeddb_persistence.ts b/packages/firestore/src/local/indexeddb_persistence.ts
index f59a7f546fa..8d77ede55fb 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/local/indexeddb_persistence.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/local/indexeddb_persistence.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import {
   Persistence,
   PersistenceTransaction,
   PersistenceTransactionMode,
+  PRIMARY_LEASE_LOST_ERROR_MSG,
   PrimaryStateListener,
   ReferenceDelegate
 } from './persistence';
@@ -97,9 +98,6 @@ const MAX_PRIMARY_ELIGIBLE_AGE_MS = 5000;
  */
 const CLIENT_METADATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 4000;
 /** User-facing error when the primary lease is required but not available. */
-const PRIMARY_LEASE_LOST_ERROR_MSG =
-  'The current tab is not in the required state to perform this operation. ' +
-  'It might be necessary to refresh the browser tab.';
 const PRIMARY_LEASE_EXCLUSIVE_ERROR_MSG =
   'Another tab has exclusive access to the persistence layer. ' +
   'To allow shared access, make sure to invoke ' +
@@ -1052,33 +1050,6 @@ export class IndexedDbPersistence implements Persistence {
   }
 }
 
-function isPrimaryLeaseLostError(err: FirestoreError): boolean {
-  return (
-    err.code === Code.FAILED_PRECONDITION &&
-    err.message === PRIMARY_LEASE_LOST_ERROR_MSG
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * Verifies the error thrown by a LocalStore operation. If a LocalStore
- * operation fails because the primary lease has been taken by another client,
- * we ignore the error (the persistence layer will immediately call
- * `applyPrimaryLease` to propagate the primary state change). All other errors
- * are re-thrown.
- *
- * @param err An error returned by a LocalStore operation.
- * @return A Promise that resolves after we recovered, or the original error.
- */
-export async function ignoreIfPrimaryLeaseLoss(
-  err: FirestoreError
-): Promise<void> {
-  if (isPrimaryLeaseLostError(err)) {
-    log.debug(LOG_TAG, 'Unexpectedly lost primary lease');
-  } else {
-    throw err;
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Helper to get a typed SimpleDbStore for the primary client object store.
  */
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/local/local_store.ts b/packages/firestore/src/local/local_store.ts
index d8cf674be76..6ec65cd6531 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/local/local_store.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/local/local_store.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
 } from '../model/mutation_batch';
 import { RemoteEvent, TargetChange } from '../remote/remote_event';
 import { assert } from '../util/assert';
+import { Code, FirestoreError } from '../util/error';
 import * as log from '../util/log';
 import { primitiveComparator } from '../util/misc';
 import * as objUtils from '../util/obj';
@@ -49,7 +50,11 @@ import { LocalViewChanges } from './local_view_changes';
 import { LruGarbageCollector, LruResults } from './lru_garbage_collector';
 import { IndexedDbRemoteDocumentCache } from './indexeddb_remote_document_cache';
 import { MutationQueue } from './mutation_queue';
-import { Persistence, PersistenceTransaction } from './persistence';
+import {
+  Persistence,
+  PersistenceTransaction,
+  PRIMARY_LEASE_LOST_ERROR_MSG
+} from './persistence';
 import { PersistencePromise } from './persistence_promise';
 import { TargetCache } from './target_cache';
 import { QueryEngine } from './query_engine';
@@ -1121,3 +1126,26 @@ export class LocalStore {
     }
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Verifies the error thrown by a LocalStore operation. If a LocalStore
+ * operation fails because the primary lease has been taken by another client,
+ * we ignore the error (the persistence layer will immediately call
+ * `applyPrimaryLease` to propagate the primary state change). All other errors
+ * are re-thrown.
+ *
+ * @param err An error returned by a LocalStore operation.
+ * @return A Promise that resolves after we recovered, or the original error.
+ */
+export async function ignoreIfPrimaryLeaseLoss(
+  err: FirestoreError
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (
+    err.code === Code.FAILED_PRECONDITION &&
+    err.message === PRIMARY_LEASE_LOST_ERROR_MSG
+  ) {
+    log.debug(LOG_TAG, 'Unexpectedly lost primary lease');
+  } else {
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/local/lru_garbage_collector.ts b/packages/firestore/src/local/lru_garbage_collector.ts
index ede5058aa3b..6890feb2bbc 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/local/lru_garbage_collector.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/local/lru_garbage_collector.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import { primitiveComparator } from '../util/misc';
 import { CancelablePromise } from '../util/promise';
 import { SortedMap } from '../util/sorted_map';
 import { SortedSet } from '../util/sorted_set';
-import { ignoreIfPrimaryLeaseLoss } from './indexeddb_persistence';
-import { LocalStore } from './local_store';
+import { ignoreIfPrimaryLeaseLoss, LocalStore } from './local_store';
 import { PersistenceTransaction } from './persistence';
 import { PersistencePromise } from './persistence_promise';
 import { TargetData } from './target_data';
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/local/persistence.ts b/packages/firestore/src/local/persistence.ts
index 01e1d9365f3..4421b4ed6a1 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/local/persistence.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/local/persistence.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import { RemoteDocumentCache } from './remote_document_cache';
 import { ClientId } from './shared_client_state';
 import { TargetData } from './target_data';
 
+export const PRIMARY_LEASE_LOST_ERROR_MSG =
+  'The current tab is not in the required state to perform this operation. ' +
+  'It might be necessary to refresh the browser tab.';
+
 /**
  * A base class representing a persistence transaction, encapsulating both the
  * transaction's sequence numbers as well as a list of onCommitted listeners.
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/remote/remote_store.ts b/packages/firestore/src/remote/remote_store.ts
index e73716288ed..73d6b930bcc 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/remote/remote_store.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/remote/remote_store.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import { SnapshotVersion } from '../core/snapshot_version';
 import { Transaction } from '../core/transaction';
 import { OnlineState, TargetId } from '../core/types';
-import { LocalStore } from '../local/local_store';
+import { ignoreIfPrimaryLeaseLoss, LocalStore } from '../local/local_store';
 import { TargetData, TargetPurpose } from '../local/target_data';
 import { MutationResult } from '../model/mutation';
 import {
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import { FirestoreError } from '../util/error';
 import * as log from '../util/log';
 import * as objUtils from '../util/obj';
 
-import { ignoreIfPrimaryLeaseLoss } from '../local/indexeddb_persistence';
 import { DocumentKeySet } from '../model/collections';
 import { AsyncQueue } from '../util/async_queue';
 import { ConnectivityMonitor, NetworkStatus } from './connectivity_monitor';
diff --git a/packages/firestore/test/integration/api/database.test.ts b/packages/firestore/test/integration/api/database.test.ts
index accf56f818c..6b397f9ae9a 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/test/integration/api/database.test.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/test/integration/api/database.test.ts
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ apiDescribe('Database', (persistence: boolean) => {
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-properties
   describe.skip('Listens are rejected remotely:', () => {
     //eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    const queryForRejection : firestore.Query = null as any;
+    const queryForRejection: firestore.Query = null as any;
 
     it('will reject listens', () => {
       const deferred = new Deferred();