diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_management_agent/src/rabbit_mgmt_gc.erl b/deps/rabbitmq_management_agent/src/rabbit_mgmt_gc.erl
index 06813bb543..cb02a53522 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_management_agent/src/rabbit_mgmt_gc.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_management_agent/src/rabbit_mgmt_gc.erl
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ gc_process(Table) ->
               end, none, Table).
 
 gc_process(Pid, Table, Key) ->
-    case is_process_alive_in_cluster(Pid) of
+    case rabbit_misc:is_process_alive(Pid) of
         true ->
             none;
         false ->
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ gc_process_and_entity(Table, GbSet) ->
               end, none, Table).
 
 gc_process_and_entity(Id, Pid, Table, Key, GbSet) ->
-    case is_process_alive_in_cluster(Pid) orelse gb_sets:is_member(Id, GbSet) of
+    case rabbit_misc:is_process_alive(Pid) orelse gb_sets:is_member(Id, GbSet) of
         true ->
             none;
         false ->
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ gc_process_and_entity(Id, Pid, Table, Key, GbSet) ->
     end.
 
 gc_object(Pid, Table, Object) ->
-    case is_process_alive_in_cluster(Pid) of
+    case rabbit_misc:is_process_alive(Pid) of
         true ->
             none;
         false ->
@@ -235,18 +235,3 @@ gc_entities(Table, QueueGbSet, ExchangeGbSet) ->
                       gc_object(Q, Table, Object, QueueGbSet),
                       gc_entity(X, Table, X, ExchangeGbSet)
               end, none, Table).
-
-is_process_alive_in_cluster(Pid) ->
-    Local = node(),
-    case node(Pid) of
-        Local ->
-            is_process_alive(Pid);
-        Remote ->
-            case rabbit_misc:rpc_call(Remote, erlang, is_process_alive, [Pid]) of
-                Bool when is_boolean(Bool) ->
-                    Bool;
-                {badrpc, _} ->
-                    %% If the node is unreachable, the process might be dead
-                    false
-            end
-    end.