diff --git a/news/sqlite-history-gc.rst b/news/sqlite-history-gc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f722528bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/sqlite-history-gc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Fixed ``history gc`` invocation failing when ``sqlite`` history backend is used.
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/xonsh/history/base.py b/xonsh/history/base.py
index 6000b6c275..97128771ad 100644
--- a/xonsh/history/base.py
+++ b/xonsh/history/base.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def info(self):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def run_gc(self, size=None, blocking=True):
+    def run_gc(self, size=None, blocking=True, **_):
         """Run the garbage collector.
 
         Parameters
diff --git a/xonsh/history/json.py b/xonsh/history/json.py
index a9f2f7c5e2..b72f3de40b 100644
--- a/xonsh/history/json.py
+++ b/xonsh/history/json.py
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ def info(self):
         data["gc_last_size"] = f"{(self.hist_size, self.hist_units)}"
         return data
 
-    def run_gc(self, size=None, blocking=True, force=False):
+    def run_gc(self, size=None, blocking=True, force=False, **_):
         self.gc = JsonHistoryGC(wait_for_shell=False, size=size, force=force)
         if blocking:
             while self.gc.is_alive():  # while waiting for gc.
diff --git a/xonsh/history/sqlite.py b/xonsh/history/sqlite.py
index e17431b0ef..09e35c5729 100644
--- a/xonsh/history/sqlite.py
+++ b/xonsh/history/sqlite.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ def pull(self, show_commands=False):
         self.last_pull_time = time.time()
         return cnt
 
-    def run_gc(self, size=None, blocking=True):
+    def run_gc(self, size=None, blocking=True, **_):
         self.gc = SqliteHistoryGC(wait_for_shell=False, size=size)
         if blocking:
             while self.gc.is_alive():