diff --git a/includes/class-wc-geolocation.php b/includes/class-wc-geolocation.php
index 694eb2d40b4..3f5a5f84fa6 100644
--- a/includes/class-wc-geolocation.php
+++ b/includes/class-wc-geolocation.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class WC_Geolocation {
 				$country_code = strtoupper( sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_SERVER['HTTP_X_COUNTRY_CODE'] ) ) ); // WPCS: input var ok, CSRF ok.
 			} else {
 				$ip_address = $ip_address ? $ip_address : self::get_ip_address();
-				$database   = self::get_local_database_path();
+				$database   = WC_Integration_MaxMind_Geolocation_Database::get_database_path();
 
 				if ( file_exists( $database ) ) {
 					$country_code = self::geolocate_via_db( $ip_address, $database );
@@ -220,11 +220,12 @@ class WC_Geolocation {
 	/**
 	 * Path to our local db.
 	 *
+	 * @deprecated 3.9.0
 	 * @param  string $deprecated Deprecated since 3.4.0.
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	public static function get_local_database_path( $deprecated = '2' ) {
-		require_once WC_ABSPATH . 'includes/integrations/maxmind-geolocation/class-wc-integration-maxmind-geolocation-database.php';
+		wc_deprecated_function( 'WC_Geolocation::get_local_database_path', '3.9.0' );
 		return WC_Integration_MaxMind_Geolocation_Database::get_database_path();
 	}