diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy.h b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy.h
index c3e43e5ef65..454e00a6907 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy.h
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ class LoadBalancingPolicy
   GRPC_ABSTRACT_BASE_CLASS
 
  protected:
+  // So Delete() can access our protected dtor.
+  template <typename T>
+  friend void Delete(T*);
+
   explicit LoadBalancingPolicy(const Args& args);
   virtual ~LoadBalancingPolicy();
 
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc
index 0b2a30818e2..097ff112f9a 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ class GrpcLb : public LoadBalancingPolicy {
     bool seen_initial_response() const { return seen_initial_response_; }
 
    private:
+    // So Delete() can access our private dtor.
+    template <typename T>
+    friend void grpc_core::Delete(T*);
+
     ~BalancerCallState();
 
     GrpcLb* grpclb_policy() const {
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/method_params.h b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/method_params.h
index 099924edf36..a31d360f172 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/method_params.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/method_params.h
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ class ClientChannelMethodParams : public RefCounted<ClientChannelMethodParams> {
   template <typename T, typename... Args>
   friend T* grpc_core::New(Args&&... args);
 
+  // So Delete() can call our private dtor.
+  template <typename T>
+  friend void grpc_core::Delete(T*);
+
   ClientChannelMethodParams() {}
   virtual ~ClientChannelMethodParams() {}
 
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/resolver.h b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/resolver.h
index cdb5a20ea31..02380314dd9 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/resolver.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/resolver.h
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ class Resolver : public InternallyRefCountedWithTracing<Resolver> {
   GRPC_ABSTRACT_BASE_CLASS
 
  protected:
+  // So Delete() can access our protected dtor.
+  template <typename T>
+  friend void Delete(T*);
+
   /// Does NOT take ownership of the reference to \a combiner.
   // TODO(roth): Once we have a C++-like interface for combiners, this
   // API should change to take a RefCountedPtr<>, so that we always take
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/retry_throttle.h b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/retry_throttle.h
index 2b6fa0a70b1..fddafcd903e 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/retry_throttle.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/retry_throttle.h
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class ServerRetryThrottleData : public RefCounted<ServerRetryThrottleData> {
   intptr_t milli_token_ratio() const { return milli_token_ratio_; }
 
  private:
+  // So Delete() can call our private dtor.
+  template <typename T>
+  friend void grpc_core::Delete(T*);
+
   ~ServerRetryThrottleData();
 
   void GetReplacementThrottleDataIfNeeded(
diff --git a/src/core/lib/gprpp/orphanable.h b/src/core/lib/gprpp/orphanable.h
index a5bc8d8efc9..b50f8c247ca 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/gprpp/orphanable.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/gprpp/orphanable.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class InternallyRefCounted : public Orphanable {
 
   void Unref() {
     if (gpr_unref(&refs_)) {
-      Delete(this);
+      Delete(static_cast<Child*>(this));
     }
   }
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class InternallyRefCountedWithTracing : public Orphanable {
 
   void Unref() {
     if (gpr_unref(&refs_)) {
-      Delete(this);
+      Delete(static_cast<Child*>(this));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/gprpp/ref_counted.h b/src/core/lib/gprpp/ref_counted.h
index 46bfaf7fb8c..bd6874f3db5 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/gprpp/ref_counted.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/gprpp/ref_counted.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class RefCounted {
   // friend of this class.
   void Unref() {
     if (gpr_unref(&refs_)) {
-      Delete(this);
+      Delete(static_cast<Child*>(this));
     }
   }
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class RefCountedWithTracing {
 
   void Unref() {
     if (gpr_unref(&refs_)) {
-      Delete(this);
+      Delete(static_cast<Child*>(this));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/slice/slice_hash_table.h b/src/core/lib/slice/slice_hash_table.h
index fbe9cc58e87..4bbcf88e895 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/slice/slice_hash_table.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/slice/slice_hash_table.h
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ class SliceHashTable : public RefCounted<SliceHashTable<T>> {
   template <typename T2, typename... Args>
   friend T2* New(Args&&... args);
 
+  // So Delete() can call our private dtor.
+  template <typename T2>
+  friend void Delete(T2*);
+
   SliceHashTable(size_t num_entries, Entry* entries, ValueCmp value_cmp);
   virtual ~SliceHashTable();
 
diff --git a/src/core/tsi/ssl/session_cache/ssl_session_cache.h b/src/core/tsi/ssl/session_cache/ssl_session_cache.h
index 488638c9bb2..a90cca1a2ea 100644
--- a/src/core/tsi/ssl/session_cache/ssl_session_cache.h
+++ b/src/core/tsi/ssl/session_cache/ssl_session_cache.h
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ class SslSessionLRUCache : public grpc_core::RefCounted<SslSessionLRUCache> {
   template <typename T, typename... Args>
   friend T* grpc_core::New(Args&&... args);
 
+  // So Delete() can call our private dtor.
+  template <typename T>
+  friend void grpc_core::Delete(T*);
+
   class Node;
 
   explicit SslSessionLRUCache(size_t capacity);