diff --git a/dvc/cache/__init__.py b/dvc/cache/__init__.py
index b9e7dd95a..512778fa9 100644
--- a/dvc/cache/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/cache/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from ..scheme import Schemes
 
 def get_cloud_cache(tree):
     from .base import CloudCache
+    from .gdrive import GDriveCache
     from .local import LocalCache
     from .ssh import SSHCache
 
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ def get_cloud_cache(tree):
     if tree.scheme == Schemes.SSH:
         return SSHCache(tree)
 
+    if tree.scheme == Schemes.GDRIVE:
+        return GDriveCache(tree)
+
     return CloudCache(tree)
 
 
diff --git a/dvc/cache/base.py b/dvc/cache/base.py
index 2fcbb3858..d0bc7650f 100644
--- a/dvc/cache/base.py
+++ b/dvc/cache/base.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def use_state(call):
 
 class CloudCache:
 
+    DEFAULT_VERIFY = False
     DEFAULT_CACHE_TYPES = ["copy"]
     CACHE_MODE: Optional[int] = None
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class CloudCache:
         self.tree = tree
         self.repo = tree.repo
 
+        self.verify = tree.config.get("verify", self.DEFAULT_VERIFY)
         self.cache_types = tree.config.get("type") or copy(
             self.DEFAULT_CACHE_TYPES
         )
diff --git a/dvc/cache/gdrive.py b/dvc/cache/gdrive.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cf1f5275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dvc/cache/gdrive.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from .base import CloudCache
+
+
+class GDriveCache(CloudCache):
+    DEFAULT_VERIFY = True
diff --git a/dvc/remote/base.py b/dvc/remote/base.py
index fa3263dbc..934ed48d0 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/base.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/base.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class Remote:
             download=True,
         )
 
-        if not self.tree.verify:
+        if not self.cache.verify:
             with cache.tree.state:
                 for checksum in named_cache.scheme_keys("local"):
                     cache_file = cache.tree.hash_to_path_info(checksum)
diff --git a/dvc/tree/base.py b/dvc/tree/base.py
index a95e32071..6bbb36c6d 100644
--- a/dvc/tree/base.py
+++ b/dvc/tree/base.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class BaseTree:
 
     CHECKSUM_DIR_SUFFIX = ".dir"
     HASH_JOBS = max(1, min(4, cpu_count() // 2))
-    DEFAULT_VERIFY = False
     LIST_OBJECT_PAGE_SIZE = 1000
     TRAVERSE_WEIGHT_MULTIPLIER = 5
     TRAVERSE_PREFIX_LEN = 3
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ class BaseTree:
 
         self._check_requires()
 
-        self.verify = config.get("verify", self.DEFAULT_VERIFY)
         self.path_info = None
 
     @cached_property
diff --git a/dvc/tree/gdrive.py b/dvc/tree/gdrive.py
index 2007f8d15..9bdcbdec3 100644
--- a/dvc/tree/gdrive.py
+++ b/dvc/tree/gdrive.py
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ class GDriveTree(BaseTree):
     scheme = Schemes.GDRIVE
     PATH_CLS = GDriveURLInfo
     REQUIRES = {"pydrive2": "pydrive2"}
-    DEFAULT_VERIFY = True
     # Always prefer traverse for GDrive since API usage quotas are a concern.
     TRAVERSE_WEIGHT_MULTIPLIER = 1
     TRAVERSE_PREFIX_LEN = 2