diff --git a/common/common.sh b/common/common.sh
index 311750e484eac76ceb809ca6c677ebcc5828d660..95a0184fc0489eb582863f4846f0f69099bdbad1 100644
--- a/common/common.sh
+++ b/common/common.sh
@@ -116,42 +116,6 @@ setup_failure() {
 #############
 # Utilities #
 #############
-# GSettings wrappers -- if you use these, ensure `libglib-2.0-bin` is installed
-set_gsettings_key() {
-    local schema key value
-    schema=$1
-    key=$2
-    value=$3
-    ${GSETTINGS} set "$schema" "$key" "$value"
-}
-
-get_gsettings_key() {
-    local schema key value
-    schema=$1
-    key=$2
-    ${GSETTINGS} get "$schema" "$key"
-}
-
-reset_gsettings_key() {
-    local schema key
-    schema=$1
-    key=$2
-    ${GSETTINGS} reset "$schema" "$key"
-}
-
-reset_gsettings_schema() {
-    local schema
-    schema=$1
-    ${GSETTINGS} reset-recursively "$schema"
-}
-
-# Any string results will be returned in single quotes, so you must call the
-# function like:
-#     gsettings_key_is org.freedesktop.foo bar "'qux'"
-gsettings_key_is() {
-    [[ $(get_gsettings_key "$1" "$2") == "$3" ]]
-}
-
 create_temp_workdir() {
     local tempdir="${WORKDIR}/temp-$RANDOM"
     mkdir -vp "${tempdir}" 1>&2
@@ -361,7 +325,6 @@ WGET="${WGET:-wget -c}"
 # We disable apt-get, and just do a pass-through because these tests are
 # integrated into LAVA now
 #APT_GET="$(type -P true)"
-GSETTINGS="${GSETTINGS:-gsettings}"
 GDBUS="${GDBUS:-gdbus}"
 
 # 0 = no output