diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting-private.h b/libnm-core/nm-setting-private.h
index d4444039b7..0b7509d8c1 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-setting-private.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting-private.h
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ gboolean _nm_setting_clear_secrets (NMSetting *setting,
  */
 #define NM_SETTING_PARAM_REAPPLY_IMMEDIATELY (1 << (6 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT))
 
-#define NM_SETTING_PARAM_GENDATA_BACKED (1 << (7 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT))
-
 extern const NMSettInfoPropertType nm_sett_info_propert_type_deprecated_interface_name;
 extern const NMSettInfoPropertType nm_sett_info_propert_type_deprecated_ignore_i;
 extern const NMSettInfoPropertType nm_sett_info_propert_type_deprecated_ignore_u;
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting.c b/libnm-core/nm-setting.c
index 97e3441385..d4bd9bc764 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-setting.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting.c
@@ -590,9 +590,6 @@ property_to_dbus (const NMSettInfoSetting *sett_info,
 		if (!NM_FLAGS_HAS (property->param_spec->flags, G_PARAM_WRITABLE))
 			return NULL;
 
-		if (NM_FLAGS_ANY (property->param_spec->flags, NM_SETTING_PARAM_GENDATA_BACKED))
-			return NULL;
-
 		if (   NM_FLAGS_HAS (property->param_spec->flags, NM_SETTING_PARAM_LEGACY)
 		    && !_nm_utils_is_manager_process)
 			return NULL;