diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h b/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
index 9a7f74db5a..b64b4709b1 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
@@ -322,12 +322,6 @@ guint _nm_setting_gendata_get_all (NMSetting *setting,
                                    const char *const**out_names,
                                    GVariant *const**out_values);
 
-gboolean _nm_setting_gendata_reset_from_hash (NMSetting *setting,
-                                              GHashTable *new);
-
-void _nm_setting_gendata_to_gvalue (NMSetting *setting,
-                                    GValue *value);
-
 GVariant *nm_setting_gendata_get (NMSetting *setting,
                                   const char *name);
 
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting.c b/libnm-core/nm-setting.c
index c215b5cb58..ad050ee47b 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-setting.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting.c
@@ -2524,71 +2524,6 @@ nm_setting_gendata_get_all_names (NMSetting *setting,
 	return names;
 }
 
-void
-_nm_setting_gendata_to_gvalue (NMSetting *setting,
-                               GValue *value)
-{
-	GenData *gendata;
-	GHashTable *new;
-	const char *key;
-	GVariant *val;
-	GHashTableIter iter;
-
-	nm_assert (NM_IS_SETTING (setting));
-	nm_assert (value);
-	nm_assert (G_TYPE_CHECK_VALUE_TYPE ((value), G_TYPE_HASH_TABLE));
-
-	new = g_hash_table_new_full (nm_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, (GDestroyNotify) g_variant_unref);
-
-	gendata = _gendata_hash (setting, FALSE);
-	if (gendata) {
-		g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, gendata->hash);
-		while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, (gpointer *) &key, (gpointer *) &val))
-			g_hash_table_insert (new, g_strdup (key), g_variant_ref (val));
-	}
-
-	g_value_take_boxed (value, new);
-}
-
-gboolean
-_nm_setting_gendata_reset_from_hash (NMSetting *setting,
-                                     GHashTable *new)
-{
-	GenData *gendata;
-	GHashTableIter iter;
-	const char *key;
-	GVariant *val;
-	guint num;
-
-	nm_assert (NM_IS_SETTING (setting));
-	nm_assert (new);
-
-	num = new ? g_hash_table_size (new) : 0;
-
-	gendata = _gendata_hash (setting, num > 0);
-
-	if (num == 0) {
-		if (   !gendata
-		    || g_hash_table_size (gendata->hash) == 0)
-			return FALSE;
-
-		g_hash_table_remove_all (gendata->hash);
-		_nm_setting_gendata_notify (setting, TRUE);
-		return TRUE;
-	}
-
-	/* let's not bother to find out whether the new hash has any different
-	 * content the current gendata. Just replace it. */
-	g_hash_table_remove_all (gendata->hash);
-	if (num > 0) {
-		g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, new);
-		while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, (gpointer *) &key, (gpointer *) &val))
-			g_hash_table_insert (gendata->hash, g_strdup (key), g_variant_ref (val));
-	}
-	_nm_setting_gendata_notify (setting, TRUE);
-	return TRUE;
-}
-
 gboolean
 nm_setting_gendata_get_uint32 (NMSetting *setting,
                                const char *optname,