diff --git a/src/system-settings/nm-session-info.c b/src/system-settings/nm-session-info.c
index 3e05eafde3..3faf407dd6 100644
--- a/src/system-settings/nm-session-info.c
+++ b/src/system-settings/nm-session-info.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE (NMSessionInfo, nm_session_info, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
 typedef struct {
 	char *id;
 	char *user;
-	GSList *groups;
 	gboolean is_default;
 } NMSessionInfoPrivate;
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ enum {
 	PROP_0,
 	PROP_ID,
 	PROP_USER,
-	PROP_GROUPS,
 	PROP_IS_DEFAULT
 };
 
@@ -57,14 +55,6 @@ nm_session_info_get_unix_user (NMSessionInfo *self)
 	return NM_SESSION_INFO_GET_PRIVATE (self)->user;
 }
 
-GSList * 
-nm_session_info_get_unix_groups (NMSessionInfo *self)
-{
-	g_return_val_if_fail (NM_IS_SESSION_INFO (self), NULL);
-
-	return NM_SESSION_INFO_GET_PRIVATE (self)->groups;
-}
-
 gboolean
 nm_session_info_is_default_session (NMSessionInfo *self)
 {
@@ -90,10 +80,6 @@ set_property (GObject *object,
 		g_free (priv->user);
 		priv->user = g_value_dup_string (value);
 		break;
-	case PROP_GROUPS:
-		nm_utils_slist_free (priv->groups, g_free);
-		priv->groups = g_value_dup_boxed (value);
-		break;
 	case PROP_IS_DEFAULT:
 		priv->is_default = g_value_get_boolean (value);
 		break;
@@ -119,9 +105,6 @@ get_property (GObject *object,
 	case PROP_USER:
 		g_value_set_string (value, priv->user);
 		break;
-	case PROP_GROUPS:
-		g_value_set_boxed (value, priv->groups);
-		break;
 	case PROP_IS_DEFAULT:
 		g_value_set_boolean (value, priv->is_default);
 		break;
@@ -151,11 +134,6 @@ dispose (GObject *object)
 		priv->user = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (priv->groups) {
-		nm_utils_slist_free (priv->groups, g_free);
-		priv->groups = NULL;
-	}
-
 	G_OBJECT_CLASS (nm_session_info_parent_class)->dispose (object);		
 }
 
@@ -188,18 +166,6 @@ nm_session_info_class_init (NMSessionInfoClass *info_class) {
 		 	 NULL,
 		 	 G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY));
 
-	g_object_class_install_property
-		(g_class, PROP_GROUPS,
-		 g_param_spec_boxed (
-		 	 NM_SESSION_INFO_UNIX_GROUPS,
-		 	 "UnixGroups",
-		 	 "List of strings representing the groups that this session's user "
-		 	 "belonged to at login time. This represents our best guess as to "
-		 	 "what groups the session's processes belong to. If this is the "
-		 	 "default session, this is NULL.",
-		 	 DBUS_TYPE_G_LIST_OF_STRING,
-		 	 G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY));
-	
 	g_object_class_install_property
 		(g_class, PROP_IS_DEFAULT,
 		 g_param_spec_boolean (
diff --git a/src/system-settings/nm-session-info.h b/src/system-settings/nm-session-info.h
index f44aeaf244..aebe4f59b9 100644
--- a/src/system-settings/nm-session-info.h
+++ b/src/system-settings/nm-session-info.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define NM_SESSION_INFO_ID          "session-id"
 #define NM_SESSION_INFO_UNIX_USER   "unix-user"
-#define NM_SESSION_INFO_UNIX_GROUPS "unix-groups"
 #define NM_SESSION_INFO_IS_DEFAULT  "is-default"
 
 #define NM_SESSION_INFO_REMOVED     "removed"
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ GType nm_session_info_get_type (void);
 
 char   * nm_session_info_get_id             (NMSessionInfo *self);
 char   * nm_session_info_get_unix_user      (NMSessionInfo *self);
-GSList * nm_session_info_get_unix_groups    (NMSessionInfo *self);
 gboolean nm_session_info_is_default_session (NMSessionInfo *self);
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/src/system-settings/nm-session-manager.c b/src/system-settings/nm-session-manager.c
index 17cc0bb5d8..80c4ab60e6 100644
--- a/src/system-settings/nm-session-manager.c
+++ b/src/system-settings/nm-session-manager.c
@@ -164,13 +164,8 @@ get_unix_user_cb (DBusGProxy *proxy, DBusGProxyCall *call_id, gpointer user_data
 	NMSessionManagerPrivate *priv = NM_SESSION_MANAGER_GET_PRIVATE (pending->manager);
 	guint user_id;
 	struct passwd *pw_info = NULL;
-	int ngroups;
-	guint group_ids_size = 0;
-	gid_t *group_ids = NULL;
-	GSList *group_names = NULL;
 	NMSessionInfo *session = NULL;
 	GError *error = NULL;
-	int i;
 
 	if (!dbus_g_proxy_end_call (proxy, call_id, NULL, 
 	                            G_TYPE_UINT, &user_id, G_TYPE_NONE)) {
@@ -190,34 +185,9 @@ get_unix_user_cb (DBusGProxy *proxy, DBusGProxyCall *call_id, gpointer user_data
 	    goto out;
 	}
 
-	// Figure out how many groups the user is in
-	group_ids = g_slice_alloc (0);
-	ngroups = 0;
-	getgrouplist (pw_info->pw_name, pw_info->pw_gid, group_ids, &ngroups);
-	g_slice_free1 (0, group_ids);
-
-	// Get the list of group IDs
-	// FIXME what happens if the group list changes in the window between the
-	// two getgrouplist calls?
-	group_ids_size = ngroups * sizeof (gid_t);
-	group_ids = g_slice_alloc (group_ids_size);
-	if (getgrouplist (pw_info->pw_name, pw_info->pw_gid, group_ids, &ngroups) == -1) {
-	    error = g_error_new (NM_SESSION_MANAGER_ERROR,
-	                         NM_SESSION_MANAGER_ERROR_INFO_GATHERING_FAILED,
-	                         "session %s: failed to get groups for user %s", 
-	                         pending->session_id, pw_info->pw_name);
-	    goto out;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
-		struct group *gr_info = getgrgid (group_ids[i]);
-		group_names = g_slist_prepend (group_names, g_strdup (gr_info->gr_name));
-	}
-
 	session = g_object_new (NM_TYPE_SESSION_INFO, 
 	                        NM_SESSION_INFO_ID, pending->session_id,
 	                        NM_SESSION_INFO_UNIX_USER, pw_info->pw_name,
-	                        NM_SESSION_INFO_UNIX_GROUPS, group_names,
 	                        NULL);
 	g_assert (session);
 
@@ -225,11 +195,6 @@ get_unix_user_cb (DBusGProxy *proxy, DBusGProxyCall *call_id, gpointer user_data
 	g_signal_emit (pending->manager, signals[ADDED], 0, session);
 
 out:
-	if (group_names)
-		nm_utils_slist_free (group_names, g_free);
-	if (group_ids)
-		g_slice_free1 (group_ids_size, group_ids);
-
 	pending_session_finish (pending, session, error);
 
 	g_clear_error (&error);
diff --git a/src/system-settings/nm-sysconfig-connection.c b/src/system-settings/nm-sysconfig-connection.c
index 5bfe15f7c0..66548d5697 100644
--- a/src/system-settings/nm-sysconfig-connection.c
+++ b/src/system-settings/nm-sysconfig-connection.c
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ session_allowed (NMSysconfigConnection *connection,
 	NMSettingConnection *setting_connection = (NMSettingConnection *) nm_connection_get_setting (NM_CONNECTION (connection), NM_TYPE_SETTING_CONNECTION);
 	GSList *permissions_entries;
 	char *session_user;
-	GSList *session_groups;
 	GSList *p_iter;
 	gboolean allowed = FALSE;
 
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ session_allowed (NMSysconfigConnection *connection,
 	}
 
 	session_user = nm_session_info_get_unix_user (session);
-	session_groups = nm_session_info_get_unix_groups (session);
 
 	for (p_iter = permissions_entries; p_iter != NULL; p_iter = p_iter->next) {
 		char **p_comps = g_strsplit ((char *)p_iter->data, ":", 3);
@@ -118,19 +116,7 @@ session_allowed (NMSysconfigConnection *connection,
 				allowed = TRUE;
 				goto out;
 			}
-		} 
-		else if (g_str_equal (type, "group")) {
-			GSList *g_iter;
-
-			for (g_iter = session_groups; g_iter != NULL; g_iter = g_iter->next ) {
-				char *group_name = (char *) g_iter->data;
-				if (g_str_equal (group_name, name)) {
-					allowed = TRUE;
-					goto out;
-				}
-			}
-		} 
-		else {
+		} else {
 			nm_log_err (LOGD_SYS_SET, 
 					    "connection %s: failed to parse permissions entry '%s'",
 			            nm_setting_connection_get_id (setting_connection),