diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index a9d64fd7e..d6d13e955 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     getCloudronToken: getCloudronToken,
     setCloudronToken: setCloudronToken,
 
-    get: get,
     getAll: getAll,
 
     // booleans. if you add an entry here, be sure to fix getAll
@@ -484,15 +483,3 @@ function getAll(callback) {
         callback(null, result);
     });
 }
-
-function get(name, callback) {
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof name, 'string');
-    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
-
-    settingsdb.get(name, function (error, result) {
-        if (error && error.reason === DatabaseError.NOT_FOUND) return callback(null, gDefaults[exports.PLATFORM_CONFIG_KEY]);
-        if (error) return callback(new SettingsError(SettingsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
-
-        callback(null, result);
-    });
-}