diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinInfo.cs
index 851d71f914..2bf8668ec6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinInfo.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
-using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.IO;
@@ -39,8 +38,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 
         public List<SkinFileInfo> Files { get; set; } = new List<SkinFileInfo>();
 
-        public List<DatabasedSetting> Settings { get; set; }
-
         public bool DeletePending { get; set; }
 
         public static SkinInfo Default { get; } = new SkinInfo
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinStore.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinStore.cs
index 153eeda130..31cadb0a24 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinStore.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using System.Linq;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 
@@ -14,9 +12,5 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
             : base(contextFactory, storage)
         {
         }
-
-        protected override IQueryable<SkinInfo> AddIncludesForDeletion(IQueryable<SkinInfo> query) =>
-            base.AddIncludesForDeletion(query)
-                .Include(s => s.Settings); // don't include FileInfo. these are handled by the FileStore itself.
     }
 }