diff --git a/src/yuzu/configuration/config.cpp b/src/yuzu/configuration/config.cpp
index ffd4c623d1..5755e5b2de 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/configuration/config.cpp
+++ b/src/yuzu/configuration/config.cpp
@@ -171,66 +171,6 @@ bool Config::IsCustomConfig() {
     return type == ConfigType::PerGameConfig;
 }
 
-/* {Read,Write}BasicSetting and WriteGlobalSetting templates must be defined here before their
- * usages later in this file. This allows explicit definition of some types that don't work
- * nicely with the general version.
- */
-
-// Explicit std::string definition: Qt can't implicitly convert a std::string to a QVariant, nor
-// can it implicitly convert a QVariant back to a {std::,Q}string
-template <>
-void Config::ReadBasicSetting(Settings::Setting<std::string>& setting) {
-    const QString name = QString::fromStdString(setting.GetLabel());
-    const auto default_value = QString::fromStdString(setting.GetDefault());
-    if (qt_config->value(name + QStringLiteral("/default"), false).toBool()) {
-        setting.SetValue(default_value.toStdString());
-    } else {
-        setting.SetValue(qt_config->value(name, default_value).toString().toStdString());
-    }
-}
-
-template <typename Type, bool ranged>
-void Config::ReadBasicSetting(Settings::Setting<Type, ranged>& setting) {
-    const QString name = QString::fromStdString(setting.GetLabel());
-    const Type default_value = setting.GetDefault();
-    if (qt_config->value(name + QStringLiteral("/default"), false).toBool()) {
-        setting.SetValue(default_value);
-    } else {
-        setting.SetValue(
-            static_cast<QVariant>(qt_config->value(name, default_value)).value<Type>());
-    }
-}
-
-// Explicit std::string definition: Qt can't implicitly convert a std::string to a QVariant
-template <>
-void Config::WriteBasicSetting(const Settings::Setting<std::string>& setting) {
-    const QString name = QString::fromStdString(setting.GetLabel());
-    const std::string& value = setting.GetValue();
-    qt_config->setValue(name + QStringLiteral("/default"), value == setting.GetDefault());
-    qt_config->setValue(name, QString::fromStdString(value));
-}
-
-template <typename Type, bool ranged>
-void Config::WriteBasicSetting(const Settings::Setting<Type, ranged>& setting) {
-    const QString name = QString::fromStdString(setting.GetLabel());
-    const Type value = setting.GetValue();
-    qt_config->setValue(name + QStringLiteral("/default"), value == setting.GetDefault());
-    qt_config->setValue(name, value);
-}
-
-template <typename Type, bool ranged>
-void Config::WriteGlobalSetting(const Settings::SwitchableSetting<Type, ranged>& setting) {
-    const QString name = QString::fromStdString(setting.GetLabel());
-    const Type& value = setting.GetValue(global);
-    if (!global) {
-        qt_config->setValue(name + QStringLiteral("/use_global"), setting.UsingGlobal());
-    }
-    if (global || !setting.UsingGlobal()) {
-        qt_config->setValue(name + QStringLiteral("/default"), value == setting.GetDefault());
-        qt_config->setValue(name, value);
-    }
-}
-
 void Config::ReadPlayerValue(std::size_t player_index) {
     const QString player_prefix = [this, player_index] {
         if (type == ConfigType::InputProfile) {
@@ -1230,27 +1170,6 @@ QVariant Config::ReadSetting(const QString& name, const QVariant& default_value)
     return result;
 }
 
-template <typename Type, bool ranged>
-void Config::ReadGlobalSetting(Settings::SwitchableSetting<Type, ranged>& setting) {
-    QString name = QString::fromStdString(setting.GetLabel());
-    const bool use_global = qt_config->value(name + QStringLiteral("/use_global"), true).toBool();
-    setting.SetGlobal(use_global);
-    if (global || !use_global) {
-        setting.SetValue(static_cast<QVariant>(
-                             ReadSetting(name, QVariant::fromValue<Type>(setting.GetDefault())))
-                             .value<Type>());
-    }
-}
-
-template <typename Type>
-void Config::ReadSettingGlobal(Type& setting, const QString& name,
-                               const QVariant& default_value) const {
-    const bool use_global = qt_config->value(name + QStringLiteral("/use_global"), true).toBool();
-    if (global || !use_global) {
-        setting = ReadSetting(name, default_value).value<Type>();
-    }
-}
-
 void Config::WriteSetting(const QString& name, const QVariant& value) {
     qt_config->setValue(name, value);
 }
diff --git a/src/yuzu/configuration/config.h b/src/yuzu/configuration/config.h
index c00e717b8a..a68f291a29 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/configuration/config.h
+++ b/src/yuzu/configuration/config.h
@@ -138,18 +138,6 @@ private:
     QVariant ReadSetting(const QString& name) const;
     QVariant ReadSetting(const QString& name, const QVariant& default_value) const;
 
-    /**
-     * Only reads a setting from the qt_config if the current config is a global config, or if the
-     * current config is a custom config and the setting is overriding the global setting. Otherwise
-     * it does nothing.
-     *
-     * @param setting The variable to be modified
-     * @param name The setting's identifier
-     * @param default_value The value to use when the setting is not already present in the config
-     */
-    template <typename Type>
-    void ReadSettingGlobal(Type& setting, const QString& name, const QVariant& default_value) const;
-
     /**
      * Writes a setting to the qt_config.
      *
@@ -164,41 +152,6 @@ private:
     void WriteSetting(const QString& name, const QVariant& value, const QVariant& default_value,
                       bool use_global);
 
-    /**
-     * Reads a value from the qt_config and applies it to the setting, using its label and default
-     * value. If the config is a custom config, this will also read the global state of the setting
-     * and apply that information to it.
-     *
-     * @param The setting
-     */
-    template <typename Type, bool ranged>
-    void ReadGlobalSetting(Settings::SwitchableSetting<Type, ranged>& setting);
-
-    /**
-     * Sets a value to the qt_config using the setting's label and default value. If the config is a
-     * custom config, it will apply the global state, and the custom value if needed.
-     *
-     * @param The setting
-     */
-    template <typename Type, bool ranged>
-    void WriteGlobalSetting(const Settings::SwitchableSetting<Type, ranged>& setting);
-
-    /**
-     * Reads a value from the qt_config using the setting's label and default value and applies the
-     * value to the setting.
-     *
-     * @param The setting
-     */
-    template <typename Type, bool ranged>
-    void ReadBasicSetting(Settings::Setting<Type, ranged>& setting);
-
-    /** Sets a value from the setting in the qt_config using the setting's label and default value.
-     *
-     * @param The setting
-     */
-    template <typename Type, bool ranged>
-    void WriteBasicSetting(const Settings::Setting<Type, ranged>& setting);
-
     void ReadCategory(Settings::Category category);
     void WriteCategory(Settings::Category category);
     void ReadSettingGeneric(Settings::BasicSetting* const setting);