diff --git a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
index 1592f4fb6b..946ff7e8ec 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
@@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ Gnucash::CoreApp::parse_command_line (int argc, char **argv)
 
     gnc_prefs_set_debugging (m_debug);
     gnc_prefs_set_extra (m_extra);
-
-    if (m_gsettings_prefix)
-        gnc_gsettings_set_prefix (m_gsettings_prefix->c_str());
 }
 
 /* Define command line options common to all gnucash binaries. */
@@ -292,9 +289,7 @@ Gnucash::CoreApp::add_common_program_options (void)
         ("log", bpo::value (&m_log_flags),
          _("Log level overrides, of the form \"modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}\"\nExamples: \"--log qof=debug\" or \"--log gnc.backend.file.sx=info\"\nThis can be invoked multiple times."))
         ("logto", bpo::value (&m_log_to_filename),
-         _("File to log into; defaults to \"/tmp/gnucash.trace\"; can be \"stderr\" or \"stdout\"."))
-        ("gsettings-prefix", bpo::value (&m_gsettings_prefix),
-         _("Set the prefix for gsettings schemas for gsettings queries. This can be useful to have a different settings tree while debugging."));
+         _("File to log into; defaults to \"/tmp/gnucash.trace\"; can be \"stderr\" or \"stdout\"."));
 
     bpo::options_description hidden_options(_("Hidden Options"));
     hidden_options.add_options()
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-gsettings.cpp b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-gsettings.cpp
index d766569b27..969ed0afe9 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-gsettings.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-gsettings.cpp
@@ -129,41 +129,27 @@ handlers_hash_unblock_helper (gpointer key, gpointer settings_ptr, gpointer poin
 /*                      GSettings Utilities                 */
 /************************************************************/
 
-void
-gnc_gsettings_set_prefix (const gchar *prefix)
-{
-    gsettings_prefix = prefix;
-}
-
 const gchar *
 gnc_gsettings_get_prefix (void)
 {
-    if (!gsettings_prefix)
-    {
-        const char *prefix = g_getenv("GNC_GSETTINGS_PREFIX");
-        if (prefix)
-            gsettings_prefix = prefix;
-        else
-            gsettings_prefix = GSET_SCHEMA_PREFIX;
-    }
-    return gsettings_prefix;
+    return GSET_SCHEMA_PREFIX;
 }
 
 gchar *
 gnc_gsettings_normalize_schema_name (const gchar *name)
 {
-    if (name == NULL)
+    if (!name)
     {
         /* Need to return a newly allocated string */
-        return g_strdup(gnc_gsettings_get_prefix());
+        return g_strdup(GSET_SCHEMA_PREFIX);
     }
-    if (g_str_has_prefix (name, gnc_gsettings_get_prefix ()))
+    if (g_str_has_prefix (name, GSET_SCHEMA_PREFIX))
     {
         /* Need to return a newly allocated string */
         return g_strdup(name);
     }
 
-    return g_strjoin(".", gnc_gsettings_get_prefix(), name, NULL);
+    return g_strjoin(".", GSET_SCHEMA_PREFIX, name, NULL);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-gsettings.h b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-gsettings.h
index fcf213ed83..7f2d9f3a00 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-gsettings.h
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-gsettings.h
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@
  */
 gchar *gnc_gsettings_normalize_schema_name (const gchar *name);
 
-
-/** Set the default gsettings schema prefix. This is
- *  used to generate complete schema id's if only
- *  partial id's are passed.
- */
-void gnc_gsettings_set_prefix (const gchar *prefix);
-
 /** Get the default gsettings schema prefix.
  *  If none was set explicitly, this defaults to
  *  "org.gnucash.GnuCash"