diff --git a/data/gala.gschema.xml b/data/gala.gschema.xml
index f30ea6876..2abc1c2f2 100644
--- a/data/gala.gschema.xml
+++ b/data/gala.gschema.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
     <value nick="switch-to-workspace-next" value="9" />
     <value nick="switch-to-workspace-last" value="10" />
   </enum>
-  <enum id="GalaWindowOverviewType">
-    <value nick='grid' value='0'/>
-    <value nick='natural' value='1'/>
-  </enum>
 
   <schema path="/io/elementary/desktop/screensaver/" id="io.elementary.desktop.screensaver">
     <key type="b" name="lock-on-suspend">
@@ -40,11 +36,6 @@
       <summary>Action for the top left corner</summary>
       <description></description>
     </key>
-    <key enum="GalaWindowOverviewType" name="window-overview-type">
-      <default>'grid'</default>
-      <summary>Algorithm for window overview layout</summary>
-      <description>Choose the algorithm used for exposing the windows.</description>
-    </key>
     <key enum="GalaActionType" name="hotcorner-topright">
       <default>"none"</default>
       <summary>Action for the top right corner</summary>
@@ -70,16 +61,6 @@
         followed by a ':' and then the command. ';;' is used as delimiter between command definitions.
       </description>
     </key>
-    <key type="b" name="edge-tiling">
-      <default>true</default>
-      <summary>Enable edge tiling when dropping windows on screen edges</summary>
-      <description>If enabled, dropping windows on vertical screen edges maximizes them vertically and resizes them horizontally to cover half of the available area. Dropping windows on the top screen edge maximizes them completely.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="b" name="use-new-notifications">
-      <default>true</default>
-      <summary>If new notifications should be used</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
     <key type="s" name="panel-main-menu-action">
       <default>''</default>
       <summary>Panel main menu action</summary>
@@ -95,16 +76,6 @@
       <summary></summary>
       <description></description>
     </key>
-    <key type="b" name="dynamic-workspaces">
-      <default>true</default>
-      <summary>Enable dynamic workspace instead of static ones</summary>
-      <description>Use a dynamically increasing or decreasing number, as needed, of workspaces instead of a static, fixed number.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="as" name="dock-names">
-      <default><![CDATA[['docky', 'Docky', 'plank']]]></default>
-      <summary>Names that are recognized as dock windows for the window switcher</summary>
-      <description>When launching the window-switcher, Gala iterates over this list and attempts to find a window matching the names. If it does, it will hide this window and fade it back in, once the the switcher is closed.</description>
-    </key>
     <key type="b" name="move-maximized-workspace">
       <default>false</default>
       <summary>Automatically move maximized windows to a new workspace</summary>
@@ -155,11 +126,6 @@
       <default><![CDATA[['<Super>minus', '<Super>KP_Subtract']]]></default>
       <summary>Zoom out</summary>
     </key>
-    <key type="as" name="expose-windows">
-      <default><![CDATA[['']]]></default>
-      <summary>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored</summary>
-      <description></description>
-    </key>
     <key type="as" name="expose-all-windows">
       <default><![CDATA[['<Super>a']]]></default>
       <summary>Shortcut to open the window overview for all windows</summary>
@@ -218,143 +184,12 @@
     </key>
   </schema>
 
-  <schema path="/org/pantheon/desktop/gala/appearance/" id="org.pantheon.desktop.gala.appearance">
-    <key type="b" name="attach-modal-dialogs">
-      <default>false</default>
-      <summary>Attach modal dialogs</summary>
-      <description>When true, instead of having independent titlebars, modal dialogs appear attached to the titlebar of the parent window and are moved together with the parent window.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="s" name="button-layout">
-      <default>'close:maximize'</default>
-      <summary>Arrangement of buttons on the titlebar</summary>
-      <description>Arrangement of buttons on the titlebar. The value should be a string, such as "menu:minimize,maximize,spacer,close"; the colon separates the left corner of the window from the right corner, and the button names are comma-separated. Duplicate buttons are not allowed. Unknown button names are silently ignored so that buttons can be added in future metacity versions without breaking older versions. A special spacer tag can be used to insert some space between two adjacent buttons.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="d" name="alt-tab-window-opacity">
-      <range min="0.0" max="1.0"/>
-      <default>0.0</default>
-      <summary>The opacity of windows behind the window switcher.</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="s" name="workspace-switcher-background">
-      <default>''</default>
-      <summary>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</summary>
-    </key>
-  </schema>
-
   <schema path="/org/pantheon/desktop/gala/animations/" id="org.pantheon.desktop.gala.animations">
     <key type="b" name="enable-animations">
       <default>true</default>
       <summary>Enable Animations</summary>
       <description>Whether animations should be displayed. Note: This is a global key, it changes the behaviour of the window manager, the panel etc.</description>
     </key>
-    <key type="i" name="open-duration">
-      <default>350</default>
-      <summary>Duration of the open animation</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="i" name="snap-duration">
-      <default>250</default>
-      <summary>Duration of the snap animation as used by maximize/unmaximize</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="i" name="close-duration">
-      <default>195</default>
-      <summary>Duration of the close animation</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="i" name="minimize-duration">
-      <default>200</default>
-      <summary>Duration of the minimize animation</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="i" name="workspace-switch-duration">
-      <default>300</default>
-      <summary>Duration of the workspace switch animation</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="i" name="menu-duration">
-      <default>150</default>
-      <summary>Duration of the menu mapping animation</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-  </schema>
-
-  <schema path="/org/pantheon/desktop/gala/shadows/" id="org.pantheon.desktop.gala.shadows">
-    <key type="as" name="normal-focused">
-      <default>['20', '-1', '0', '15', '100']</default>
-      <summary>Defines the shadow of normal focused windows</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="as" name="normal-unfocused">
-      <default>['6', '-1', '0', '4', '80']</default>
-      <summary>Defines the shadow of a normal unfocused window</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="as" name="menu">
-      <default>['6', '-1', '0', '4', '80']</default>
-      <summary>Defines the shadow of a menu</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="as" name="dialog-focused">
-      <default>['12', '-1', '0', '4', '100']</default>
-      <summary>Defines the shadow of a focused dialog</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="as" name="dialog-unfocused">
-      <default>['6', '-1', '0', '4', '80']</default>
-      <summary>Defines the shadow of an unfocused dialog</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-  </schema>
-
-  <schema path="/org/pantheon/desktop/gala/notifications/" id="org.pantheon.desktop.gala.notifications">
-    <key type="b" name="do-not-disturb">
-      <default>false</default>
-      <summary>Disable all notifications</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <child name="applications" schema="org.pantheon.desktop.gala.notifications.application" />
-  </schema>
-
-  <schema id="org.pantheon.desktop.gala.notifications.application">
-    <key type="b" name="bubbles">
-      <default>true</default>
-      <summary>Enable bubbles</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="b" name="sounds">
-      <default>true</default>
-      <summary>Enable sounds</summary>
-            <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="b" name="remember">
-      <default>true</default>
-      <summary>Show missed notifications in notification center</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This key is deprecated and ignored.</description>
-    </key>
-  </schema>
-
-  <schema path="/org/pantheon/desktop/gala/mask-corners/" id="org.pantheon.desktop.gala.mask-corners">
-    <key type="b" name="enable">
-      <default>true</default>
-      <summary>Enable rounded corner mask</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This setting is no longer used</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="i" name="corner-radius">
-      <default>4</default>
-      <range min="1" max="32"/>
-      <summary>Corner radius</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This setting is no longer used</description>
-    </key>
-    <key type="b" name="disable-on-fullscreen">
-      <default>true</default>
-      <summary>Disable corner mask on fullscreen</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This setting is no longer used</description></key>
-    <key type="b" name="only-on-primary">
-      <default>false</default>
-      <summary>Only show corner masks on primary monitor</summary>
-      <description>DEPRECATED: This setting is no longer used</description>
-    </key>
   </schema>
 
   <enum id="GesturePinch">