diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Settings.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Settings.java
index ac1a3662c8e..cfb1728e355 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Settings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/Settings.java
@@ -247,19 +247,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         return forcedUnderscoreSettings.get(setting);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value associated with the first setting key.
-     */
-    public String get(String[] settings) {
-        for (String setting : settings) {
-            String retVal = get(setting);
-            if (retVal != null) {
-                return retVal;
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
      * returns the default value provided.
@@ -269,15 +256,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         return retVal == null ? defaultValue : retVal;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value associated with the first setting key, if none exists,
-     * returns the default value provided.
-     */
-    public String get(String[] settings, String defaultValue) {
-        String retVal = get(settings);
-        return retVal == null ? defaultValue : retVal;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as float) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
      * returns the default value provided.
@@ -294,22 +272,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as float) associated with teh first setting key, if none
-     * exists, returns the default value provided.
-     */
-    public Float getAsFloat(String[] settings, Float defaultValue) throws SettingsException {
-        String sValue = get(settings);
-        if (sValue == null) {
-            return defaultValue;
-        }
-        try {
-            return Float.parseFloat(sValue);
-        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            throw new SettingsException("Failed to parse float setting [" + Arrays.toString(settings) + "] with value [" + sValue + "]", e);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as double) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
      * returns the default value provided.
@@ -326,23 +288,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as double) associated with teh first setting key, if none
-     * exists, returns the default value provided.
-     */
-    public Double getAsDouble(String[] settings, Double defaultValue) {
-        String sValue = get(settings);
-        if (sValue == null) {
-            return defaultValue;
-        }
-        try {
-            return Double.parseDouble(sValue);
-        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            throw new SettingsException("Failed to parse double setting [" + Arrays.toString(settings) + "] with value [" + sValue + "]", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as int) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
      * returns the default value provided.
@@ -359,22 +304,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as int) associated with the first setting key. If it does not exists,
-     * returns the default value provided.
-     */
-    public Integer getAsInt(String[] settings, Integer defaultValue) {
-        String sValue = get(settings);
-        if (sValue == null) {
-            return defaultValue;
-        }
-        try {
-            return Integer.parseInt(sValue);
-        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            throw new SettingsException("Failed to parse int setting [" + Arrays.toString(settings) + "] with value [" + sValue + "]", e);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as long) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
      * returns the default value provided.
@@ -391,22 +320,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as long) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
-     * returns the default value provided.
-     */
-    public Long getAsLong(String[] settings, Long defaultValue) {
-        String sValue = get(settings);
-        if (sValue == null) {
-            return defaultValue;
-        }
-        try {
-            return Long.parseLong(sValue);
-        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            throw new SettingsException("Failed to parse long setting [" + Arrays.toString(settings) + "] with value [" + sValue + "]", e);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as boolean) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
      * returns the default value provided.
@@ -415,14 +328,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         return Booleans.parseBoolean(get(setting), defaultValue);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as boolean) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
-     * returns the default value provided.
-     */
-    public Boolean getAsBoolean(String[] settings, Boolean defaultValue) {
-        return Booleans.parseBoolean(get(settings), defaultValue);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as time) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
      * returns the default value provided.
@@ -431,21 +336,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         return parseTimeValue(get(setting), defaultValue, setting);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as time) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
-     * returns the default value provided.
-     */
-    public TimeValue getAsTime(String[] settings, TimeValue defaultValue) {
-         // NOTE: duplicated from get(String[]) so we can pass which setting name was actually used to parseTimeValue:
-         for (String setting : settings) {
-             String retVal = get(setting);
-             if (retVal != null) {
-                 parseTimeValue(get(settings), defaultValue, setting);
-             }
-         }
-         return defaultValue;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as size) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
      * returns the default value provided.
@@ -454,21 +344,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         return parseBytesSizeValue(get(setting), defaultValue, setting);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as size) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
-     * returns the default value provided.
-     */
-    public ByteSizeValue getAsBytesSize(String[] settings, ByteSizeValue defaultValue) throws SettingsException {
-        // NOTE: duplicated from get(String[]) so we can pass which setting name was actually used to parseBytesSizeValue
-        for (String setting : settings) {
-            String retVal = get(setting);
-            if (retVal != null) {
-                parseBytesSizeValue(get(settings), defaultValue, setting);
-            }
-        }
-        return defaultValue;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as size) associated with the setting key. Provided values can either be
      * absolute values (interpreted as a number of bytes), byte sizes (eg. 1mb) or percentage of the heap size
@@ -478,22 +353,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         return MemorySizeValue.parseBytesSizeValueOrHeapRatio(get(setting, defaultValue), setting);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as size) associated with the setting key. Provided values can either be
-     * absolute values (interpreted as a number of bytes), byte sizes (eg. 1mb) or percentage of the heap size
-     * (eg. 12%). If it does not exists, parses the default value provided.
-     */
-    public ByteSizeValue getAsMemory(String[] settings, String defaultValue) throws SettingsException {
-        // NOTE: duplicated from get(String[]) so we can pass which setting name was actually used to parseBytesSizeValueOrHeapRatio
-        for (String setting : settings) {
-            String retVal = get(setting);
-            if (retVal != null) {
-                return MemorySizeValue.parseBytesSizeValueOrHeapRatio(retVal, setting);
-            }
-        }
-        return MemorySizeValue.parseBytesSizeValueOrHeapRatio(defaultValue, settings[0]);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as a RatioValue) associated with the setting key. Provided values can
      * either be a percentage value (eg. 23%), or expressed as a floating point number (eg. 0.23). If
@@ -503,15 +362,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         return RatioValue.parseRatioValue(get(setting, defaultValue));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as a RatioValue) associated with the setting key. Provided values can
-     * either be a percentage value (eg. 23%), or expressed as a floating point number (eg. 0.23). If
-     * it does not exist, parses the default value provided.
-     */
-    public RatioValue getAsRatio(String[] settings, String defaultValue) throws SettingsException {
-        return RatioValue.parseRatioValue(get(settings, defaultValue));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the setting value (as size) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
      * returns the default value provided.
@@ -520,14 +370,6 @@ public final class Settings implements ToXContent {
         return parseSizeValue(get(setting), defaultValue);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the setting value (as size) associated with the setting key. If it does not exists,
-     * returns the default value provided.
-     */
-    public SizeValue getAsSize(String[] settings, SizeValue defaultValue) throws SettingsException {
-        return parseSizeValue(get(settings), defaultValue);
-    }
-
     /**
      * The values associated with a setting prefix as an array. The settings array is in the format of:
      * <tt>settingPrefix.[index]</tt>.