diff --git a/scripts/utils/parse_settings.py b/scripts/utils/parse_settings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 723560e..0000000
--- a/scripts/utils/parse_settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-def config_to_settings(path):
-    # Returns settings dict from BirdNET-pi text format.
-    # Consider refactoring to use ConfigParser files, or another standardized format.
-    settings = {}
-    with open(path, 'r') as f:
-        this_run = f.readlines()
-    for i in this_run:
-        key = i.split("=")[0]
-        value = "=".join(i.split("=")[1:])[:-1]
-        # Trim for strings, not ideal
-        if value.startswith('"') and value.endswith('"'):
-            value = value[1:-1]
-        if value.startswith("'") and value.endswith("'"):
-            value = value[1:-1]
-        settings[key] = value
-    return settings
diff --git a/tests/test_settings_parse.py b/tests/test_settings_parse.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 303338c..0000000
--- a/tests/test_settings_parse.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-from scripts.utils.parse_settings import config_to_settings
-import tempfile
-
-
-def test():
-    text = """LATITUDE=32.0
-LONGITUDE=-73.0
-BIRDWEATHER_ID=
-CADDY_PWD="nonsuchpass"
-ICE_PWD=birdnetpi
-BIRDNETPI_URL=
-RTSP_STREAM=
-APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE="Bird!"
-APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A $comname ($sciname) was just detected with a confidence of $confidence"
-APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0
-APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=1
-FLICKR_API_KEY=
-FLICKR_FILTER_EMAIL=
-RECS_DIR=/home/pi/BirdSongs
-REC_CARD=default
-PROCESSED=/home/pi/BirdSongs/Processed
-EXTRACTED=/home/pi/BirdSongs/Extracted
-OVERLAP=0.0
-CONFIDENCE=0.7
-SENSITIVITY=1.25
-CHANNELS=2
-FULL_DISK=purge
-PRIVACY_THRESHOLD=0
-RECORDING_LENGTH=15
-EXTRACTION_LENGTH=
-AUDIOFMT=mp3
-DATABASE_LANG=en
-LAST_RUN=
-THIS_RUN=
-IDFILE=/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/IdentifiedSoFar.txt"""
-
-    filename = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.txt', delete=False)
-    with open(filename.name, 'w', encoding='utf8', newline='') as f:
-        f.write(text)
-
-    settings = config_to_settings(filename.name)
-    assert (settings["APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE"] == "Bird!")
-    assert (settings["FULL_DISK"] == "purge")
-    assert (settings["OVERLAP"] == "0.0")  # Yes, it's a string at this point.