diff --git a/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts b/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts
index 5b3725b4..dd4e05da 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/models/settings.ts
@@ -49,30 +49,6 @@ export async function reset(): Promise<void> {
 	return await localSettings.writeAll(settings);
 }
 
-/**
- * @summary Extend the current settings
- */
-export async function assign(value: _.Dictionary<any>): Promise<void> {
-	debug('assign', value);
-	if (_.isNil(value)) {
-		throw errors.createError({
-			title: 'Missing settings',
-		});
-	}
-
-	if (!_.isPlainObject(value)) {
-		throw errors.createError({
-			title: 'Settings must be an object',
-		});
-	}
-
-	const newSettings = _.assign({}, settings, value);
-
-	const updatedSettings = await localSettings.writeAll(newSettings);
-	// NOTE: Only update in memory settings when successfully written
-	settings = updatedSettings;
-}
-
 /**
  * @summary Extend the application state with the local settings
  */
diff --git a/tests/gui/models/settings.spec.ts b/tests/gui/models/settings.spec.ts
index 5f78b4d7..aacd8eb4 100644
--- a/tests/gui/models/settings.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/gui/models/settings.spec.ts
@@ -95,34 +95,17 @@ describe('Browser: settings', function() {
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('.assign()', function() {
-		it('should not override all settings', function() {
-			return settings
-				.assign({
-					foo: 'bar',
-					bar: 'baz',
-				})
-				.then(() => {
-					expect(settings.getAll()).to.deep.equal(
-						_.assign({}, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, {
-							foo: 'bar',
-							bar: 'baz',
-						}),
-					);
-				});
-		});
-
+	describe('.set()', function() {
 		it('should store the settings to the local machine', function() {
 			return localSettings
 				.readAll()
 				.then(data => {
 					expect(data.foo).to.be.undefined;
 					expect(data.bar).to.be.undefined;
-
-					return settings.assign({
-						foo: 'bar',
-						bar: 'baz',
-					});
+					return settings.set('foo', 'bar');
+				})
+				.then(() => {
+					return settings.set('bar', 'baz');
 				})
 				.then(localSettings.readAll)
 				.then(data => {
@@ -140,7 +123,7 @@ describe('Browser: settings', function() {
 				Promise.reject(new Error('localSettings error')),
 			);
 
-			await checkError(settings.assign({ foo: 'baz' }), error => {
+			await checkError(settings.set('foo', 'baz'), error => {
 				expect(error).to.be.an.instanceof(Error);
 				expect(error.message).to.equal('localSettings error');
 				localSettingsWriteAllStub.restore();
@@ -189,13 +172,6 @@ describe('Browser: settings', function() {
 			});
 		});
 
-		it('should throw if setting an array', async function() {
-			await checkError(settings.assign([1, 2, 3]), error => {
-				expect(error).to.be.an.instanceof(Error);
-				expect(error.message).to.equal('Settings must be an object');
-			});
-		});
-
 		it('should set the key to undefined if no value', function() {
 			return settings
 				.set('foo', 'bar')