diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/config.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/config.ts
index 849f3aa1833..b32519a1a68 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/config.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/config.ts
@@ -478,48 +478,6 @@ export const NO_CACHE_AST_VIEWER = new Setting(
 // Settings for variant analysis
 const VARIANT_ANALYSIS_SETTING = new Setting("variantAnalysis", ROOT_SETTING);
 
-/**
- * Lists of GitHub repositories that you want to query remotely via the "Run Variant Analysis" command.
- * Note: This command is only available for internal users.
- *
- * This setting should be a JSON object where each key is a user-specified name (string),
- * and the value is an array of GitHub repositories (of the form `<owner>/<repo>`).
- */
-const REMOTE_REPO_LISTS = new Setting(
-  "repositoryLists",
-  VARIANT_ANALYSIS_SETTING,
-);
-
-export function getRemoteRepositoryLists():
-  | Record<string, string[]>
-  | undefined {
-  return REMOTE_REPO_LISTS.getValue<Record<string, string[]>>() || undefined;
-}
-
-export async function setRemoteRepositoryLists(
-  lists: Record<string, string[]> | undefined,
-) {
-  await REMOTE_REPO_LISTS.updateValue(lists, ConfigurationTarget.Global);
-}
-
-/**
- * Path to a file that contains lists of GitHub repositories that you want to query remotely via
- * the "Run Variant Analysis" command.
- * Note: This command is only available for internal users.
- *
- * This setting should be a path to a JSON file that contains a JSON object where each key is a
- * user-specified name (string), and the value is an array of GitHub repositories
- * (of the form `<owner>/<repo>`).
- */
-const REPO_LISTS_PATH = new Setting(
-  "repositoryListsPath",
-  VARIANT_ANALYSIS_SETTING,
-);
-
-export function getRemoteRepositoryListsPath(): string | undefined {
-  return REPO_LISTS_PATH.getValue<string>() || undefined;
-}
-
 /**
  * The name of the "controller" repository that you want to use with the "Run Variant Analysis" command.
  * Note: This command is only available for internal users.
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.test.ts
index b97b62d5342..3f15acb0497 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.test.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from "vscode";
 import { CodeQLExtensionInterface } from "../../../../src/extension";
 import { extLogger } from "../../../../src/common";
-import {
-  setRemoteControllerRepo,
-  setRemoteRepositoryLists,
-} from "../../../../src/config";
+import { setRemoteControllerRepo } from "../../../../src/config";
 import * as ghApiClient from "../../../../src/variant-analysis/gh-api/gh-api-client";
 import * as ghActionsApiClient from "../../../../src/variant-analysis/gh-api/gh-actions-api-client";
 import * as fs from "fs-extra";
@@ -156,9 +153,6 @@ describe("Variant Analysis Manager", () => {
 
       // always run in the vscode-codeql repo
       await setRemoteControllerRepo("github/vscode-codeql");
-      await setRemoteRepositoryLists({
-        "vscode-codeql": ["github/vscode-codeql"],
-      });
 
       // Only new version support `${workspace}` in qlpack.yml
       originalDeps = await fixWorkspaceReferences(