diff --git a/document-portal/Makefile.am.inc b/document-portal/Makefile.am.inc
index 5568bc56..8656f255 100644
--- a/document-portal/Makefile.am.inc
+++ b/document-portal/Makefile.am.inc
@@ -13,30 +13,16 @@ $(xdp_dbus_built_sources) : data/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.xml
 		$(srcdir)/data/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.xml	\
 		$(NULL)
 
-xdp_resource_files = $(shell $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) --sourcedir=$(srcdir) --generate-dependencies $(srcdir)/document-portal/xdg-document-portal.gresource.xml)
-
-document-portal/xdp-resources.h: document-portal/xdg-document-portal.gresource.xml
-	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) $< \
-		--target=$@ --sourcedir=$(srcdir) --c-name _xdg_document --generate-header
-
-document-portal/xdp-resources.c: document-portal/xdg-document-portal.gresource.xml $(xdp_resource_files)
-	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) $< \
-		--target=$@ --sourcedir=$(srcdir) --c-name _xdg_document --generate-source
-
 service_in_files += document-portal/xdg-document-portal.service.in
 systemduserunit_DATA += document-portal/xdg-document-portal.service
 
 service_in_files += document-portal/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.service.in
 dbus_service_DATA += document-portal/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.service
 
-EXTRA_DIST += document-portal/xdg-document-portal.gresource.xml
-
 xdg_document_portal_SOURCES = \
 	document-portal/xdp-main.c		\
 	document-portal/xdp-enums.h		\
 	$(xdp_dbus_built_sources)	\
-	document-portal/xdp-resources.h		\
-	document-portal/xdp-resources.c		\
 	document-portal/xdp-util.h		\
 	document-portal/xdp-util.c		\
 	document-portal/xdp-fuse.h		\
diff --git a/document-portal/xdg-document-portal.gresource.xml b/document-portal/xdg-document-portal.gresource.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f58757d..00000000
--- a/document-portal/xdg-document-portal.gresource.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<gresources>
-  <gresource prefix='/org/freedesktop/portal/Documents'>
-    <file alias="org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.xml">data/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.xml</file>
-  </gresource>
-</gresources>
diff --git a/document-portal/xdp-main.c b/document-portal/xdp-main.c
index 66e65f47..4b7a2e5d 100644
--- a/document-portal/xdp-main.c
+++ b/document-portal/xdp-main.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ typedef struct
 static GMainLoop *loop = NULL;
 static XdgAppDb *db = NULL;
 static XdgAppPermissionStore *permission_store;
-static GDBusNodeInfo *introspection_data = NULL;
 static int daemon_event_fd = -1;
 static int final_exit_status = 0;
 static dev_t fuse_dev = 0;
@@ -753,7 +752,6 @@ main (int    argc,
       char **argv)
 {
   guint owner_id;
-  GBytes *introspection_bytes;
   g_autoptr(GError) error = NULL;
   g_autofree char *path = NULL;
   GDBusConnection  *session_bus;
@@ -835,11 +833,6 @@ main (int    argc,
       do_exit (5);
     }
 
-  introspection_bytes = g_resources_lookup_data ("/org/freedesktop/portal/Documents/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.xml", 0, NULL);
-  g_assert (introspection_bytes != NULL);
-
-  introspection_data = g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml (g_bytes_get_data (introspection_bytes, NULL), NULL);
-
   owner_id = g_bus_own_name (G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION,
                              "org.freedesktop.portal.Documents",
                              G_BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_ALLOW_REPLACEMENT | (opt_replace ? G_BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_REPLACE : 0),
@@ -855,8 +848,6 @@ main (int    argc,
 
   g_bus_unown_name (owner_id);
 
-  g_dbus_node_info_unref (introspection_data);
-
   do_exit (final_exit_status);
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/session-helper/Makefile.am.inc b/session-helper/Makefile.am.inc
index 2b08db98..5782fe39 100644
--- a/session-helper/Makefile.am.inc
+++ b/session-helper/Makefile.am.inc
@@ -1,31 +1,17 @@
-resource_files = $(shell $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) --sourcedir=$(srcdir) --generate-dependencies $(srcdir)/session-helper/xdg-app.gresource.xml)
-
 libexec_PROGRAMS += \
 	xdg-app-session-helper \
 	$(NULL)
 
-session-helper/xdg-app-resources.h: session-helper/xdg-app.gresource.xml
-	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) $< \
-		--target=$@ --sourcedir=$(srcdir) --c-name _gtk --generate-header
-
-session-helper/xdg-app-resources.c: session-helper/xdg-app.gresource.xml $(resource_files)
-	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) $< \
-		--target=$@ --sourcedir=$(srcdir) --c-name _gtk --generate-source
-
 service_in_files += session-helper/xdg-app-session-helper.service.in
 systemduserunit_DATA += session-helper/xdg-app-session-helper.service
 
 service_in_files += session-helper/org.freedesktop.XdgApp.service.in
 dbus_service_DATA += session-helper/org.freedesktop.XdgApp.service
 
-EXTRA_DIST += session-helper/xdg-app.gresource.xml
-
 xdg_app_session_helper_SOURCES = \
 	session-helper/xdg-app-session-helper.c	\
 	session-helper/xdg-app-permission-store.c	\
 	session-helper/xdg-app-permission-store.h	\
-	session-helper/xdg-app-resources.h	\
-	session-helper/xdg-app-resources.c	\
 	$(NULL)
 
 xdg_app_session_helper_LDADD = $(BASE_LIBS) libxdgapp-common.la
diff --git a/session-helper/xdg-app.gresource.xml b/session-helper/xdg-app.gresource.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 492189a3..00000000
--- a/session-helper/xdg-app.gresource.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<gresources>
-  <gresource prefix='/org/freedesktop/XdgApp'>
-    <file alias="org.freedesktop.XdgApp.xml">data/org.freedesktop.XdgApp.xml</file>
-  </gresource>
-</gresources>