diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index 5d359672..2a5e26ad 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -1316,9 +1316,9 @@ fetch_metadata_to_verify_delta_superblock (OtPullData      *pull_data,
                                   cancellable, error))
     goto out;
 
-  metadata = ot_variant_new_from_bytes (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"),
-                                        detached_meta_data,
-                                        FALSE);
+  metadata = g_variant_new_from_bytes (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"),
+                                       detached_meta_data,
+                                       FALSE);
 
   if (!_ostree_repo_gpg_verify_file_with_metadata (pull_data->repo, temp_input_path,
                                                    metadata, NULL, NULL,
@@ -1366,8 +1366,8 @@ request_static_delta_superblock_sync (OtPullData  *pull_data,
             goto out;
         }
 
-      ret_delta_superblock = ot_variant_new_from_bytes ((GVariantType*)OSTREE_STATIC_DELTA_SUPERBLOCK_FORMAT,
-                                                        delta_superblock_data, FALSE);
+      ret_delta_superblock = g_variant_new_from_bytes ((GVariantType*)OSTREE_STATIC_DELTA_SUPERBLOCK_FORMAT,
+                                                       delta_superblock_data, FALSE);
     }
   
   ret = TRUE;
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-static-delta-processing.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-static-delta-processing.c
index 47adce39..5cfdba90 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-static-delta-processing.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-static-delta-processing.c
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ _ostree_static_delta_part_execute (OstreeRepo      *repo,
       goto out;
     }
         
-  payload = ot_variant_new_from_bytes (G_VARIANT_TYPE (OSTREE_STATIC_DELTA_PART_PAYLOAD_FORMAT_V0),
-                                       payload_data, FALSE);
+  payload = g_variant_new_from_bytes (G_VARIANT_TYPE (OSTREE_STATIC_DELTA_PART_PAYLOAD_FORMAT_V0),
+                                      payload_data, FALSE);
   if (!_ostree_static_delta_part_execute_raw (repo, header, payload,
                                               cancellable, error))
     goto out;
diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c
index fab893e6..5a8ca994 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.c
@@ -275,14 +275,6 @@ ot_util_variant_builder_from_variant (GVariant            *variant,
   return builder;
 }
 
-GVariant *
-ot_variant_new_from_bytes (const GVariantType  *type,
-                           GBytes        *bytes,
-                           gboolean       trusted)
-{
-  return g_variant_new_from_bytes (type, bytes, trusted);
-}
-
 /**
  * ot_variant_bsearch_str:
  * @array: A GVariant array whose first element must be a string
diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.h b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.h
index 56fb60e8..34b6eb5d 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.h
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-utils.h
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ GInputStream *ot_variant_read (GVariant             *variant);
 GVariantBuilder *ot_util_variant_builder_from_variant (GVariant            *variant,
                                                        const GVariantType  *type);
 
-GVariant *
-ot_variant_new_from_bytes (const GVariantType  *type,
-                           GBytes        *bytes,
-                           gboolean       trusted);
-
 gboolean
 ot_variant_bsearch_str (GVariant   *array,
                         const char *str,