diff --git a/clients/tui/nmt-edit-connection-list.c b/clients/tui/nmt-edit-connection-list.c
index d11b21d5d4..508f204c39 100644
--- a/clients/tui/nmt-edit-connection-list.c
+++ b/clients/tui/nmt-edit-connection-list.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ sort_by_timestamp (gconstpointer  a,
 static void nmt_edit_connection_list_rebuild (NmtEditConnectionList *list);
 
 static void
-rebuild_on_connection_updated (NMRemoteConnection *connection,
+rebuild_on_connection_changed (NMRemoteConnection *connection,
                                gpointer            list)
 {
 	nmt_edit_connection_list_rebuild (list);
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ free_connections (NmtEditConnectionList *list)
 	for (iter = priv->connections; iter; iter = iter->next) {
 		conn = iter->data;
 
-		g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func (conn, G_CALLBACK (rebuild_on_connection_updated), list);
+		g_signal_handlers_disconnect_by_func (conn, G_CALLBACK (rebuild_on_connection_changed), list);
 		g_object_unref (conn);
 	}
 	g_slist_free (priv->connections);
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ nmt_edit_connection_list_rebuild (NmtEditConnectionList *list)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		g_signal_connect (conn, NM_REMOTE_CONNECTION_UPDATED,
-		                  G_CALLBACK (rebuild_on_connection_updated), list);
+		g_signal_connect (conn, NM_CONNECTION_CHANGED,
+		                  G_CALLBACK (rebuild_on_connection_changed), list);
 		g_object_ref (iter->data);
 	}
 	priv->connections = g_slist_sort (priv->connections, sort_by_timestamp);
diff --git a/libnm/nm-remote-connection.c b/libnm/nm-remote-connection.c
index 0aa6e9d9c4..71dd8c62d0 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-remote-connection.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-remote-connection.c
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ enum {
 	LAST_PROP
 };
 
-enum {
-	UPDATED,
-
-	LAST_SIGNAL
-};
-static guint signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0 };
-
 typedef struct RemoteCall RemoteCall;
 typedef void (*RemoteCallFetchResultCb) (RemoteCall *call, DBusGProxyCall *proxy_call, GError *error);
 
@@ -443,9 +436,7 @@ replace_settings (NMRemoteConnection *self, GHashTable *new_settings)
 {
 	GError *error = NULL;
 
-	if (nm_connection_replace_settings (NM_CONNECTION (self), new_settings, &error))
-		g_signal_emit (self, signals[UPDATED], 0, new_settings);
-	else {
+	if (!nm_connection_replace_settings (NM_CONNECTION (self), new_settings, &error)) {
 		g_warning ("%s: error updating connection %s settings: (%d) %s",
 		           __func__,
 		           nm_connection_get_path (NM_CONNECTION (self)),
@@ -876,23 +867,6 @@ nm_remote_connection_class_init (NMRemoteConnectionClass *remote_class)
 		                       FALSE,
 		                       G_PARAM_READABLE |
 		                       G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-
-	/* Signals */
-	/**
-	 * NMRemoteConnection::updated:
-	 * @connection: a #NMConnection
-	 *
-	 * This signal is emitted when a connection changes, and it is
-	 * still visible to the user.
-	 */
-	signals[UPDATED] =
-		g_signal_new (NM_REMOTE_CONNECTION_UPDATED,
-		              G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (remote_class),
-		              G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
-		              G_STRUCT_OFFSET (NMRemoteConnectionClass, updated),
-		              NULL, NULL,
-		              g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID,
-		              G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/libnm/nm-remote-connection.h b/libnm/nm-remote-connection.h
index 3d851f7a66..58ffe03bc4 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-remote-connection.h
+++ b/libnm/nm-remote-connection.h
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ GQuark nm_remote_connection_error_quark (void);
 #define NM_REMOTE_CONNECTION_UNSAVED         "unsaved"
 #define NM_REMOTE_CONNECTION_VISIBLE         "visible"
 
-/* Signals */
-#define NM_REMOTE_CONNECTION_UPDATED         "updated"
-
 typedef struct {
 	NMConnection parent;
 } NMRemoteConnection;
@@ -69,10 +66,6 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct {
 	NMConnectionClass parent_class;
 
-	/* Signals */
-	void (*updated) (NMRemoteConnection *connection,
-	                 GHashTable *new_settings);
-
 	/*< private >*/
 	gpointer padding[8];
 } NMRemoteConnectionClass;