diff --git a/neon_utils/skills/mycroft_skill.py b/neon_utils/skills/mycroft_skill.py
index 9f0023ae..4e9c066b 100644
--- a/neon_utils/skills/mycroft_skill.py
+++ b/neon_utils/skills/mycroft_skill.py
@@ -57,14 +57,6 @@ def __init__(self, name=None, bus=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self._speak_timeout = 30
         self._get_response_timeout = 15  # 10 for listener, 5 for STT, then timeout
 
-    @property
-    def settings_path(self):
-        # TODO: Deprecate backwards-compat. wrapper after ovos-workshop 0.0.13
-        try:
-            return super().settings_path
-        except AttributeError:
-            return super()._settings_path
-
     @property
     def location(self):
         """
@@ -90,11 +82,6 @@ def _init_settings(self):
                     json.dump(self.settings, f, indent=4)
         self._initial_settings = dict(self.settings)
 
-    def _init_settings_manager(self):
-        # TODO: Same as upstream implementation?
-        from ovos_workshop.settings import SkillSettingsManager
-        self.settings_manager = SkillSettingsManager(self)
-
     def _read_default_settings(self):
         yaml_path = os.path.join(self.root_dir, "settingsmeta.yml")
         json_path = os.path.join(self.root_dir, "settingsmeta.json")
diff --git a/neon_utils/skills/neon_skill.py b/neon_utils/skills/neon_skill.py
index 93c03828..1054ce4d 100644
--- a/neon_utils/skills/neon_skill.py
+++ b/neon_utils/skills/neon_skill.py
@@ -106,22 +106,6 @@ def initialize(self):
         self.schedule_event(self._write_cache_on_disk, CACHE_TIME_OFFSET,
                             name="neon.load_cache_on_disk")
 
-    @property
-    def settings_path(self):
-        # TODO: Deprecate backwards-compat. wrapper after ovos-workshop 0.0.13
-        try:
-            return super().settings_path
-        except AttributeError:
-            return super()._settings_path
-
-    @property
-    def resources(self):
-        # TODO: Deprecate backwards-compat. wrapper after ovos-workshop 0.0.13
-        try:
-            return super().resources
-        except AttributeError:
-            return super()._resources
-
     @property
     # @deprecated("Call `dateutil.tz.gettz` directly", "2.0.0")
     def sys_tz(self):
@@ -545,23 +529,24 @@ def _init_settings(self):
         Extends the default method to handle settingsmeta defaults locally
         """
         from neon_utils.configuration_utils import dict_update_keys
-        super()._init_settings()
-        skill_settings = get_local_settings(self.settings_path)
-        settings_from_disk = dict(skill_settings)
-        self.settings = dict_update_keys(skill_settings,
-                                         self._read_default_settings())
-        if self.settings != settings_from_disk:
-            if isinstance(self.settings, JsonStorage):
-                self.settings.store()
-            else:
-                with open(self.settings_path, "w+") as f:
-                    json.dump(self.settings, f, indent=4)
-        self._initial_settings = dict(self.settings)
-
-    def _init_settings_manager(self):
-        # TODO: Same as upstream implementation?
-        from ovos_workshop.settings import SkillSettingsManager
-        self.settings_manager = SkillSettingsManager(self)
+        BaseSkill._init_settings(self)
+        settings_from_disk = dict(self.settings)
+        dict_update_keys(self._settings, self._read_default_settings())
+        if self._settings != settings_from_disk:
+            LOG.info("Updated default settings from skill metadata")
+            self._settings.store()
+            self._initial_settings = dict(self._settings)
+        LOG.info(f"Skill initialized with settings: {self.settings}")
+
+    def _handle_converse_request(self, message: Message):
+        # TODO: Remove patch after ovos-core 0.0.8
+        if message.msg_type == "skill.converse.request" and \
+                message.data.get('skill_id') != self.skill_id:
+            # Legacy request not for Neon
+            return
+        if message.msg_type == "skill.converse.request":
+            message.msg_type = "neon.converse.request"
+        BaseSkill._handle_converse_request(self, message)
 
     def _read_default_settings(self):
         from neon_utils.configuration_utils import parse_skill_default_settings
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 7b7a2675..1dd7d085 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ ovos-lingua-franca~=0.4
 ovos_utils~=0.0.35
 geopy~=2.1
 ovos-config~=0.0.9
-ovos-workshop~=0.0.12
\ No newline at end of file
+ovos-workshop~=0.0.15
\ No newline at end of file