diff --git a/kallithea/lib/celerypylons/__init__.py b/kallithea/lib/celerypylons/__init__.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/celerypylons/__init__.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/celerypylons/__init__.py
@@ -3,31 +3,57 @@
 """
 Kallithea wrapper of Celery
 
-The Celery configuration is in the ini file. To read the settings and translate
-to a Celery format we use PylonsSettingsProxy.
+The Celery configuration is in the Kallithea ini file but must be converted to an
+entirely different format before Celery can use it.
 
-We read the configuration from tg.config, thus it must be initialized before
-loading this module. To make sure that really is the case and give an early
-warning, we check one of the mandatory settings.
+We read the configuration from tg.config at module import time. This module can
+thus not be imported in global scope but must be imported on demand in function
+scope after tg.config has been initialized.
 
-This module must thus not be imported in global scope but must be imported on
-demand in function scope after tg.config has been initialized.
+To make sure that the config really has been initialized, we check one of the
+mandatory settings.
 """
 
 import os
 import warnings
 
+import tg
 import celery
 
-from kallithea.lib.celerypylons.loader import PylonsSettingsProxy
+
+def celery_config(config):
+    """Return Celery config object populated from relevant settings in a config dict, such as tg.config"""
+
+    # Verify .ini file configuration has been loaded
+    assert config['celery.imports'] == 'kallithea.lib.celerylib.tasks', 'Kallithea Celery configuration has not been loaded'
+
+    class CeleryConfig(object): pass
+    celery_config = CeleryConfig()
+
+    PREFIXES = """ADMINS BROKER CASSANDRA CELERYBEAT CELERYD CELERYMON CELERY EMAIL SERVER""".split()
+    LIST_PARAMS = """CELERY_IMPORTS ADMINS ROUTES CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT""".split()
 
-# Verify Pylons configuration has been loaded
-from tg import config
-assert config['celery.imports'] == 'kallithea.lib.celerylib.tasks', 'Kallithea Celery configuration has not been loaded'
+    for config_key, config_value in sorted(config.items()):
+        celery_key = config_key.replace('.', '_').upper()
+        if celery_key.split('_', 1)[0] not in PREFIXES:
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(config_value, basestring):
+            continue
+        if celery_key in LIST_PARAMS:
+            celery_value = config_value.split()
+        elif config_value.isdigit():
+            celery_value = int(config_value)
+        elif config_value.lower() in ['true', 'false']:
+            celery_value = config_value.lower() == 'true'
+        else:
+            celery_value = config_value
+        setattr(celery_config, celery_key, celery_value)
+    return celery_config
+
 
 # Create celery app from the TurboGears configuration file
 app = celery.Celery()
-app.config_from_object(PylonsSettingsProxy())
+app.config_from_object(celery_config(tg.config))
 
 import celery.result as result
 from celery.task import task
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/celerypylons/loader.py b/kallithea/lib/celerypylons/loader.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/kallithea/lib/celerypylons/loader.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-from tg import config
-
-# TODO: drop this mangling and just use a separate celery config section
-to_pylons = lambda x: x.replace('_', '.').lower()
-to_celery = lambda x: x.replace('.', '_').upper()
-
-LIST_PARAMS = """CELERY_IMPORTS ADMINS ROUTES CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT""".split()
-
-
-class PylonsSettingsProxy(object):
-    """Pylons Settings Proxy
-
-    Make settings from pylons.config appear the way Celery expects them.
-    """
-
-    def __getattr__(self, key):
-        try:
-            return self[key]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise AttributeError(key)
-
-    def get(self, key, default=None):
-        try:
-            return self[key]
-        except KeyError:
-            return default
-
-    def __getitem__(self, key):
-        pylons_key = to_pylons(key)
-        value = config[pylons_key]
-        if key in LIST_PARAMS:
-            return value.split()
-        return self.type_converter(value)
-
-    def __contains__(self, key):
-        pylons_key = to_pylons(key)
-        try:
-            config[pylons_key]
-        except KeyError:
-            return False
-        return True
-
-    def __setattr__(self, key, value):
-        pylons_key = to_pylons(key)
-        config[pylons_key] = value
-
-    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
-        self.__setattr__(key, value)
-
-    def type_converter(self, value):
-        #cast to int
-        if value.isdigit():
-            return int(value)
-
-        #cast to bool
-        if value.lower() in ['true', 'false']:
-            return value.lower() == 'true'
-        return value