diff --git a/development.ini b/development.ini
--- a/development.ini
+++ b/development.ini
@@ -255,11 +255,7 @@ use_celery = false
 ## Example: connect to the virtual host 'rabbitmqhost' on localhost as rabbitmq:
 broker.url = amqp://rabbitmq:qewqew@localhost:5672/rabbitmqhost
 
-celery.imports = kallithea.lib.celerylib.tasks
-celery.accept.content = json
 celery.result.backend = amqp://
-celery.result.serializer = json
-celery.task.serializer = json
 
 #celery.send.task.error.emails = true
 #celery.amqp.task.result.expires = 18000
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
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ import celery
 import tg
 
 
+class CeleryConfig(object):
+    CELERY_IMPORTS = ['kallithea.lib.celerylib.tasks']
+    CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ['json']
+    CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = 'json'
+    CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'
+
+
 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()
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/template.ini.mako b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/template.ini.mako
--- a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/template.ini.mako
+++ b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/template.ini.mako
@@ -361,11 +361,7 @@ use_celery = false
 <%text>## Example: connect to the virtual host 'rabbitmqhost' on localhost as rabbitmq:</%text>
 broker.url = amqp://rabbitmq:qewqew@localhost:5672/rabbitmqhost
 
-celery.imports = kallithea.lib.celerylib.tasks
-celery.accept.content = json
 celery.result.backend = amqp://
-celery.result.serializer = json
-celery.task.serializer = json
 
 #celery.send.task.error.emails = true
 #celery.amqp.task.result.expires = 18000