diff --git a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
--- a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
+++ b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ def register_command(config_file=False, 
                 logging.config.fileConfig(io.StringIO(config_string))
                 if config_file_initialize_app:
                     kallithea.config.middleware.make_app_without_logging(kallithea.CONFIG.global_conf, **kallithea.CONFIG.local_conf)
-                    kallithea.lib.utils.setup_cache_regions(kallithea.CONFIG)
                 return annotated(*args, **kwargs)
             return cli_command(runtime_wrapper)
         return annotator
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/hooks.py b/kallithea/lib/hooks.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/hooks.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/hooks.py
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ def _hook_environment(repo_path):
     """
     import paste.deploy
     import kallithea.config.middleware
-    import kallithea.lib.utils
 
     extras = get_hook_environment()
 
@@ -311,7 +310,6 @@ def _hook_environment(repo_path):
     kallithea.CONFIG = paste.deploy.appconfig('config:' + path_to_ini_file)
     #logging.config.fileConfig(ini_file_path) # Note: we are in a different process - don't use configured logging
     kallithea.config.middleware.make_app_without_logging(kallithea.CONFIG.global_conf, **kallithea.CONFIG.local_conf)
-    kallithea.lib.utils.setup_cache_regions(kallithea.CONFIG)
 
     repo_path = safe_unicode(repo_path)
     # fix if it's not a bare repo
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/utils.py b/kallithea/lib/utils.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/utils.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/utils.py
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ import sys
 import traceback
 from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 
-import beaker
+import beaker.cache
 import mercurial.config
 import mercurial.ui
-from beaker.cache import _cache_decorate
 from tg.i18n import ugettext as _
 
 import kallithea.config.conf
@@ -622,36 +621,6 @@ def check_git_version():
 # CACHE RELATED METHODS
 #===============================================================================
 
-# set cache regions for beaker so celery can utilise it
-def setup_cache_regions(settings):
-    # Create dict with just beaker cache configs with prefix stripped
-    cache_settings = {'regions': None}
-    prefix = 'beaker.cache.'
-    for key in settings:
-        if key.startswith(prefix):
-            name = key[len(prefix):]
-            cache_settings[name] = settings[key]
-    # Find all regions, apply defaults, and apply to beaker
-    if cache_settings['regions']:
-        for region in cache_settings['regions'].split(','):
-            region = region.strip()
-            prefix = region + '.'
-            region_settings = {}
-            for key in cache_settings:
-                if key.startswith(prefix):
-                    name = key[len(prefix):]
-                    region_settings[name] = cache_settings[key]
-            region_settings.setdefault('expire',
-                                       cache_settings.get('expire', '60'))
-            region_settings.setdefault('lock_dir',
-                                       cache_settings.get('lock_dir'))
-            region_settings.setdefault('data_dir',
-                                       cache_settings.get('data_dir'))
-            region_settings.setdefault('type',
-                                       cache_settings.get('type', 'memory'))
-            beaker.cache.cache_regions[region] = region_settings
-
-
 def conditional_cache(region, prefix, condition, func):
     """
 
@@ -674,6 +643,6 @@ def conditional_cache(region, prefix, co
     if condition:
         log.debug('conditional_cache: True, wrapping call of '
                   'func: %s into %s region cache' % (region, func))
-        wrapped = _cache_decorate((prefix,), None, None, region)(func)
+        wrapped = beaker.cache._cache_decorate((prefix,), None, None, region)(func)
 
     return wrapped
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_concurrency.py b/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_concurrency.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_concurrency.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/scripts/manual_test_concurrency.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ from sqlalchemy import engine_from_confi
 
 from kallithea.config.environment import load_environment
 from kallithea.lib.auth import get_crypt_password
-from kallithea.lib.utils import setup_cache_regions
 from kallithea.model import meta
 from kallithea.model.base import init_model
 from kallithea.model.db import Repository, Ui, User
@@ -52,8 +51,6 @@ rel_path = dirname(dirname(dirname(dirna
 conf = appconfig('config:development.ini', relative_to=rel_path)
 load_environment(conf.global_conf, conf.local_conf)
 
-setup_cache_regions(conf)
-
 USER = TEST_USER_ADMIN_LOGIN
 PASS = TEST_USER_ADMIN_PASS
 HOST = 'server.local'