diff --git a/euscanwww/djeuscan/helpers.py b/euscanwww/djeuscan/helpers.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f7a6b82..0000000
--- a/euscanwww/djeuscan/helpers.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-"""
-djeuscan.helpers
-"""
-
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion, LooseVersion
-
-
-def xint(i):
-    """
-    Tries to cast to int, fallbacks to 0
-    """
-    try:
-        return int(i)
-    except Exception:
-        return 0
-
-
-def select_related_last_versions(queryset):
-    queryset = queryset.select_related(
-        'last_version_gentoo',
-        'last_version_overlay',
-        'last_version_upstream'
-    )
-
-
-def version_key(version):
-    version = version.version
-    try:
-        return StrictVersion(version)
-    # in case of abnormal version number, fall back to LooseVersion
-    except ValueError:
-        return LooseVersion(version)
-
-
-def packages_from_names(data):
-    """
-    Returns a list of Package objects from a string of names
-    """
-
-    from djeuscan.models import Package
-
-    packages = []
-    data = data.replace("\r", "")
-
-    for pkg in data.split('\n'):
-        if '/' in pkg:
-            cat, pkg = pkg.split('/')
-            packages.extend(Package.objects.filter(category=cat, name=pkg))
-        else:
-            packages.extend(Package.objects.filter(name=pkg))
-    return packages
-
-
-def rename_fields(vqs, fields):
-    ret = []
-    for n in vqs:
-        for tr in fields:
-            if tr[0] in n:
-                n[tr[1]] = n[tr[0]]
-                del n[tr[0]]
-        ret.append(n)
-    return ret
-
-
-class catch_and_return(object):
-    def __init__(self, err, response):
-        self.err = err
-        self.response = response
-
-    def __call__(self, fn):
-        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            try:
-                return fn(*args, **kwargs)
-            except self.err:
-                return self.response
-        return wrapper
-
-
-def get_account_categories(user):
-    from djeuscan.models import Package, CategoryAssociation
-
-    # TODO: This is quite ugly
-    category_names = [obj.category for obj in
-                      CategoryAssociation.objects.filter(user=user)]
-    return [c for c in Package.objects.categories()
-            if c["category"] in category_names]
-
-
-def get_account_herds(user):
-    from djeuscan.models import Package, HerdAssociation
-
-    ids = [obj.herd.pk for obj in
-           HerdAssociation.objects.filter(user=user)]
-    return Package.objects.herds(ids=ids)
-
-
-def get_account_maintainers(user):
-    from djeuscan.models import Package, MaintainerAssociation
-
-    ids = [obj.maintainer.pk for obj in
-           MaintainerAssociation.objects.filter(user=user)]
-    return Package.objects.maintainers(ids=ids)
-
-
-def get_account_packages(user):
-    from djeuscan.models import PackageAssociation
-    return [obj.package for obj in
-            PackageAssociation.objects.filter(user=user)]
diff --git a/euscanwww/djeuscan/processing/scan/scan_portage.py b/euscanwww/djeuscan/processing/scan/scan_portage.py
index a30254e..79fa62a 100644
--- a/euscanwww/djeuscan/processing/scan/scan_portage.py
+++ b/euscanwww/djeuscan/processing/scan/scan_portage.py
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ from euscan.version import get_version_type
 from djeuscan.processing import FakeLogger
 from djeuscan.models import Package, Version, VersionLog
 
-PORTDB = None
-
-
 class ScanPortage(object):
     def __init__(self, logger=None, no_log=False, purge_packages=False,
                  purge_versions=False):
@@ -24,10 +21,6 @@ class ScanPortage(object):
         self.purge_packages = purge_packages
         self.purge_versions = purge_versions
 
-        global PORTDB
-        if not PORTDB:  # Lazy loading for portdb
-            PORTDB = portage.db[portage.root]["porttree"].dbapi
-
         self.style = color_style()
 
         self._cache = {'packages': {}, 'versions': {}}
@@ -231,7 +224,7 @@ class ScanPortage(object):
             package.category, package.name, ver, rev, slot, overlay
         )
 
-        overlay_path = overlay_path or PORTDB.settings["PORTDIR"]
+        overlay_path = overlay_path or portage.settings["PORTDIR"]
         package_path = join(overlay_path, package.category, package.name)
         ebuild_path = join(package_path, "%s.ebuild" % cpv.split("/")[-1])
         metadata_path = join(package_path, "metadata.xml")