diff --git a/pkg/project/expander.go b/pkg/project/expander.go
index 67b33a5a4d..7fa8937b48 100644
--- a/pkg/project/expander.go
+++ b/pkg/project/expander.go
@@ -291,6 +291,22 @@ func makeEntryMapMap(structure reflect.Value) map[string]map[string]entry {
 	return m
 }
 
+func makeLazyExpanderFuncFromPtrToStruct(val reflect.Value) ExpanderFunc {
+	return func(v, name, meta string, isFunc bool, ctx *Expansion) (string, error) {
+		iface := val.Interface()
+		if u, ok := iface.(interface{ Update(*Project) }); ok {
+			u.Update(ctx.Project)
+		}
+
+		if val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+			val = val.Elem()
+		}
+		fn := makeExpanderFuncFromMap(makeEntryMapMap(val))
+
+		return fn(v, name, meta, isFunc, ctx)
+	}
+}
+
 func makeExpanderFuncFromMap(m map[string]map[string]entry) ExpanderFunc {
 	return func(v, name, meta string, isFunc bool, ctx *Expansion) (string, error) {
 		if isFunc && meta == "()" {
diff --git a/pkg/project/project.go b/pkg/project/project.go
index ffd8c988dd..4eb646478e 100644
--- a/pkg/project/project.go
+++ b/pkg/project/project.go
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@ func (p *Project) SetCommit(commitID string) error {
 	return p.Source().SetCommit(commitID, p.IsHeadless())
 }
 
-func (p *Project) SetUpdateCallback(fn func()) {
-	if p.projectfile == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	p.projectfile.SetUpdateCallback(fn)
-}
-
 // Constants returns a reference to projectfile.Constants
 func (p *Project) Constants() []*Constant {
 	constrained, err := constraints.FilterUnconstrained(pConditional, p.projectfile.Constants.AsConstrainedEntities())
diff --git a/pkg/project/registry.go b/pkg/project/registry.go
index c4402d9bc2..b4e6caba3a 100644
--- a/pkg/project/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/project/registry.go
@@ -31,55 +31,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func RegisterTopLevelStruct(name string, val interface{}) error {
-	v := reflect.ValueOf(val)
-	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-		v = v.Elem()
-	}
-
-	m := makeEntryMapMap(v)
-	name = strings.ToLower(name)
-	err := RegisterExpander(name, makeExpanderFuncFromMap(m))
-	if err != nil {
-		return locale.WrapError(
-			err, "project_expand_register_expander_map",
-			"Cannot register expander (map)",
-		)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func RegisterTopLevelFunc(name string, val interface{}) error {
-	v := reflect.ValueOf(val)
-	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-		v = v.Elem()
-	}
-
-	name = strings.ToLower(name)
-	err := RegisterExpander(name, makeExpanderFuncFromFunc(v))
-	if err != nil {
-		return locale.WrapError(
-			err, "project_expand_register_expander_func",
-			"Cannot register expander (func)",
-		)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func RegisterTopLevelStringer(name string, val interface{}) error {
-	v := reflect.ValueOf(val)
-	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-		v = v.Elem()
-	}
-
-	topLevelLookup[strings.ToLower(name)] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v.Interface())
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-/*func RegisterStruct(val interface{}) error {
+func RegisterStruct(val interface{}) error {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(val)
 	// deref if needed
 	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
@@ -95,6 +47,7 @@ func RegisterTopLevelStringer(name string, val interface{}) error {
 		}
 
 		d1Val := v.FieldByIndex(f.Index)
+		d1ValOrig := d1Val
 		if d1Val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
 			d1Val = d1Val.Elem()
 		}
@@ -105,9 +58,8 @@ func RegisterTopLevelStringer(name string, val interface{}) error {
 		switch d1Val.Type().Kind() {
 		// Convert type (to map-map) to express advanced control like tag handling.
 		case reflect.Struct:
-			m := makeEntryMapMap(d1Val)
 			name := strings.ToLower(f.Name)
-			err := RegisterExpander(name, makeExpanderFuncFromMap(m))
+			err := RegisterExpander(name, makeLazyExpanderFuncFromPtrToStruct(d1ValOrig))
 			if err != nil {
 				return locale.WrapError(
 					err, "project_expand_register_expander_map",
@@ -133,7 +85,7 @@ func RegisterTopLevelStringer(name string, val interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	return nil
-}*/
+}
 
 // RegisterExpander registers an Expander Func for some given handler value. The handler value
 // must not effectively be a blank string and the Func must be defined. It is definitely possible