diff --git a/nipap-www/nipap_www.egg-info/requires.txt b/nipap-www/nipap_www.egg-info/requires.txt
index e4e7cd1c6..560bedd94 100644
--- a/nipap-www/nipap_www.egg-info/requires.txt
+++ b/nipap-www/nipap_www.egg-info/requires.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Flask
-pynipap
 nipap
+pynipap
diff --git a/nipap-www/nipapwww/lib/base.py b/nipap-www/nipapwww/lib/base.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d2b104b9..000000000
--- a/nipap-www/nipapwww/lib/base.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-""" The base Controller API
-
-    Provides the BaseController class for subclassing.
-"""
-import logging
-
-from pylons import request, session, url, tmpl_context as c
-from pylons.controllers import WSGIController
-from pylons.controllers.util import redirect
-from pylons.templating import render_jinja2 as render
-
-from pynipap import AuthOptions
-import nipapwww
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-class BaseController(WSGIController):
-
-    requires_auth = True
-
-
-    def __before__(self):
-        """ Perform actions before action method is invoked.
-            Deals with authentication.
-        """
-
-        # Add version to template context
-        c.www_version = nipapwww.__version__
-
-        # set authentication options
-        o = AuthOptions(
-            {
-                'username': session.get('user'),
-                'full_name': session.get('full_name'),
-                'authoritative_source': 'nipap',
-                'readonly': session.get('readonly')
-            })
-
-
-        # verify that user is logged in
-        if self.requires_auth and 'user' not in session:
-            # save path
-            session['path_before_login'] = request.path_info
-            session.save()
-            redirect(url(controller='auth', action='login'))
-
-
-
-    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
-        """Invoke the Controller"""
-        # WSGIController.__call__ dispatches to the Controller method
-        # the request is routed to. This routing information is
-        # available in environ['pylons.routes_dict']
-        return WSGIController.__call__(self, environ, start_response)