diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/home/tests/test_home.py b/rhodecode/apps/home/tests/test_home.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/home/tests/test_home.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/home/tests/test_home.py
@@ -54,14 +54,15 @@ class TestHomeController(TestController)
             response.mustcontain('"name_raw": "%s"' % repo.repo_name)
 
     def test_index_contains_statics_with_ver(self):
-        from pylons import tmpl_context as c
+        from rhodecode.lib.base import calculate_version_hash
 
         self.log_user()
         response = self.app.get(route_path('home'))
 
-        rhodecode_version_hash = c.rhodecode_version_hash
+        rhodecode_version_hash = calculate_version_hash()
         response.mustcontain('style.css?ver={0}'.format(rhodecode_version_hash))
-        response.mustcontain('rhodecode-components.js?ver={0}'.format(rhodecode_version_hash))
+        response.mustcontain('rhodecode-components.js?ver={0}'.format(
+            rhodecode_version_hash))
 
     def test_index_contains_backend_specific_details(self, backend):
         self.log_user()
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/base.py b/rhodecode/lib/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/base.py
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ class BasicAuth(AuthBasicAuthenticator):
 
 
 def attach_context_attributes(context, request, user_id, attach_to_request=False):
+def calculate_version_hash():
+    return md5(
+        config.get('beaker.session.secret', '') +
+        rhodecode.__version__)[:8]
+
+
     """
     Attach variables into template context called `c`, please note that
     request could be pylons or pyramid request in here.
@@ -275,9 +281,7 @@ def attach_context_attributes(context, r
     context.rhodecode_version = rhodecode.__version__
     context.rhodecode_edition = config.get('rhodecode.edition')
     # unique secret + version does not leak the version but keep consistency
-    context.rhodecode_version_hash = md5(
-        config.get('beaker.session.secret', '') +
-        rhodecode.__version__)[:8]
+    context.rhodecode_version_hash = calculate_version_hash()
 
     # Default language set for the incoming request
     context.language = translation.get_lang()[0]