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
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class TestHomeController(TestController)
         self.log_user()
         response = self.app.get(route_path('home'))
 
-        rhodecode_version_hash = calculate_version_hash()
+        rhodecode_version_hash = calculate_version_hash(
+            {'beaker.session.secret':'test-rc-uytcxaz'})
         response.mustcontain('style.css?ver={0}'.format(rhodecode_version_hash))
         response.mustcontain('rhodecode-components.js?ver={0}'.format(
             rhodecode_version_hash))
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/base.py b/rhodecode/lib/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/base.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import pyramid.threadlocal
 from paste.auth.basic import AuthBasicAuthenticator
 from paste.httpexceptions import HTTPUnauthorized, HTTPForbidden, get_exception
 from paste.httpheaders import WWW_AUTHENTICATE, AUTHORIZATION
-from pylons import config, tmpl_context as c, request, url
+from pylons import tmpl_context as c, request, url
 from pylons.controllers import WSGIController
 from pylons.controllers.util import redirect
 from pylons.i18n import translation
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class BasicAuth(AuthBasicAuthenticator):
     __call__ = authenticate
 
 
-def calculate_version_hash():
+def calculate_version_hash(config):
     return md5(
         config.get('beaker.session.secret', '') +
         rhodecode.__version__)[:8]
@@ -313,13 +313,18 @@ def attach_context_attributes(context, r
     Attach variables into template context called `c`, please note that
     request could be pylons or pyramid request in here.
     """
+    # NOTE(marcink): remove check after pyramid migration
+    if hasattr(request, 'registry'):
+        config = request.registry.settings
+    else:
+        from pylons import config
 
     rc_config = SettingsModel().get_all_settings(cache=True)
 
     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 = calculate_version_hash()
+    context.rhodecode_version_hash = calculate_version_hash(config)
 
     # Default language set for the incoming request
     context.language = get_current_lang(request)
@@ -506,6 +511,7 @@ class BaseController(WSGIController):
         __before__ is called before controller methods and after __call__
         """
         # on each call propagate settings calls into global settings.
+        from pylons import config
         set_rhodecode_config(config)
         attach_context_attributes(c, request, self._rhodecode_user.user_id)
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/__init__.py b/rhodecode/model/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/__init__.py
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ The application's model objects
 
 import logging
 
-from pylons import config
-from pyramid.threadlocal import get_current_registry
-
 from rhodecode.model import meta, db
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import obfuscate_url_pw, get_encryption_key
 
@@ -66,6 +63,7 @@ def init_model(engine, encryption_key=No
 
 
 def init_model_encryption(migration_models):
+    from pylons import config
     migration_models.ENCRYPTION_KEY = get_encryption_key(config)
     db.ENCRYPTION_KEY = get_encryption_key(config)