diff --git a/api/chalicelib/core/authorizers.py b/api/chalicelib/core/authorizers.py
index c32f08208..a474fcb8d 100644
--- a/api/chalicelib/core/authorizers.py
+++ b/api/chalicelib/core/authorizers.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def jwt_authorizer(token):
             token[1],
             config("jwt_secret"),
             algorithms=config("jwt_algorithm"),
-            audience=[f"plugin:{helper.get_stage_name()}", f"front:{helper.get_stage_name()}"]
+            audience=[ f"front:{helper.get_stage_name()}"]
         )
     except jwt.ExpiredSignatureError:
         print("! JWT Expired signature")
diff --git a/api/chalicelib/core/signup.py b/api/chalicelib/core/signup.py
index 23c2c8744..9106084ad 100644
--- a/api/chalicelib/core/signup.py
+++ b/api/chalicelib/core/signup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def create_step1(data: schemas.UserSignupSchema):
     password = data.password
 
     print("Verifying email validity")
-    if email is None or len(email) < 5 or not helper.is_valid_email(email):
+    if email is None or len(email) < 5:
         errors.append("Invalid email address.")
     else:
         print("Verifying email existance")
diff --git a/api/chalicelib/utils/helper.py b/api/chalicelib/utils/helper.py
index 192c309f5..919ac9d9f 100644
--- a/api/chalicelib/utils/helper.py
+++ b/api/chalicelib/utils/helper.py
@@ -18,40 +18,13 @@ def get_version_number():
 
 
 def get_stage_name():
-    stage = config("STAGE")
-    return stage[len(local_prefix):] if stage.startswith(local_prefix) else stage
-
-
-def is_production():
-    return get_stage_name() == "production"
-
-
-def is_staging():
-    return get_stage_name() == "staging"
-
-
-def is_onprem():
-    return not is_production() and not is_staging()
-
-
-def is_local():
-    return config("STAGE").startswith(local_prefix)
+    return "OpenReplay"
 
 
 def generate_salt():
     return "".join(random.choices(string.hexdigits, k=36))
 
 
-def unique_ordered_list(array):
-    uniq = []
-    [uniq.append(x) for x in array if x not in uniq]
-    return uniq
-
-
-def unique_unordered_list(array):
-    return list(set(array))
-
-
 def list_to_camel_case(items, flatten=False):
     for i in range(len(items)):
         if flatten:
@@ -130,12 +103,6 @@ def key_to_snake_case(name, delimiter='_', split_number=False):
 TRACK_TIME = True
 
 
-def __sbool_to_bool(value):
-    if value is None or not isinstance(value, str):
-        return False
-    return value.lower() in ["true", "yes", "1"]
-
-
 def allow_captcha():
     return config("captcha_server", default=None) is not None and config("captcha_key", default=None) is not None \
            and len(config("captcha_server")) > 0 and len(config("captcha_key")) > 0
@@ -210,54 +177,11 @@ def values_for_operator(value: Union[str, list], op: schemas.SearchEventOperator
     return value
 
 
-def is_valid_email(email):
-    return re.match(r"[^@]+@[^@]+\.[^@]+", email) is not None
-
-
-def is_valid_http_url(url):
-    regex = re.compile(
-        r'^(?:http|ftp)s?://'  # http:// or https://
-        r'(?:(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+(?:[A-Z]{2,6}\.?|[A-Z0-9-]{2,}\.?)|'  # domain...
-        r'localhost|'  # localhost...
-        r'\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})'  # ...or ip
-        r'(?::\d+)?'  # optional port
-        r'(?:/?|[/?]\S+)$', re.IGNORECASE)
-
-    return re.match(regex, url) is not None
-
-
-def is_valid_url(url):
-    regex = re.compile(
-        # r'^(?:http|ftp)s?://'  # http:// or https://
-        r'(?:(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+(?:[A-Z]{2,6}\.?|[A-Z0-9-]{2,}\.?)|'  # domain...
-        r'localhost|'  # localhost...
-        r'\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})'  # ...or ip
-        r'(?::\d+)?'  # optional port
-        r'(?:/?|[/?]\S+)$', re.IGNORECASE)
-
-    return re.match(regex, url) is not None
-
-
-def is_alphabet_space(word):
-    r = re.compile("^[a-zA-Z ]*$")
-    return r.match(word) is not None
-
-
-def is_alphabet_latin_space(word):
-    r = re.compile("^[a-zA-Z\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00f6\u00f8-\u00ff\s ]*$")
-    return r.match(word) is not None
-
-
 def is_alphabet_space_dash(word):
     r = re.compile("^[a-zA-Z -]*$")
     return r.match(word) is not None
 
 
-def is_alphanumeric_space(word):
-    r = re.compile("^[a-zA-Z0-9._\- ]*$")
-    return r.match(word) is not None
-
-
 def merge_lists_by_key(l1, l2, key):
     merged = {}
     for item in l1 + l2:
@@ -310,9 +234,6 @@ def explode_widget(data, key=None):
     return result
 
 
-TEMP_PATH = "./" if is_local() else "/tmp/"
-
-
 def get_issue_title(issue_type):
     return {'click_rage': "Click Rage",
             'dead_click': "Dead Click",