diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
index cb2b8bcdc..b7fea5dd0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 class Api::V1::BaseController < ApplicationController
-  include Api::V1::BaseHelper
   #respond_to :json
 
   rescue_from CanCan::AccessDenied do |exception|
@@ -9,4 +8,77 @@ class Api::V1::BaseController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  protected
+
+  def add_member_to_subject(subject)
+    class_name = subject.class.name.downcase
+    if member.present? && subject.add_member(member)
+      render_json_response subject, "#{member.class.to_s} '#{member.id}' has been added to #{class_name} successfully"
+    else
+      render_validation_error subject, "Member has not been added to #{class_name}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def remove_member_from_subject(subject)
+    class_name = subject.class.name.downcase
+    if member.present? && subject.remove_member(member)
+      render_json_response subject, "#{member.class.to_s} '#{member.id}' has been removed from #{class_name} successfully"
+    else
+      render_validation_error subject, "Member has not been removed from #{class_name}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def destroy_subject(subject)
+    subject.destroy # later with resque
+    render_json_response subject, "#{subject.class.name} has been destroyed successfully"
+  end
+
+  def update_subject(subject)
+    class_name = subject.class.name
+    if subject.update_attributes(params[class_name.downcase.to_sym] || {})
+      render_json_response subject, "#{class_name} has been updated successfully"
+    else
+      render_validation_error subject, "#{class_name} has not been updated"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def paginate_params
+    per_page = params[:per_page].to_i
+    per_page = 20 if per_page < 1
+    per_page = 100 if per_page >100
+    {:page => params[:page], :per_page => per_page}
+  end
+
+  def render_json_response(subject, message, status = 200)
+    id = status != 200 ? nil : subject.id
+
+    render :json => {
+      subject.class.name.downcase.to_sym => {
+        :id => id,
+        :message => message
+      }
+    }.to_json, :status => status
+  end
+
+  def render_validation_error(subject, message)
+    errors = subject.errors.full_messages.join('. ')
+    if errors.present?
+      message << '. ' << errors
+    end
+    render_json_response(subject, message, 422)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def member
+    return @member if @member
+    if params[:type] == 'User'
+      member = User
+    elsif params[:type] == 'Group'
+      member = Group
+    end
+    @member = member.where(:id => params[:member_id]).first if member
+    @member ||= ''
+  end 
+
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/api/v1/base_helper.rb b/app/helpers/api/v1/base_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0599169b8..000000000
--- a/app/helpers/api/v1/base_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-module Api::V1::BaseHelper
-
-  protected
-
-  def add_member_to_subject(subject)
-    class_name = subject.class.name.downcase
-    if member.present? && subject.add_member(member)
-      render_json_response subject, "#{member.class.to_s} '#{member.id}' has been added to #{class_name} successfully"
-    else
-      render_validation_error subject, "Member has not been added to #{class_name}"
-    end
-  end
-
-  def remove_member_from_subject(subject)
-    class_name = subject.class.name.downcase
-    if member.present? && subject.remove_member(member)
-      render_json_response subject, "#{member.class.to_s} '#{member.id}' has been removed from #{class_name} successfully"
-    else
-      render_validation_error subject, "Member has not been removed from #{class_name}"
-    end
-  end
-
-  def destroy_subject(subject)
-    subject.destroy # later with resque
-    render_json_response subject, "#{subject.class.name} has been destroyed successfully"
-  end
-
-  def update_subject(subject)
-    class_name = subject.class.name
-    if subject.update_attributes(params[class_name.downcase.to_sym] || {})
-      render_json_response subject, "#{class_name} has been updated successfully"
-    else
-      render_validation_error subject, "#{class_name} has not been updated"
-    end
-  end
-
-  def paginate_params
-    per_page = params[:per_page].to_i
-    per_page = 20 if per_page < 1
-    per_page = 100 if per_page >100
-    {:page => params[:page], :per_page => per_page}
-  end
-
-  def render_json_response(subject, message, status = 200)
-    id = status != 200 ? nil : subject.id
-
-    render :json => {
-      subject.class.name.downcase.to_sym => {
-        :id => id,
-        :message => message
-      }
-    }.to_json, :status => status
-  end
-
-  def render_validation_error(subject, message)
-    errors = subject.errors.full_messages.join('. ')
-    if errors.present?
-      message << '. ' << errors
-    end
-    render_json_response(subject, message, 422)
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def member
-    return @member if @member
-    if params[:type] == 'User'
-      member = User
-    elsif params[:type] == 'Group'
-      member = Group
-    end
-    @member = member.where(:id => params[:member_id]).first if member
-    @member ||= ''
-  end 
-
-end
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