diff --git a/modules/helmaTools.zip b/modules/helmaTools.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index 4eee14a0..00000000
Binary files a/modules/helmaTools.zip and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/modules/tools/Global/helma.auth.js b/modules/tools/Global/helma.auth.js
index c71a06c7..9e2abc50 100644
--- a/modules/tools/Global/helma.auth.js
+++ b/modules/tools/Global/helma.auth.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ helma.auth = function(realm) {
     var accessAllowed = true;
     if (req.data.username && req.data.password) {
         if (pw && hostIsAllowed()) {
-            if (pw == Packages.helma.util.MD5Encoder.encode(req.data.username + "-" + req.data.password)) {
+            if (pw == Packages.org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.md5Hex(req.data.username + "-" + req.data.password)) {
                 session.data[realm+'Authenticated'] = true;
                 res.redirect(res.data.href);
             } else {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ helma.auth = function(realm) {
                 The adminAccess property is not set.<br />\
                 Before proceeding, add the following line to your app.properties or server.properties file:\
                 <br /><br />adminAccess='
-                + Packages.helma.util.MD5Encoder.encode(req.data.username + "-" + req.data.password);
+                + Packages.org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.md5Hex(req.data.username + "-" + req.data.password);
             else param.message += 'The '+ realm +'AccessAllowed property does not match your host.<br />\
                 Before proceeding, remove this property from your app.properties or server.properties file \
                 or include your host as follows:<br /><br />'
diff --git a/src/dist/apps/manage/Global/functions.js b/src/dist/apps/manage/Global/functions.js
index 7c40b5b7..98b840a0 100644
--- a/src/dist/apps/manage/Global/functions.js
+++ b/src/dist/apps/manage/Global/functions.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function createAddressFilter() {
 }
 
 
-/** 
+/**
   * updates the stats in app.data.stat every 5 minutes
   */
 function appStat() {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function checkAuth(appObj) {
     if (uname == null || uname == "" || pwd == null || pwd == "")
         return forceAuth();
 
-    var md5key = Packages.helma.util.MD5Encoder.encode(uname + "-" + pwd);
+    var md5key = Packages.org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.md5Hex(uname + "-" + pwd);
 
     if (md5key == adminAccess)
         return true;
diff --git a/src/dist/apps/manage/Root/actions.js b/src/dist/apps/manage/Root/actions.js
index aac54dc7..4c7c68a8 100644
--- a/src/dist/apps/manage/Root/actions.js
+++ b/src/dist/apps/manage/Root/actions.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function makekey_action() {
             res.data.body = renderSkinAsString("pwdform", obj);
         } else {
             // render the md5-string:
-            obj.propsString = "adminAccess=" + Packages.helma.util.MD5Encoder.encode(req.data.username + "-" + req.data.password) + "<br>\n";
+            obj.propsString = "adminAccess=" + Packages.org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.md5Hex(req.data.username + "-" + req.data.password) + "<br>\n";
             res.data.body = renderSkinAsString("pwdfeedback", obj);
         }
 
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ function mrtg_action() {
     } else {
         res.write("0\n0\n0\n0\n");
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}