diff --git a/apps/maintenance/__init__.py b/apps/maintenance/__init__.py
index 35fb1a199a..4325530699 100644
--- a/apps/maintenance/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/maintenance/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from project_tools.api import register_tool
 from navigation.api import bind_links
 
 from .links import maintenance_menu, maintenance_execute
 from .api import MaintenanceTool
 
-register_tool(maintenance_menu)
 bind_links(['maintenance_menu'], maintenance_menu, menu_name='secondary_menu')
 bind_links([MaintenanceTool], maintenance_execute)
diff --git a/apps/permissions/__init__.py b/apps/permissions/__init__.py
index eb2a3a2a96..547f55cf60 100644
--- a/apps/permissions/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/permissions/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from navigation.api import bind_links, register_multi_item_links
-#from project_setup.api import register_setup
 
 from .links import (role_list, role_create, role_edit, role_members,
     role_permissions, role_delete, permission_grant, permission_revoke)
@@ -16,13 +15,3 @@ register_multi_item_links(['role_permissions'], [permission_grant, permission_re
 
 # TODO: eliminate this
 permission_views = ['role_list', 'role_create', 'role_edit', 'role_members', 'role_permissions', 'role_delete']
-
-
-
-
-#register_setup(role_list)
-
-
-#    app.set_backup([app_registry.classes.ModelBackup()])
-#
-
diff --git a/apps/project_tools/__init__.py b/apps/project_tools/__init__.py
index 3bc1e1a1b1..4f6b14e492 100644
--- a/apps/project_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/project_tools/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from navigation.api import register_top_menu
 
-from navigation.api import register_top_menu, Link
+from .links import link_tools
 
-from .icons import icon_tool
-
-tool_menu = register_top_menu('tools', link=Link(text=_(u'tools'), view='tools_list', icon=icon_tool), position=-3)
+tool_menu = register_top_menu('tools', link=link_tools, position=-3)