diff --git a/packages/auth/src/utils.js b/packages/auth/src/utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e96c124421c14cf2e4b3c9ab8144a58d4971bda..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/auth/src/utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-import vars from './vars.js';
-
-export default {
-    getAPiUrl: function(path = "", withPrefix = true) {
-        return vars.apiBaseUrl + (withPrefix ? vars.apiUrlPrefix : "") + path;
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Parses a link header
-     *
-     * The node module parse-link-header didn't work, so https://gist.github.com/niallo/3109252 became handy
-     *
-     * @param header
-     */
-    parseLinkHeader: (header) => {
-        if (header.length === 0) {
-            throw new Error("input must not be of zero length");
-        }
-
-        // Split parts by comma
-        const parts = header.split(',');
-        const links = {};
-
-        // Parse each part into a named link
-        for(let i=0; i<parts.length; i++) {
-            const section = parts[i].split(';');
-            if (section.length !== 2) {
-                throw new Error("section could not be split on ';'");
-            }
-            const url = section[0].replace(/<(.*)>/, '$1').trim();
-            const name = section[1].replace(/rel="(.*)"/, '$1').trim();
-            links[name] = url;
-        }
-
-        return links;
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Parses the base url from an url
-     *
-     * @param url
-     * @returns {string}
-     */
-    parseBaseUrl: (url) => {
-        const pathArray = url.split('/');
-        const protocol = pathArray[0];
-        const host = pathArray[2];
-        return protocol + '//' + host;
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Reads a setting
-     *
-     * @param key
-     * @returns {*}
-     */
-    setting: (key) => vars[key]
-};
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/vars.js b/packages/auth/src/vars.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 741b34e27abf609923ce55b7f4051f02b471a615..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/auth/src/vars.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-var config = undefined;
-
-switch(process.env.BUILD) {
-    case "development":
-        config = {
-            apiBaseUrl: 'https://mw-dev.tugraz.at',
-            apiUrlPrefix: '',
-            keyCloakClientId: 'auth-dev-mw-frontend',
-        };
-
-        break;
-    case "production":
-        config = {
-            apiBaseUrl: 'https://mw.tugraz.at',
-            apiUrlPrefix: '',
-            keyCloakClientId: 'auth-prod-mw-frontend',
-        };
-        break;
-    case "demo":
-        config = {
-            apiBaseUrl: 'https://api-demo.tugraz.at',
-            apiUrlPrefix: '',
-            keyCloakClientId: 'auth-dev-mw-frontend',
-        };
-        break;
-    case "local":
-    default:
-        config = {
-            apiBaseUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:8000',
-            apiUrlPrefix: '',
-            keyCloakClientId: 'auth-dev-mw-frontend-local',
-        };
-}
-
-export default config;
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/vpu-auth-demo.js b/packages/auth/src/vpu-auth-demo.js
index 55f67106e01b0e8d54a53899a26140bdc68e6f92..49553319b9fce2fc8987c707a28639746f315dcd 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/vpu-auth-demo.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/vpu-auth-demo.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import utils from './utils.js';
 import {i18n} from './i18n.js';
 import {html, LitElement} from 'lit-element';
 import './vpu-auth';
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ class AuthDemo extends LitElement {
                     <h1 class="title">Auth-Demo</h1>
                 </div>
                 <div class="container">
-                    <vpu-auth lang="${this.lang}" client-id="${utils.setting('keyCloakClientId')}" load-person></vpu-auth>
+                    <vpu-auth lang="${this.lang}" client-id="${commonUtils.setting('keyCloakClientId')}" load-person></vpu-auth>
                 </div>
             </section>
         `;
diff --git a/packages/auth/src/vpu-auth.js b/packages/auth/src/vpu-auth.js
index b1198740dbc05c79eec626e26e55793d4f79cd25..e2bdb65e9920741b32da1088cb09d6f83692d7bc 100644
--- a/packages/auth/src/vpu-auth.js
+++ b/packages/auth/src/vpu-auth.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {i18n} from './i18n.js';
 import {html, LitElement} from 'lit-element';
 import JSONLD from 'vpu-common/jsonld'
-import utils from "./utils";
 import commonUtils from 'vpu-common/utils';
 
 /**
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class VPUAuth extends LitElement {
                     that.dispatchInitEvent();
 
                     if (that.loadPerson) {
-                        JSONLD.initialize(utils.getAPiUrl(), (jsonld) => {
+                        JSONLD.initialize(commonUtils.getAPiUrl(), (jsonld) => {
                             // find the correct api url for the current person
                             // we are fetching the logged-in person directly to respect the REST philosophy
                             // see: https://github.com/api-platform/api-platform/issues/337
diff --git a/packages/auth/vendor/common b/packages/auth/vendor/common
index 378256b0ae92712fd5b8feed3a987cd014617c0b..fdcb4c14ef0375b5dc61d48ca4f59bd6c2561708 160000
--- a/packages/auth/vendor/common
+++ b/packages/auth/vendor/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 378256b0ae92712fd5b8feed3a987cd014617c0b
+Subproject commit fdcb4c14ef0375b5dc61d48ca4f59bd6c2561708