diff --git a/tg/configuration.py b/tg/configuration.py

--- a/tg/configuration.py

+++ b/tg/configuration.py

@@ -270,18 +270,16 @@ class AppConfig(Bunch):

         Override this method to customize the way that ``app_globals``

         and ``helpers`` are setup.

         """

         config['pylons.app_globals'] = self.package.lib.app_globals.Globals()

         g = config['pylons.app_globals']

         g.dotted_filename_finder = DottedFileNameFinder()

-        #config['pylons.helpers'] = self.package.lib.helpers

-        #config['pylons.h'] = self.package.lib.helpers

     def setup_sa_auth_backend(self):

         """This method adds sa_auth information to the config."""

         if 'beaker.session.secret' not in config:

             raise TGConfigError("You must provide a value for 'beaker.session.secret'  If this is a project quickstarted with TG 2.0.2 or earlier \

 double check that you have base_config['beaker.session.secret'] = 'mysecretsecret' in your app_cfg.py file.")

diff --git a/tg/render.py b/tg/render.py

--- a/tg/render.py

+++ b/tg/render.py

@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ def my_pylons_globals():

     """

     conf = pylons.config._current_obj()

     c = pylons.tmpl_context._current_obj()

     g = conf.get('pylons.app_globals') or conf['pylons.g']

     try:

-        h = config.get('pylons.package').lib.helpers

+        h = conf.package.lib.helpers

     except (AttributeError, KeyError):

         h = Bunch()

     pylons_vars = dict(

         c=c,

         tmpl_context=c,

         config=conf,

@@ -149,31 +149,29 @@ def _get_tg_vars():

         locale = tg.request.accept_language.best_matches(),

         errors = getattr(tmpl_context, "form_errors", {}),

         inputs = getattr(tmpl_context, "form_values", {}),

         request = tg.request,

         auth_stack_enabled = 'repoze.who.plugins' in tg.request.environ,

         predicates = predicates,

         )

-    # TODO in 2.2: we should actually just get helpers from the package's helpers

-    # module and dump the use of the SOP.

-

     try:

-        helpers = config['pylons.package'].lib.helpers

+        h = config.package.lib.helpers

     except AttributeError, ImportError:

-        helpers = Bunch()

+        h = Bunch()

     root_vars = Bunch(

         c = tmpl_context,

         tmpl_context = tmpl_context,

         response = response,

         request = request,

         url = tg.url,

-        helpers = helpers,

+        helpers = h,

+        h = h,

         tg = tg_vars

         )

     #Allow users to provide a callable that defines extra vars to be

     #added to the template namespace

     variable_provider = config.get('variable_provider', None)

     if variable_provider:

         root_vars.update(variable_provider())

     return root_vars