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