diff --git a/server/go/appengine/camli/auth/auth.go b/server/go/appengine/camli/auth/auth.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 794a4e352..000000000
--- a/server/go/appengine/camli/auth/auth.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package auth
-
-import (
-	"encoding/base64"
-	"fmt"
-	"http"
-	"os"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-var kBasicAuthPattern *regexp.Regexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^Basic ([a-zA-Z0-9\+/=]+)`)
-
-var AccessPassword string
-
-func TriedAuthorization(req *http.Request) bool {
-	// Currently a simple test just using HTTP basic auth
-	// (presumably over https); may expand.
-	return req.Header.Get("Authorization") != ""
-}
-
-func SendUnauthorized(conn http.ResponseWriter) {
-	realm := "camlistored"
-	if pw := os.Getenv("CAMLI_ADVERTISED_PASSWORD"); pw != "" {
-		realm = "Any username, password is: " + pw
-	}
-	conn.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", fmt.Sprintf("Basic realm=%q", realm))
-	conn.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
-	fmt.Fprintf(conn, "<h1>Unauthorized</h1>")
-}
-
-func IsAuthorized(req *http.Request) bool {
-	auth := req.Header.Get("Authorization")
-	if auth == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-	matches := kBasicAuthPattern.FindStringSubmatch(auth)
-	if len(matches) != 2 {
-		return false
-	}
-	encoded := matches[1]
-	enc := base64.StdEncoding
-	decBuf := make([]byte, enc.DecodedLen(len(encoded)))
-	n, err := enc.Decode(decBuf, []byte(encoded))
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	userpass := strings.SplitN(string(decBuf[0:n]), ":", 2)
-	if len(userpass) != 2 {
-		fmt.Println("didn't get two pieces")
-		return false
-	}
-	password := userpass[1] // username at index 0 is currently unused
-	return password != "" && password == AccessPassword
-}
-
-// requireAuth wraps a function with another function that enforces
-// HTTP Basic Auth.
-func RequireAuth(handler func(conn http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)) func(conn http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	return func(conn http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-		if IsAuthorized(req) {
-			handler(conn, req)
-		} else {
-			SendUnauthorized(conn)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/server/go/appengine/camli/auth/auth.go b/server/go/appengine/camli/auth/auth.go
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..11db4d5b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/go/appengine/camli/auth/auth.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../lib/go/camli/auth/auth.go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/go/appengine/config.json b/server/go/appengine/config.json
index fd1d88ec2..3dcd7c874 100644
--- a/server/go/appengine/config.json
+++ b/server/go/appengine/config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { "_for-emacs": "-*- mode: js2;-*-",
   "baseURL": "*** Populated by runtime. Ignore this.",
-  "password": "foo",
-
+  "auth": "userpass:foo:bar",
   "prefixes": {
 
     "/ui/": {