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diff --git a/wqflask/wqflask/hmac_func.py b/wqflask/wqflask/hmac_func.py
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-from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
-
-import hashlib
-import hmac
-
-from wqflask import app
-
-def hmac_creation(stringy):
-    """Helper function to create the actual hmac"""
-
-    secret = app.config['SECRET_HMAC_CODE']
-
-    hmaced = hmac.new(secret, stringy, hashlib.sha1)
-    hm = hmaced.hexdigest()
-    # ZS: Leaving the below comment here to ask Pjotr about
-    # "Conventional wisdom is that you don't lose much in terms of security if you throw away up to half of the output."
-    # http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/07/hmac_truncation_in_xml_signatu.html
-    hm = hm[:20]
-    return hm
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