diff --git a/lib/modules/code_generator/code_templates/utils.js.ejs b/lib/modules/code_generator/code_templates/utils.js.ejs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fa58f29a..000000000
--- a/lib/modules/code_generator/code_templates/utils.js.ejs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-function __reduce(arr, memo, iteratee, cb) {
-  if (typeof cb !== 'function') {
-    if (typeof memo === 'function' && typeof iteratee === 'function') {
-      cb = iteratee;
-      iteratee = memo;
-      memo = [];
-    } else {
-      throw new TypeError('expected callback to be a function');
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!Array.isArray(arr)) {
-    cb(new TypeError('expected an array'));
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (typeof iteratee !== 'function') {
-    cb(new TypeError('expected iteratee to be a function'));
-    return;
-  }
-
-  (function next(i, acc) {
-    if (i === arr.length) {
-      cb(null, acc);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    iteratee(acc, arr[i], function(err, val) {
-      if (err) {
-        cb(err);
-        return;
-      }
-      next(i + 1, val);
-    });
-  })(0, memo);
-};
-
-function __isNewWeb3_1() {
-  return (typeof(web3.version) === "string");
-};
-
-function __getAccounts(cb) {
-  if (__isNewWeb3_1()) {
-    web3.eth.getAccounts().then(function(accounts) {
-      cb(null, accounts);
-      return null;
-    }).catch(function(err) {
-      cb(err);
-      return null;
-    });
-    return;
-  }
-  web3.eth.getAccounts(cb);
-};
-
diff --git a/lib/modules/code_generator/code_templates/web3-connector.js.ejs b/lib/modules/code_generator/code_templates/web3-connector.js.ejs
index b272786e7..07b83a612 100644
--- a/lib/modules/code_generator/code_templates/web3-connector.js.ejs
+++ b/lib/modules/code_generator/code_templates/web3-connector.js.ejs
@@ -1,37 +1,3 @@
-__reduce(<%- connectionList %>,function(prev, value, next) {
-  if (prev === false) {
-    return next(null, false);
-  }
-
-  if (value === '$WEB3' && (typeof web3 !== 'undefined' && typeof Web3 !== 'undefined')) {
-    web3.setProvider(web3.givenProvider);
-  } else if (value !== '$WEB3' && (typeof Web3 !== 'undefined' && ((typeof web3 === 'undefined') || (typeof web3 !== 'undefined' && (!web3.isConnected || (web3.isConnected && !web3.isConnected())))))) {
-    if (value.indexOf('ws://') >= 0) {
-      web3.setProvider(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider(value));
-    } else {
-      web3.setProvider(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider(value));
-    }
-  } else if (value === '$WEB3') {
-    return next(null, '');
-  }
-
-  __getAccounts(function(err, account) {
-    if (err) {
-      next(null, true)
-    } else {
-      next(null, false)
-    }
-  });
-}, function(err, _result) {
-  __getAccounts(function(err, accounts) {
-    <% if (warnAboutMetamask) { %>
-    if (web3.eth.currentProvider && web3.eth.currentProvider.isMetaMask) {
-      console.log("%cNote: Embark has detected you are in the development environment and using Metamask, please make sure Metamask is connected to your local node", "font-size: 2em");
-    }
-    <% } %>
-    if (accounts) {
-      web3.eth.defaultAccount = accounts[0];
-    }
-    <%- done  %>
-  });
+EmbarkJS.connect(<%- connectionList %>, {warnAboutMetamask: <%= warnAboutMetamask %>}, function(err) {
+  <%- done  %>
 });
diff --git a/lib/modules/code_generator/index.js b/lib/modules/code_generator/index.js
index 5c53da23c..d16fa9445 100644
--- a/lib/modules/code_generator/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/code_generator/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const utils = require('../../utils/utils.js');
 
 require('ejs');
 const Templates = {
-  utils: require('./code_templates/utils.js.ejs'),
   vanilla_contract: require('./code_templates/vanilla-contract.js.ejs'),
   embarkjs_contract: require('./code_templates/embarkjs-contract.js.ejs'),
   exec_when_ready: require('./code_templates/exec-when-ready.js.ejs'),
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ class CodeGenerator {
     let result = "";
     let providerPlugins;
 
-    result += Templates.utils();
     result += Templates.main_context();
     result += Templates.load_manager();
     result += Templates.define_when_env_loaded();