diff --git a/core/core.js b/core/core.js
index 0a9344c2..d43b0ef6 100644
--- a/core/core.js
+++ b/core/core.js
@@ -101,16 +101,25 @@ function getUser(caller, process) {
 	};
 }
 
-function getUsers(packageOwner, packageName) {
-	var result = [];
-	for (var key in gProcesses) {
-		var process = gProcesses[key];
-		if ((!packageOwner || process.packageOwner == packageOwner)
-			&& (!packageName || process.packageName == packageName)) {
-			result.push(getUser(this, process));
+function getApps(user, process) {
+	if (process.credentials &&
+		process.credentials.session &&
+		process.credentials.session.name) {
+		if (user && user !== process.credentials.session.name && user !== 'core') {
+			return {};
+		} else if (!user) {
+			user = process.credentials.session.name;
 		}
 	}
-	return result;
+	if (user) {
+		var db = new Database(user);
+		try {
+			var names = JSON.parse(db.get('apps'));
+			return Object.fromEntries(names.map(name => [name, db.get('path:' + name)]));
+		} catch {
+		}
+	}
+	return {};
 }
 
 function postMessageInternal(from, to, message) {
@@ -129,12 +138,6 @@ async function getSessionProcessBlob(blobId, session, options) {
 	return getProcessBlob(blobId, 'session_' + session, actualOptions);
 }
 
-async function readFileUtf8(fileName) {
-	let data = await File.readFile(fileName);
-	data = utf8Decode(data);
-	return data;
-}
-
 let gManifestCache = {};
 
 async function getProcessBlob(blobId, key, options) {
@@ -169,7 +172,6 @@ async function getProcessBlob(blobId, key, options) {
 			var imports = {
 				'core': {
 					'broadcast': broadcast.bind(process),
-					'getUsers': getUsers.bind(process),
 					'register': function(eventName, handler) {
 						if (!process.eventHandlers[eventName]) {
 							process.eventHandlers[eventName] = [];
@@ -187,28 +189,8 @@ async function getProcessBlob(blobId, key, options) {
 							}
 						}
 					},
-					'getUser': getUser.bind(null, process, process),
 					'user': getUser(process, process),
-					'apps': function(name) {
-						if (process.credentials &&
-							process.credentials.session &&
-							process.credentials.session.name) {
-							if (name && name !== process.credentials.session.name && name !== 'core') {
-								return {};
-							} else if (!name) {
-								name = process.credentials.session.name;
-							}
-						}
-						if (name) {
-							var db = new Database(name);
-							try {
-								var names = JSON.parse(db.get('apps'));
-								return Object.fromEntries(names.map(name => [name, db.get('path:' + name)]));
-							} catch {
-							}
-						}
-						return {};
-					},
+					'apps': user => getApps(user, process),
 				}
 			};
 			if (options.api) {
@@ -271,20 +253,10 @@ async function getProcessBlob(blobId, key, options) {
 	return process;
 }
 
-function makeDirectoryForFile(fileName) {
-	var parts = fileName.split("/");
-	var path = "";
-	for (var i = 0; i < parts.length - 1; i++) {
-		path += parts[i];
-		File.makeDirectory(path);
-		path += "/";
-	}
-}
-
 function setGlobalSettings(settings) {
 	gGlobalSettings = settings;
 	try {
-	return new Database('core').set('settings', JSON.stringify(settings));
+		return new Database('core').set('settings', JSON.stringify(settings));
 	} catch (error) {
 		print('Error storing settings:', error);
 	}
@@ -560,7 +532,7 @@ async function loadSettings() {
 
 	if (!data) {
 		try {
-			data = JSON.parse(await readFileUtf8(kGlobalSettingsFile));
+			data = JSON.parse(utf8Decode(await File.readFile(kGlobalSettingsFile)));
 			new Database('core').set('settings', JSON.stringify(data));
 		} catch (error) {
 			print("Unable to load settings from " + kGlobalSettingsFile + ":", error);