diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/api.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/api.cc
index 6da0a0d8ca..3d4b38d032 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/api.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/api.cc
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 #include "selfdrive/common/util.h"
 #include "selfdrive/hardware/hw.h"
 
+namespace CommaApi {
+
 const std::string private_key_path =
     Hardware::PC() ? util::getenv_default("HOME", "/.comma/persist/comma/id_rsa", "/persist/comma/id_rsa")
                    : "/persist/comma/id_rsa";
 
-QByteArray CommaApi::rsa_sign(const QByteArray &data) {
+QByteArray rsa_sign(const QByteArray &data) {
   auto file = QFile(private_key_path.c_str());
   if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
     qDebug() << "No RSA private key found, please run manager.py or registration.py";
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ QByteArray CommaApi::rsa_sign(const QByteArray &data) {
   return sig;
 }
 
-QString CommaApi::create_jwt(const QJsonObject &payloads, int expiry) {
+QString create_jwt(const QJsonObject &payloads, int expiry) {
   QJsonObject header = {{"alg", "RS256"}};
 
   QString dongle_id = QString::fromStdString(Params().get("DongleId"));
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ QString CommaApi::create_jwt(const QJsonObject &payloads, int expiry) {
   return jwt;
 }
 
+}  // namespace CommaApi
 
 HttpRequest::HttpRequest(QObject *parent, const QString &requestURL, const QString &cache_key, bool create_jwt_) : cache_key(cache_key), create_jwt(create_jwt_), QObject(parent) {
   networkAccessManager = new QNetworkAccessManager(this);
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/api.h b/selfdrive/ui/qt/api.h
index 550855ecff..9dccc08f7e 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/api.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/api.h
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QTimer>
 
-class CommaApi : public QObject {
-  Q_OBJECT
+namespace CommaApi {
 
-public:
-  static QByteArray rsa_sign(const QByteArray &data);
-  static QString create_jwt(const QJsonObject &payloads = {}, int expiry = 3600);
-};
+QByteArray rsa_sign(const QByteArray &data);
+QString create_jwt(const QJsonObject &payloads = {}, int expiry = 3600);
+
+}  // namespace CommaApi
 
 /**
  * Makes a request to the request endpoint.
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/setup.h b/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/setup.h
index 81cb31680a..02c47bd3ef 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/setup.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/setup.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QWidget>
 
-#include "selfdrive/ui/qt/api.h"
-
 class PairingQRWidget : public QWidget {
   Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ private:
   QVBoxLayout* mainLayout;
   QLabel* username;
   QLabel* points;
-  CommaApi* api;
 
 private slots:
   void replyFinished(const QString &response);
@@ -51,7 +48,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
   QStackedWidget* mainLayout;
-  CommaApi* api;
   PrimeAdWidget *primeAd;
   PrimeUserWidget *primeUser;
   bool showQr = false;