diff --git a/src/confd/configure.ac b/src/confd/configure.ac
index 639ba8b69..0f7f721f9 100644
--- a/src/confd/configure.ac
+++ b/src/confd/configure.ac
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([crypt],   [libxcrypt >= 4.4.27])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([glib],    [glib-2.0 >= 2.50 gio-2.0 gio-unix-2.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([jansson], [jansson >= 2.0.0])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libite],  [libite >= 2.5.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libite],  [libite >= 2.6.1])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([sysrepo], [sysrepo >= 2.2.36])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libsrx],  [libsrx >= 1.0.0])
 
diff --git a/src/libsrx/src/helpers.c b/src/libsrx/src/helpers.c
index 0ffbc3593..20ec9f104 100644
--- a/src/libsrx/src/helpers.c
+++ b/src/libsrx/src/helpers.c
@@ -20,201 +20,6 @@ int debug;			/* Sets debug level (0:off) */
 int vasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Run cmd in background after delay microseconds.
- */
-int runbg(char *const args[], int delay)
-{
-	int pid = fork();
-
-	if (!pid) {
-		usleep(delay * 300);
-		_exit(execvp(args[0], args));
-	}
-
-	return pid;
-}
-
-/*
- * Reap forked child from runbg()
- */
-int run_status(int pid)
-{
-	int rc;
-
-	/* WNOHANG */
-	if (waitpid(pid, &rc, 0) == -1)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (WIFEXITED(rc)) {
-		errno = 0;
-		rc = WEXITSTATUS(rc);
-	} else if (WIFSIGNALED(rc)) {
-		errno = EINTR;
-		rc = -1;
-	}
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
-int fexistf(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-	char *file;
-	int len;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	file = alloca(len + 1);
-	if (!file) {
-		errno = ENOMEM;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	vsnprintf(file, len + 1, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	return fexist(file);
-}
-
-FILE *popenf(const char *type, const char *cmdf, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-	char *cmd;
-	FILE *fp;
-	int len;
-
-	va_start(ap, cmdf);
-	len = vasprintf(&cmd, cmdf, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	if (len < 0) {
-		errno = ENOMEM;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	fp = popen(cmd, type);
-	free(cmd);
-	return fp;
-}
-
-/* XXX: -lite v2.6.0 has vfopenf() to replace this. */
-static FILE *open_file(const char *mode, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
-{
-	va_list apc;
-	char *file;
-	int len;
-
-	va_copy(apc, ap);
-	len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, apc);
-	va_end(apc);
-
-	file = alloca(len + 1);
-	if (!file) {
-		errno = ENOMEM;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	va_copy(apc, ap);
-	vsnprintf(file, len + 1, fmt, apc);
-	va_end(apc);
-
-	return fopen(file, mode);
-}
-
-int vreadllf(long long *value, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
-{
-	char line[0x100];
-	FILE *fp;
-
-	fp = open_file("r", fmt, ap);
-	if (!fp)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (!fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp)) {
-		fclose(fp);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	fclose(fp);
-
-	errno = 0;
-	*value = strtoll(line, NULL, 0);
-
-	return errno ? -1 : 0;
-}
-
-int readllf(long long *value, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-	int rc;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	rc = vreadllf(value, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
-int readdf(int *value, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	long long tmp;
-	va_list ap;
-	int rc;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	rc = vreadllf(&tmp, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-
-	if (tmp < INT_MIN || tmp > INT_MAX)
-		return -1;
-
-	*value = tmp;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Write interger value to a file composed from fmt and optional args.
- */
-int writedf(int value, const char *mode, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-	FILE *fp;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	fp = open_file(mode, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-	if (!fp)
-		return -1;
-
-	fprintf(fp, "%d\n", value);
-	return fclose(fp);
-}
-
-/*
- * Write str to a file composed from fmt and optional args.
- */
-int writesf(const char *str, const char *mode, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-	FILE *fp;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	fp = open_file(mode, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-	if (!fp)
-		return -1;
-
-	fprintf(fp, "%s\n", str);
-	return fclose(fp);
-}
-
 char *unquote(char *buf)
 {
 	char q = buf[0];
diff --git a/src/libsrx/src/helpers.h b/src/libsrx/src/helpers.h
index 0c197531a..55e29429d 100644
--- a/src/libsrx/src/helpers.h
+++ b/src/libsrx/src/helpers.h
@@ -7,25 +7,6 @@
 
 int vasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 
-int runbg(char *const args[], int delay);
-int run_status(int pid);
-
-int fexistf(const char *fmt, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-FILE *popenf(const char *type, const char *cmdf, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-
-int vreadllf(long long *value, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-int readllf(long long *value, const char *fmt, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-int readdf(int *value, const char *fmt, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-
-int writedf(int value, const char *mode, const char *fmt, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
-int writesf(const char *str, const char *mode, const char *fmt, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
-
 char *unquote(char *buf);
 char *fgetkey(const char *file, const char *key);
 
diff --git a/src/statd/configure.ac b/src/statd/configure.ac
index cae62bc1c..0748dc85e 100644
--- a/src/statd/configure.ac
+++ b/src/statd/configure.ac
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(CONTAINERS,   [test "x$enable_containers" != "xno"])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([jansson], [jansson >= 2.0.0])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libite],  [libite  >= 2.5.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libite],  [libite  >= 2.6.1])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libyang], [libyang >= 2.1.80])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([sysrepo], [sysrepo >= 2.2.36])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libsrx],  [libsrx  >= 1.0.0])
diff --git a/src/statd/shared.c b/src/statd/shared.c
index a0b3c4a0e..762fbc74f 100644
--- a/src/statd/shared.c
+++ b/src/statd/shared.c
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <jansson.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
+#include <libite/lite.h>
 
 #include <srx/common.h>
-#include <srx/helpers.h>
 
 json_t *json_get_output(const char *cmd)
 {