diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/list.js b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/list.js
index e956958865..883ab5678e 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/list.js
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/list.js
@@ -1,29 +1,42 @@
-const externalHandlebars = require("./external")
-const helperList = require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers")
+const { date, duration } = require("./date")
 
-let helpers = undefined
+// https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/56
+const externalCollections = {
+  math: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/math"),
+  array: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/array"),
+  number: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/number"),
+  url: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/url"),
+  string: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/string"),
+  comparison: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/comparison"),
+  object: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/object"),
+  regex: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/regex"),
+  uuid: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/uuid"),
+}
 
 const helpersToRemoveForJs = ["sortBy"]
 module.exports.helpersToRemoveForJs = helpersToRemoveForJs
 
+const addedHelpers = {
+  date: date,
+  duration: duration,
+}
+
+let helpers = undefined
+
 module.exports.getJsHelperList = () => {
   if (helpers) {
     return helpers
   }
 
   helpers = {}
-  let constructed = []
-  for (let collection of externalHandlebars.externalCollections) {
-    constructed.push(helperList[collection]())
-  }
-  for (let collection of constructed) {
+  for (let collection of Object.values(externalCollections)) {
     for (let [key, func] of Object.entries(collection)) {
       // Handlebars injects the hbs options to the helpers by default. We are adding an empty {} as a last parameter to simulate it
       helpers[key] = (...props) => func(...props, {})
     }
   }
-  for (let key of Object.keys(externalHandlebars.addedHelpers)) {
-    helpers[key] = externalHandlebars.addedHelpers[key]
+  for (let key of Object.keys(addedHelpers)) {
+    helpers[key] = addedHelpers[key]
   }
 
   for (const toRemove of helpersToRemoveForJs) {
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/index-helpers.js b/packages/string-templates/src/index-helpers.js
index 079e38078d..3c16a352fc 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/index-helpers.js
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/index-helpers.js
@@ -1,40 +1,3 @@
-const { date, duration } = require("./helpers/date")
+const { getJsHelperList } = require("./helpers/list")
 
-// https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/56
-const externalCollections = {
-  math: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/math"),
-  array: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/array"),
-  number: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/number"),
-  url: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/url"),
-  string: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/string"),
-  comparison: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/comparison"),
-  object: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/object"),
-  regex: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/regex"),
-  uuid: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/uuid"),
-}
-
-const addedHelpers = {
-  date: date,
-  duration: duration,
-}
-
-let helpers = undefined
-
-const getHelperList = () => {
-  if (helpers) {
-    return helpers
-  }
-
-  helpers = {}
-  for (let collection of Object.values(externalCollections)) {
-    for (let [key, func] of Object.entries(collection)) {
-      helpers[key] = func
-    }
-  }
-  for (let key of Object.keys(addedHelpers)) {
-    helpers[key] = addedHelpers[key]
-  }
-  return helpers
-}
-
-module.exports = getHelperList()
+module.exports = getJsHelperList()