diff --git a/beaker/converters.py b/beaker/converters.py
index a8fb3c9..63c411c 100644
--- a/beaker/converters.py
+++ b/beaker/converters.py
@@ -1,29 +1 @@
-from beaker._compat import string_type
-
-# (c) 2005 Ian Bicking and contributors; written for Paste (http://pythonpaste.org)
-# Licensed under the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-def asbool(obj):
-    if isinstance(obj, string_type):
-        obj = obj.strip().lower()
-        if obj in ['true', 'yes', 'on', 'y', 't', '1']:
-            return True
-        elif obj in ['false', 'no', 'off', 'n', 'f', '0']:
-            return False
-        else:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "String is not true/false: %r" % obj)
-    return bool(obj)
-
-
-def aslist(obj, sep=None, strip=True):
-    if isinstance(obj, string_type):
-        lst = obj.split(sep)
-        if strip:
-            lst = [v.strip() for v in lst]
-        return lst
-    elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)):
-        return obj
-    elif obj is None:
-        return []
-    else:
-        return [obj]
+from paste.util.converters import asbool, aslist