diff --git a/app/Foundation/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Foundation/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 387ec0c9..c6dcc1e0 100644
--- a/app/Foundation/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Foundation/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace CachetHQ\Cachet\Foundation\Providers;
 use AltThree\Bus\Dispatcher;
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Bus\Middleware\UseDatabaseTransactions;
 use CachetHQ\Cachet\Dates\DateFactory;
+use CachetHQ\Cachet\GitHub\Release;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     public function register()
     {
         $this->registerDateFactory();
+        $this->registerRelease();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -62,10 +64,25 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     protected function registerDateFactory()
     {
         $this->app->singleton(DateFactory::class, function ($app) {
-            $appTimezone = $app->config->get('app.timezone');
-            $cacheTimezone = $app->config->get('cachet.timezone');
+            $appTimezone = $app['config']->get('app.timezone');
+            $cacheTimezone = $app['config']->get('cachet.timezone');
 
             return new DateFactory($appTimezone, $cacheTimezone);
         });
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the releases class.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function registerRelease()
+    {
+        $this->app->singleton(Release::class, function ($app) {
+            $cache = $app['cache.store'];
+            $token = $app['config']->get('services.github.token')
+
+            return new Release($cache, $token);
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Foundation/Providers/GitHubServiceProvider.php b/app/Foundation/Providers/GitHubServiceProvider.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bb80130..00000000
--- a/app/Foundation/Providers/GitHubServiceProvider.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of Cachet.
- *
- * (c) Alt Three Services Limited
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace CachetHQ\Cachet\Foundation\Providers;
-
-use CachetHQ\Cachet\GitHub\Release;
-use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
-
-class GitHubServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
-{
-    /**
-     * Register the service provider.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function register()
-    {
-        $this->registerRelease();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Register the releases class.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function registerRelease()
-    {
-        $this->app->singleton('cachet.release', function ($app) {
-            $cache = $app['cache.store'];
-            $config = $app['config'];
-
-            return new Release($cache, $config);
-        });
-
-        $this->app->alias('cachet.release', Release::class);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/GitHub/Release.php b/app/GitHub/Release.php
index 6fe0de8d..583bb26f 100644
--- a/app/GitHub/Release.php
+++ b/app/GitHub/Release.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ namespace CachetHQ\Cachet\GitHub;
 
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository as CacheRepository;
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository as ConfigRepository;
 
 class Release
 {
@@ -25,24 +24,24 @@ class Release
     protected $cache;
 
     /**
-     * The config repository instance.
+     * The github authentication token.
      *
-     * @var \Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository
+     * @var string
      */
-    protected $config;
+    protected $token;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new release instance.
      *
-     * @param \Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository  $cache
-     * @param \Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository $config
+     * @param \Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository $cache
+     * @param string                                 $token
      *
      * @return void
      */
-    public function __construct(CacheRepository $cache, ConfigRepository $config)
+    public function __construct(CacheRepository $cache, $token)
     {
         $this->cache = $cache;
-        $this->config = $config;
+        $this->token = $token;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -56,8 +55,8 @@ class Release
             $headers = ['Accept' => 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'];
 
             // We can re-use the Emoji token here, if we have it.
-            if ($token = $this->config->get('services.github.token')) {
-                $headers['OAUTH-TOKEN'] = $token;
+            if ($this->token) {
+                $headers['OAUTH-TOKEN'] = $this->token;
             }
 
             return json_decode((new Client())->get('https://api.github.com/repos/cachethq/cachet/releases/latest', [
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index ad28809c..8d00d1e2 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ return [
         'CachetHQ\Cachet\Foundation\Providers\ConsoleServiceProvider',
         'CachetHQ\Cachet\Foundation\Providers\ConfigServiceProvider',
         'CachetHQ\Cachet\Foundation\Providers\EventServiceProvider',
-        'CachetHQ\Cachet\Foundation\Providers\GitHubServiceProvider',
         'CachetHQ\Cachet\Foundation\Providers\RepositoryServiceProvider',
         'CachetHQ\Cachet\Foundation\Providers\RouteServiceProvider',