diff --git a/scraibe/email_sender.py b/scraibe/email_sender.py
index 69c8cf9..b823039 100644
--- a/scraibe/email_sender.py
+++ b/scraibe/email_sender.py
@@ -455,112 +455,3 @@ def create_summary_docx(
     _add_summary_content(doc, text)
 
     doc.save(filename)
-
-
-def send_success_email(
-    to: str,
-    transcript_text: str,
-    summary_text: str,
-    attachments: List[str],
-    task_id: str,
-):
-    """
-    Send a success email with attachments.
-    Subject is customizable via EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUCCESS.
-    Falls back to a safe default if the env var is missing or blank.
-    """
-    # Read subject from environment; never allow blank
-    raw_subject = os.getenv("EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUCCESS")
-    subject = (raw_subject or "").strip()
-
-    if not subject:
-        subject = "ScrAIbe: Your transcript is ready"
-        logger.info(
-            "EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUCCESS not set or blank; using default subject: %s", subject
-        )
-    else:
-        logger.info("Using EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUCCESS: %s", subject)
-
-    # Build email body
-    body = f"""
-Your transcription is complete.
-
-Task ID: {task_id}
-
-Please find the attached documents:
-- Transcript (MD)
-- Transcript (DOCX)
-- Source JSON
-"""
-    if summary_text:
-        body += "- Summary (MD)\n- Summary (DOCX)\n"
-
-    # Load HTML template
-    try:
-        html = load_template(
-            "success_template.html",
-            task_id=task_id,
-            transcript_text=transcript_text[:500],
-            summary_text=summary_text[:500] if summary_text else "",
-        )
-    except EmailError:
-        html = None
-
-    # Send email (send_email has an additional subject guard)
-    send_email(
-        to=to,
-        subject=subject,
-        body=body,
-        html=html,
-        attachments=attachments,
-    )
-
-
-def send_error_email(
-    to: str,
-    error_message: str,
-    task_id: str,
-):
-    """
-    Send an error email.
-    Subject is customizable via EMAIL_SUBJECT_ERROR.
-    Falls back to a safe default if the env var is missing or blank.
-    """
-    # Read subject from environment; never allow blank
-    raw_subject = os.getenv("EMAIL_SUBJECT_ERROR")
-    subject = (raw_subject or "").strip()
-
-    if not subject:
-        subject = "ScrAIbe: Error with your transcription request"
-        logger.info(
-            "EMAIL_SUBJECT_ERROR not set or blank; using default subject: %s", subject
-        )
-    else:
-        logger.info("Using EMAIL_SUBJECT_ERROR: %s", subject)
-
-    # Build email body
-    body = f"""
-There was an error processing your transcription.
-
-Task ID: {task_id}
-Error: {error_message}
-"""
-
-    # Load HTML template
-    try:
-        html = load_template(
-            "error_notification_template.html",
-            task_id=task_id,
-            error_message=error_message,
-        )
-    except EmailError:
-        html = None
-
-    # Send email (send_email has an additional subject guard)
-    send_email(
-        to=to,
-        subject=subject,
-        body=body,
-        html=html,
-        attachments=[],
-    )
diff --git a/scraibe/tasks.py b/scraibe/tasks.py
index da8d1e9..e9d88e2 100644
--- a/scraibe/tasks.py
+++ b/scraibe/tasks.py
@@ -164,22 +164,10 @@ def send_success_email(
     Subject is customizable via EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUCCESS.
     Falls back to a safe default if the env var is missing or blank.
     """
-    # Read subject from environment; never allow blank
-    raw_subject = os.getenv("EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUCCESS")
-    subject = (raw_subject or "").strip()
-
-    if not subject:
-        subject = "ScrAIbe: Your transcript is ready"
-        logger.info(
-            "EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUCCESS not set or blank; using default subject: %s", subject
-        )
-    else:
-        logger.info("Using EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUCCESS: %s", subject)
-
-    # Final guard: ensure subject is never empty
-    if not subject:
-        subject = "ScrAIbe: Your transcript is ready"
-        logger.warning("Subject was empty after reading; forced default subject.")
+    subject = _get_subject(
+        "EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUCCESS",
+        "ScrAIbe: Your transcript is ready",
+    )
 
     body = (
         "Hello,\n\n"