Recently in this Journal J. Esterlé gave a new proof of the Wiener Tauberian theorem for $L^1({\bf R})$ using the Ahlfors-Heins theorem for bounded analytic functions on a half-plane. We here use essentially the same method to prove the analogous result for Beurling algebras $L^1_\varphi ({\bf R})$. Our estimates need a theorem of Hayman and Korenblum.