diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
index dc2675bd58..e02131325c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
@@ -287,11 +287,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
         {
             get
             {
-                return IsConfiguredMembershipProviderUsingLegacyEncoding(Constants.Conventions.User.UmbracoUsersProviderName);
+                return IsConfiguredMembershipProviderUsingLegacyEncoding(UmbracoSettings.DefaultBackofficeProvider);
             }
             set
             {
-                SetMembershipProvidersLegacyEncoding(Constants.Conventions.User.UmbracoUsersProviderName, value);
+                SetMembershipProvidersLegacyEncoding(UmbracoSettings.DefaultBackofficeProvider, value);
             }
         }
 		
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-Conventions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-Conventions.cs
index 3f1b7a4823..ea0303eadc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-Conventions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-Conventions.cs
@@ -93,16 +93,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
 				/// </summary>
 				public const string Image = "Image";
 			}
-
-
-            /// <summary>
-            /// Constants for Umbraco user
-            /// </summary>
-		    public static class User
-		    {
-                public static readonly string UmbracoUsersProviderName = "UsersMembershipProvider";
-		    }
-
+            
 		    /// <summary>
 		    /// Constants for Umbraco Member property aliases.
 		    /// </summary>		    
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/MembershipProviderExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/MembershipProviderExtensions.cs
index afcedac65b..3e8fa1a568 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/MembershipProviderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Security/MembershipProviderExtensions.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Web;
 using System.Web.Hosting;
 using System.Web.Security;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Core.Security;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Security
@@ -54,11 +55,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Security
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static MembershipProvider GetUsersMembershipProvider()
         {
-            if (Membership.Providers[Constants.Conventions.User.UmbracoUsersProviderName] == null)
+            if (Membership.Providers[UmbracoSettings.DefaultBackofficeProvider] == null)
             {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException("No membership provider found with name " + Constants.Conventions.User.UmbracoUsersProviderName);
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("No membership provider found with name " + UmbracoSettings.DefaultBackofficeProvider);
             }
-            return Membership.Providers[Constants.Conventions.User.UmbracoUsersProviderName];
+            return Membership.Providers[UmbracoSettings.DefaultBackofficeProvider];
         }
 
         public static MembershipUser GetCurrentUser(this MembershipProvider membershipProvider)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
index d1ec03c97d..49a3f01b57 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Web.Security;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Core.Security;
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Security.Providers
 
         public override string ProviderName
         {
-            get { return Constants.Conventions.User.UmbracoUsersProviderName; }
+            get { return UmbracoSettings.DefaultBackofficeProvider; }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs b/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
index 126f0de35c..df190a8ac0 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace umbraco.providers
         public override void Initialize(string name, System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection config) 
         {
             if (config == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("config");
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) name = Constants.Conventions.User.UmbracoUsersProviderName;
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) name = UmbracoSettings.DefaultBackofficeProvider;
 
             base.Initialize(name, config);
         }