diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/IIOHelper.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/IO/IIOHelper.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/IO/IIOHelper.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/IO/IIOHelper.cs
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/Current.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/Current.cs
index ee37b901fa..d018ec7bcb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/Current.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/Current.cs
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Composing
         public static IVariationContextAccessor VariationContextAccessor
             => Factory.GetInstance<IVariationContextAccessor>();
 
-        public static IIOHelper IOHelper
-            => new IOHelper();
+        public static readonly IIOHelper IOHelper = new IOHelper();
 
         #endregion
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 412458915b..b542f3f867 100755
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Composing\TargetedServiceFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Composing\TypeFinder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Composing\TypeLoader.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="IO\IIOHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\IMediaFileSystem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\IMediaPathScheme.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\IOHelper.cs" />