diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/CompiledPackageXmlParser.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/CompiledPackageXmlParser.cs
similarity index 96%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/CompiledPackageXmlParser.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/CompiledPackageXmlParser.cs
index c8b5720c21..510a4122e9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/CompiledPackageXmlParser.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/CompiledPackageXmlParser.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
-using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
-using Umbraco.Core.IO;
-using Umbraco.Core.Models;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Packaging;
 using File = System.IO.File;
 
@@ -14,13 +12,15 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
     /// <summary>
     /// Parses the xml document contained in a compiled (zip) Umbraco package
     /// </summary>
-    internal class CompiledPackageXmlParser
+    public class CompiledPackageXmlParser
     {
         private readonly ConflictingPackageData _conflictingPackageData;
+        private readonly IGlobalSettings _globalSettings;
 
-        public CompiledPackageXmlParser(ConflictingPackageData conflictingPackageData)
+        public CompiledPackageXmlParser(ConflictingPackageData conflictingPackageData, IGlobalSettings globalSettings)
         {
             _conflictingPackageData = conflictingPackageData;
+            _globalSettings = globalSettings;
         }
 
         public CompiledPackage ToCompiledPackage(XDocument xml, FileInfo packageFile, string applicationRootFolder)
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
             return pathElement.TrimStart(new[] { '\\', '/', '~' }).Replace("/", "\\");
         }
 
-        private static string UpdatePathPlaceholders(string path)
+        private string UpdatePathPlaceholders(string path)
         {
             if (path.Contains("[$"))
             {
                 //this is experimental and undocumented...
-                path = path.Replace("[$UMBRACO]", Current.Configs.Global().UmbracoPath);
+                path = path.Replace("[$UMBRACO]", _globalSettings.UmbracoPath);
                 path = path.Replace("[$CONFIG]", Constants.SystemDirectories.Config);
                 path = path.Replace("[$DATA]", Constants.SystemDirectories.Data);
             }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/ICreatedPackagesRepository.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/ICreatedPackagesRepository.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/ICreatedPackagesRepository.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/ICreatedPackagesRepository.cs
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/IInstalledPackagesRepository.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/IInstalledPackagesRepository.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/IInstalledPackagesRepository.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/IInstalledPackagesRepository.cs
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/IPackageDefinitionRepository.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/IPackageDefinitionRepository.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/IPackageDefinitionRepository.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/IPackageDefinitionRepository.cs
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/IPackageInstallation.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/IPackageInstallation.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/IPackageInstallation.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/IPackageInstallation.cs
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Packaging/InstallationSummary.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/InstallationSummary.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Packaging/InstallationSummary.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/InstallationSummary.cs
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageDefinitionXmlParser.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/PackageDefinitionXmlParser.cs
similarity index 92%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageDefinitionXmlParser.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/PackageDefinitionXmlParser.cs
index 50cb692530..d28ee828c5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageDefinitionXmlParser.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/PackageDefinitionXmlParser.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
-using System.Xml.XPath;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Packaging;
 
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
     public class PackageDefinitionXmlParser
     {
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
+        private readonly IUmbracoVersion _umbracoVersion;
 
-        public PackageDefinitionXmlParser(ILogger logger)
+        public PackageDefinitionXmlParser(ILogger logger, IUmbracoVersion umbracoVersion)
         {
             _logger = logger;
+            _umbracoVersion = umbracoVersion;
         }
 
         public PackageDefinition ToPackageDefinition(XElement xml)
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                _logger.Warn<PackagesRepository>(e, "Could not add package actions to the package xml definition, the xml did not parse");
+                _logger.Warn<PackageDefinitionXmlParser>(e, "Could not add package actions to the package xml definition, the xml did not parse");
             }
 
             var packageXml = new XElement("package",
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
                 new XAttribute("name", def.Name ?? string.Empty),
                 new XAttribute("packagePath", def.PackagePath ?? string.Empty),
                 new XAttribute("iconUrl", def.IconUrl ?? string.Empty),
-                new XAttribute("umbVersion", def.UmbracoVersion),
+                new XAttribute("umbVersion", def.UmbracoVersion ?? _umbracoVersion.Current),
                 new XAttribute("packageGuid", def.PackageId),
                 new XAttribute("view", def.PackageView ?? string.Empty),
 
@@ -104,11 +106,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
                 new XElement("macros", string.Join(",", def.Macros ?? Array.Empty<string>())),
                 new XElement("files", (def.Files ?? Array.Empty<string>()).Where(x => !x.IsNullOrWhiteSpace()).Select(x => new XElement("file", x))),
                 new XElement("languages", string.Join(",", def.Languages ?? Array.Empty<string>())),
-                new XElement("dictionaryitems", string.Join(",", def.DictionaryItems ?? Array.Empty<string>()))); 
+                new XElement("dictionaryitems", string.Join(",", def.DictionaryItems ?? Array.Empty<string>())));
 
             return packageXml;
         }
 
-        
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageFileInstallation.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/PackageFileInstallation.cs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageFileInstallation.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/PackageFileInstallation.cs
index 01bb316612..4ae20cd951 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageFileInstallation.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/PackageFileInstallation.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
     /// <summary>
     /// Installs package files
     /// </summary>
-    internal class PackageFileInstallation
+    public class PackageFileInstallation
     {
         private readonly CompiledPackageXmlParser _parser;
         private readonly IIOHelper _ioHelper;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Packaging/UninstallationSummary.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/UninstallationSummary.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Packaging/UninstallationSummary.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/UninstallationSummary.cs
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/CompositionExtensions/Services.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/CompositionExtensions/Services.cs
index 4ed2fb5b2e..a9f46ce965 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/CompositionExtensions/Services.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/CompositionExtensions/Services.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Composing.CompositionExtensions
         /// <returns></returns>
         private static PackagesRepository CreatePackageRepository(IFactory factory, string packageRepoFileName)
             => new PackagesRepository(
-                factory.GetInstance<IContentService>(), factory.GetInstance<IContentTypeService>(), factory.GetInstance<IDataTypeService>(), factory.GetInstance<IFileService>(), factory.GetInstance<IMacroService>(), factory.GetInstance<ILocalizationService>(),  factory.GetInstance<IIOHelper>(), factory.GetInstance<IEntityXmlSerializer>(), factory.GetInstance<ILogger>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<IContentService>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<IContentTypeService>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<IDataTypeService>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<IFileService>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<IMacroService>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<ILocalizationService>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<IIOHelper>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<IUmbracoVersion>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<IEntityXmlSerializer>(),
+                factory.GetInstance<ILogger>(),
                 packageRepoFileName);
 
         private static LocalizedTextServiceFileSources SourcesFactory(IFactory container)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageDataInstallation.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageDataInstallation.cs
index 3a87b28d0e..4146ef1664 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageDataInstallation.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Packaging/PackageDataInstallation.cs
@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@ using System.Web;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using System.Xml.XPath;
 using Umbraco.Core.Collections;
-using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
-using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Entities;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Packaging;
-using Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent;
 using Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors;
 using Umbraco.Core.Scoping;
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 098d1df110..748161d9d0 100755
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\Membership\UserGroup.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Membership\UserGroupExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ObjectTypes.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Models\Packaging\PackageDefinition.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Property.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\PropertyCollection.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\PropertyType.cs" />
@@ -216,6 +215,8 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\PublishedContent\VariationContextAccessorExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Template.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\TemplateOnDisk.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Packaging\PackageDataInstallation.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Packaging\PackageInstallation.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Mappers\SimpleContentTypeMapper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PropertyEditors\Validators\DelimitedValueValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PropertyEditors\Validators\RegexValidator.cs" />
@@ -325,14 +326,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\SimpleContentType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PackageActions\AllowDoctype.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PackageActions\PublishRootDocument.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Packaging\CompiledPackageXmlParser.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Packaging\ICreatedPackagesRepository.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Packaging\IInstalledPackagesRepository.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Packaging\IPackageDefinitionRepository.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Packaging\IPackageInstallation.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Packaging\PackageDataInstallation.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Packaging\PackageDefinitionXmlParser.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Packaging\PackageFileInstallation.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Packaging\PackagesRepository.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Dtos\AuditEntryDto.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Dtos\ConsentDto.cs" />
@@ -419,7 +412,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\Membership\UmbracoMembershipUser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Membership\User.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\MemberType.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Models\Packaging\InstallationSummary.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\PublishedContent\PublishedContentTypeFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\PublishedContent\PublishedContentExtensionsForModels.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\PublishedContent\PublishedContentModel.cs" />
@@ -473,8 +465,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Dtos\UserStartNodeDto.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\UserExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ObjectJsonExtensions.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Models\Packaging\UninstallationSummary.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Packaging\PackageInstallation.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\BulkDataReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\DatabaseAnnotations\ConstraintAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\DatabaseAnnotations\ForeignKeyAttribute.cs" />
@@ -889,5 +879,8 @@
       <Name>Umbraco.Abstractions</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Models\Packaging" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Packaging/CreatedPackagesRepositoryTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Packaging/CreatedPackagesRepositoryTests.cs
index f2b97b521e..594e59bdbc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Packaging/CreatedPackagesRepositoryTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Packaging/CreatedPackagesRepositoryTests.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Packaging
             ServiceContext.ContentService, ServiceContext.ContentTypeService, ServiceContext.DataTypeService,
             ServiceContext.FileService, ServiceContext.MacroService, ServiceContext.LocalizationService,
             IOHelper,
+            UmbracoVersion,
             Factory.GetInstance<IEntityXmlSerializer>(), Logger,
             "createdPackages.config",
             //temp paths
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Packaging/PackageInstallationTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Packaging/PackageInstallationTest.cs
index 8b33859e5b..0af5cf1b70 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Packaging/PackageInstallationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Packaging/PackageInstallationTest.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Moq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Packaging;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Packaging
                 Directory.Delete(path, true);
         }
 
-        private CompiledPackageXmlParser Parser => new CompiledPackageXmlParser(new ConflictingPackageData(ServiceContext.MacroService, ServiceContext.FileService));
+        private CompiledPackageXmlParser Parser => new CompiledPackageXmlParser(new ConflictingPackageData(ServiceContext.MacroService, ServiceContext.FileService),Factory.GetInstance<IGlobalSettings>());
 
         private PackageDataInstallation PackageDataInstallation => new PackageDataInstallation(
             Logger, ServiceContext.FileService, ServiceContext.MacroService, ServiceContext.LocalizationService,