diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/DictionaryItemFactory.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/DictionaryItemFactory.cs
index e84b1c96e2..8994026ccb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/DictionaryItemFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/DictionaryItemFactory.cs
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Dtos;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Factories
 {
-    internal class DictionaryItemFactory
+    internal static class DictionaryItemFactory
     {
         #region Implementation of IEntityFactory<DictionaryItem,DictionaryDto>
 
-        public IDictionaryItem BuildEntity(DictionaryDto dto)
+        public static IDictionaryItem BuildEntity(DictionaryDto dto)
         {
             var item = new DictionaryItem(dto.Parent, dto.Key);
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Factories
             }
         }
 
-        public DictionaryDto BuildDto(IDictionaryItem entity)
+        public static DictionaryDto BuildDto(IDictionaryItem entity)
         {
             return new DictionaryDto
                        {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Factories
 
         #endregion
 
-        private List<LanguageTextDto> BuildLanguageTextDtos(IDictionaryItem entity)
+        private static List<LanguageTextDto> BuildLanguageTextDtos(IDictionaryItem entity)
         {
             var list = new List<LanguageTextDto>();
             foreach (var translation in entity.Translations)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/Implement/DictionaryRepository.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/Implement/DictionaryRepository.cs
index 75bcb5e0c0..6d2fcc074f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/Implement/DictionaryRepository.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/Implement/DictionaryRepository.cs
@@ -130,9 +130,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories.Implement
 
             foreach (var translation in dictionaryItem.Translations)
                 translation.Value = translation.Value.ToValidXmlString();
-
-            var factory = new DictionaryItemFactory();
-            var dto = factory.BuildDto(dictionaryItem);
+            
+            var dto = DictionaryItemFactory.BuildDto(dictionaryItem);
 
             var id = Convert.ToInt32(Database.Insert(dto));
             dictionaryItem.Id = id;
@@ -154,9 +153,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories.Implement
 
             foreach (var translation in entity.Translations)
                 translation.Value = translation.Value.ToValidXmlString();
-
-            var factory = new DictionaryItemFactory();
-            var dto = factory.BuildDto(entity);
+            
+            var dto = DictionaryItemFactory.BuildDto(entity);
 
             Database.Update(dto);
 
@@ -216,8 +214,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories.Implement
 
         protected IDictionaryItem ConvertFromDto(DictionaryDto dto)
         {
-            var factory = new DictionaryItemFactory();
-            var entity = factory.BuildEntity(dto);
+            var entity = DictionaryItemFactory.BuildEntity(dto);
 
             var f = new DictionaryTranslationFactory(dto.UniqueId);
             entity.Translations = dto.LanguageTextDtos.EmptyNull()