diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/CompositionExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/CompositionExtensions.cs
index c65cff50d6..67f277734b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/CompositionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/CompositionExtensions.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
-using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
+using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
+using Umbraco.Web.Dashboards;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core
 {
@@ -16,6 +14,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
         public static ComponentCollectionBuilder Components(this Composition composition)
             => composition.WithCollectionBuilder<ComponentCollectionBuilder>();
 
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the backoffice dashboards collection builder.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="composition">The composition.</param>
+        public static DashboardCollectionBuilder Dashboards(this Composition composition)
+            => composition.WithCollectionBuilder<DashboardCollectionBuilder>();
+
         #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Dashboards/DashboardCollectionBuilder.cs b/src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Dashboards/DashboardCollectionBuilder.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Dashboards/DashboardCollectionBuilder.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Dashboards/DashboardCollectionBuilder.cs
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Runtime/CoreInitialComposer.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Runtime/CoreInitialComposer.cs
index 30c88452a7..cb81db4766 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Runtime/CoreInitialComposer.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Runtime/CoreInitialComposer.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
 using Umbraco.Core.Composing.CompositionExtensions;
 using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Core.Configuration.UmbracoSettings;
+using Umbraco.Core.Dashboards;
 using Umbraco.Core.Hosting;
 using Umbraco.Core.Dictionary;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Core.Strings;
 using Umbraco.Core.Sync;
 using Umbraco.Web;
+using Umbraco.Web.Services;
 using IntegerValidator = Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors.Validators.IntegerValidator;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Runtime
@@ -139,6 +141,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Runtime
             composition.SetCultureDictionaryFactory<DefaultCultureDictionaryFactory>();
             composition.Register(f => f.GetInstance<ICultureDictionaryFactory>().CreateDictionary(), Lifetime.Singleton);
             composition.RegisterUnique<UriUtility>();
+
+            composition.RegisterUnique<IDashboardService, DashboardService>();
+
+            // register core CMS dashboards and 3rd party types - will be ordered by weight attribute & merged with package.manifest dashboards
+            composition.Dashboards()
+                .Add(composition.TypeLoader.GetTypes<IDashboard>());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Compose/BackOfficeComponent.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Compose/BackOfficeComponent.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 53dd8c2327..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Compose/BackOfficeComponent.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Runtime
-{
-    public sealed class BackOfficeComponent : IComponent
-    {
-        public BackOfficeComponent()
-        {
-
-        }
-
-        public void Initialize()
-        {
-
-        }
-
-        public void Terminate()
-        {
-
-        }
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Compose/BackOfficeComposer.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Compose/BackOfficeComposer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ccb96ea71..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Compose/BackOfficeComposer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-using Umbraco.Core;
-using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
-using Umbraco.Core.Dashboards;
-using Umbraco.Core.Runtime;
-using Umbraco.Web.Services;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Runtime
-{
-    // web's initial composer composes after core's, and before all core composers
-    [ComposeAfter(typeof(CoreInitialComposer))]
-    [ComposeBefore(typeof(ICoreComposer))]
-    public sealed class BackOfficeComposer : ComponentComposer<BackOfficeComponent>
-    {
-        public override void Compose(Composition composition)
-        {
-            base.Compose(composition);
-
-            composition.RegisterUnique<IDashboardService, DashboardService>();
-
-            // register core CMS dashboards and 3rd party types - will be ordered by weight attribute & merged with package.manifest dashboards
-            composition.Dashboards()
-                .Add(composition.TypeLoader.GetTypes<IDashboard>());
-        }
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/CompositionExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/CompositionExtensions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index eaf75bd7e5..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/CompositionExtensions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
-using Umbraco.Web.Dashboards;
-
-// ReSharper disable once CheckNamespace
-namespace Umbraco.Web
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Provides extension methods to the <see cref="Composition"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    public static class WebCompositionExtensions
-    {
-        #region Collection Builders
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the backoffice dashboards collection builder.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="composition">The composition.</param>
-        public static DashboardCollectionBuilder Dashboards(this Composition composition)
-            => composition.WithCollectionBuilder<DashboardCollectionBuilder>();
-
-        #endregion
-
-    }
-}