diff --git a/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php b/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
index 23fec0e5cd..6d0d03a6b6 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/BackendController.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 use Neos\Neos\Domain\Service\WorkspaceNameBuilder;
 use Neos\Neos\FrontendRouting\NodeAddressFactory;
 use Neos\Neos\FrontendRouting\SiteDetection\SiteDetectionResult;
-use Neos\Neos\Service\BackendRedirectionService;
 use Neos\Neos\Service\UserService;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\InitialData\ConfigurationProviderInterface;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\InitialData\FrontendConfigurationProviderInterface;
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ class BackendController extends ActionController
      */
     protected $view;
 
+    protected $defaultViewObjectName = ApplicationView::class;
+
     /**
      * @Flow\Inject
      * @var UserService
@@ -72,12 +73,6 @@ class BackendController extends ActionController
      */
     protected $session;
 
-    /**
-     * @Flow\Inject(lazy=false)
-     * @var BackendRedirectionService
-     */
-    protected $backendRedirectionService;
-
     /**
      * @Flow\Inject
      * @var ContentRepositoryRegistry
@@ -187,6 +182,7 @@ public function indexAction(string $node = null)
             $node = $subgraph->findNodeById($nodeAddress->nodeAggregateId);
         }
 
+        $this->view->setOption('title', 'Neos CMS');
         $this->view->assign('initialData', [
             'configuration' =>
                 $this->configurationProvider->getConfiguration(
diff --git a/Configuration/Views.yaml b/Configuration/Views.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 434c5d0fc7..0000000000
--- a/Configuration/Views.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
--
-  requestFilter: 'isPackage("Neos.Neos.Ui") && isController("Backend")'
-  viewObjectName: 'Neos\Neos\Ui\Presentation\ApplicationView'
-  options:
-    title: 'Neos CMS'
-