diff --git a/dashboard-parent/dashboard-core/src/main/java/wicket.properties b/dashboard-parent/dashboard-core/src/main/java/wicket.properties
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--- a/dashboard-parent/dashboard-core/src/main/java/wicket.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-initializer=org.wicketstuff.dashboard.DashboardContextInitializer
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diff --git a/dashboard-parent/dashboard-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.wicket.IInitializer b/dashboard-parent/dashboard-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.wicket.IInitializer
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index 0000000000..a5edce3833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard-parent/dashboard-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.wicket.IInitializer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.wicketstuff.dashboard.DashboardContextInitializer
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