diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 3051ae4f77b..21ae7e28e4a 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ module.exports = {
                 'Emby': 'readonly',
                 'Hls': 'writable',
                 'LibraryMenu': 'writable',
-                'MetadataEditor': 'writable',
                 'Windows': 'readonly',
                 // Build time definitions
                 __COMMIT_SHA__: 'readonly',
diff --git a/src/controllers/edititemmetadata.js b/src/controllers/edititemmetadata.js
index a5ac202cc7f..5502772db95 100644
--- a/src/controllers/edititemmetadata.js
+++ b/src/controllers/edititemmetadata.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import loading from '../components/loading/loading';
-import '../scripts/editorsidebar';
+import loading from 'components/loading/loading';
+import { getCurrentItemId, setCurrentItemId } from 'scripts/editorsidebar';
 
 function reload(context, itemId) {
     loading.show();
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ function reload(context, itemId) {
 
 export default function (view) {
     view.addEventListener('viewshow', function () {
-        reload(this, MetadataEditor.getCurrentItemId());
+        reload(this, getCurrentItemId());
     });
-    MetadataEditor.setCurrentItemId(null);
+
+    setCurrentItemId(null);
+
     view.querySelector('.libraryTree').addEventListener('itemclicked', function (event) {
         const data = event.detail;
 
-        if (data.id != MetadataEditor.getCurrentItemId()) {
-            MetadataEditor.setCurrentItemId(data.id);
+        if (data.id != getCurrentItemId()) {
+            setCurrentItemId(data.id);
             reload(view, data.id);
         }
     });
diff --git a/src/scripts/editorsidebar.js b/src/scripts/editorsidebar.js
index 37094e5d037..0074d34260e 100644
--- a/src/scripts/editorsidebar.js
+++ b/src/scripts/editorsidebar.js
@@ -287,11 +287,12 @@ function updateEditorNode(page, item) {
     }
 }
 
-function setCurrentItemId(id) {
+let itemId;
+export function setCurrentItemId(id) {
     itemId = id;
 }
 
-function getCurrentItemId() {
+export function getCurrentItemId() {
     if (itemId) {
         return itemId;
     }
@@ -326,16 +327,4 @@ $(document).on('itemsaved', '.metadataEditorPage', function (e, item) {
         .off('open_node.jstree', onNodeOpen)
         .off('load_node.jstree', onNodeOpen);
 });
-let itemId;
-window.MetadataEditor = {
-    getItemPromise: function () {
-        const currentItemId = getCurrentItemId();
-        if (currentItemId) {
-            return ApiClient.getItem(Dashboard.getCurrentUserId(), currentItemId);
-        }
-        return ApiClient.getRootFolder(Dashboard.getCurrentUserId());
-    },
-    getCurrentItemId: getCurrentItemId,
-    setCurrentItemId: setCurrentItemId
-};
 /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */