diff --git a/backend/src/main/app-resources/default.yml b/backend/src/main/app-resources/default.yml
index 949a8e4b5..5ba247176 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/app-resources/default.yml
+++ b/backend/src/main/app-resources/default.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@
 ## The first time the scheduler executes on this node, write out the entity descriptors to file [true|false] (default is true)
 #  entityDescriptor:
 #    writeOnStartup: true
+### BEACON SETTINGS
+## Set enabled to false to disable sending beacon data
+## Only set the installationID if you wish to define the ID used by the beacon. RECOMMENDED: ignore - a default random value will be used
+## Only change the urls if instructed or if you wish to redirect for testing (if multiple, separate list with commas
+## Only change the productName for testing purposes
+## Set the cron time to send the beacon data at a specific time - if unset, the system will send at a random time between 12AM and 4AM once per day
+#  beacon:
+#    enabled: ture
+#    installationID: [user-defined value]
+#    urls: http://collector.testbed.tier.internet2.edu:5001
+#    productName: ShibUI
+#    send:
+#      cron: 0 4 * * * *
+
 #  pac4j-enabled: true
 #  pac4j:
 #    keystorePath: "/etc/shibui/samlKeystore.jks"
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/beacon/BeaconDetail.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/beacon/BeaconDetail.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24c9ccbc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/beacon/BeaconDetail.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.beacon;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+public class BeaconDetail {
+    private String msgType = "TIERBEACON";
+    private String msgName = "TIER";
+    private String msgVersion = "1.0";
+
+    private String tbProduct;
+    private String tbProductVersion;
+    private String tbTIERRelease;
+    private String tbMaintainer = "Unicon";
+
+    private ShibuiDetail shibui;
+}
+
+//    "tbProduct": "ShibUI (shibui.beacon.productName)",
+//    "tbProductVersion": "1.17.4 (can we get this from the app?)",
+//    "tbTIERRelease": "(if the TAP container: 1.17.4; if the Unicon package, INTERNAL_1.17.4)",
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/beacon/ShibuiDetail.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/beacon/ShibuiDetail.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdf0abf6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/beacon/ShibuiDetail.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.beacon;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+public class ShibuiDetail {
+
+
+    //    "shibui": {
+    //        "authMechanisms": [
+    //            "pac4j-saml"
+    //        ],
+    //        "numberOfMetadataSources": 25,
+    //        "numberOfMetadataProviders": 3,
+    //        "numberOfFilters": 0,
+    //        "dailyLogins": 12,
+    //        "numberOfGroups": 15,
+    //        "numberOfRoles": 5,
+    //        "installationID": "4813c762-4a90-40a2-9c01-81bf67647da4"
+    //    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/CoreShibUiConfiguration.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/CoreShibUiConfiguration.java
index d1c1e9a0b..f059b5fc6 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/CoreShibUiConfiguration.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/CoreShibUiConfiguration.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module;
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.BeaconConfiguration;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.opensaml.OpenSamlObjects;
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.repository.BeaconConfigurationRepository;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.repository.EntityDescriptorRepository;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.repository.MetadataResolverRepository;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.repository.MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerRepository;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.repository.UserRepository;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.service.IGroupService;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.service.UserService;
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.BeaconDataServiceImpl;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.DefaultMetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.DirectoryService;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.DirectoryServiceImpl;
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.FileCheckingFileWritingService;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.FileWritingService;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.FilterTargetService;
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.IBeaconDataService;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.JPADynamicRegistrationServiceImpl;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.JPAEntityServiceImpl;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.JPAFilterTargetServiceImpl;
@@ -42,10 +46,12 @@
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import net.javacrumbs.shedlock.core.LockProvider;
 import net.javacrumbs.shedlock.provider.jdbctemplate.JdbcTemplateLockProvider;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.info.InfoEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringBootConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
@@ -64,6 +70,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 @SpringBootConfiguration
 @Import(SearchConfiguration.class)
@@ -254,4 +261,17 @@ public DynamicRegistrationService dynamicRegistrationService(DynamicRegistration
     public LockProvider lockProvider(DataSource dataSource) {
         return new JdbcTemplateLockProvider(JdbcTemplateLockProvider.Configuration.builder().withJdbcTemplate(new JdbcTemplate(dataSource)).usingDbTime().build());
     }
+
+    @Bean
+    public String getBeaconCronValue(BeaconConfigurationRepository repo)
+    {
+        Optional<BeaconConfiguration> bc = repo.findById(1);
+        return bc.isPresent() ? bc.get().getSendCron() : "0 3 * * * *";
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public IBeaconDataService getBeaconDataService(@Value("${shibui.beacon.productName:ShibUi}") String productName, InfoEndpoint info, @Value("#{environment.TIERVERSION}") String tierVersion) {
+        BeaconDataServiceImpl result = new BeaconDataServiceImpl(productName, info);
+        return result;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessing.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessing.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee7e1a1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessing.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration.postprocessors;
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.BeaconConfiguration;
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.repository.BeaconConfigurationRepository;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityExistsException;
+import javax.transaction.Transactional;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
+
+/**
+ * This approach for running logic waits until after the Spring context has been initialized.
+ * We will always use an ID of 1 for the beaconConfiguration, so if the data doesn't exist, we can try to write the data. If the
+ * data exists, we don't need to do anything.
+ *
+ * Because multiple instances could be starting at the same time, we must account for a save "losing" to another entity - that's ok
+ * and if we get an exception because the entity with the id already exists, we can just bail out.
+ */
+@Component
+public class BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessing {
+    @Autowired
+    BeaconConfigurationRepository beaconRepo;
+
+    @EventListener
+    @Transactional
+    public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedEvent event) {
+        // If there is nothing in the db, create the entry to use going forward
+        if (beaconRepo.count() == 0) {
+            String appId = event.getApplicationContext().getEnvironment().getProperty("shibui.beacon.installationID");
+            BeaconConfiguration bc = new BeaconConfiguration();
+            bc.setInstallationId(StringUtils.isBlank(appId) ? UUID.randomUUID().toString() : appId);
+
+            String cronDef = event.getApplicationContext().getEnvironment().getProperty("shibui.beacon.send.cron");
+
+            // If not set, set a random time between 12AM-4AM
+            if (StringUtils.isBlank(cronDef)) {
+                int randomMin = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(0, 60);
+                int randomHour = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(0, 5);
+                cronDef = "" + randomMin + " " + randomHour + " * * * *";
+            }
+
+            bc.setSendCron(cronDef);
+
+            try {
+                beaconRepo.save(bc);
+            }
+            catch (EntityExistsException ignore) {
+                // Race between startup instances - as long as one of them won...
+            }
+        }
+        // if the entry exists, check that the cron timing hasn't changed
+        else {
+            String cronDef = event.getApplicationContext().getEnvironment().getProperty("shibui.beacon.send.cron");
+            if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(cronDef)) {
+                BeaconConfiguration bc = beaconRepo.getReferenceById(1);
+                if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(cronDef) && !cronDef.equals(bc.getSendCron())) {
+                    bc.setSendCron(cronDef);
+                    beaconRepo.save(bc);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/RootUiViewController.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/RootUiViewController.java
index 69fd53158..5883bc349 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/RootUiViewController.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/RootUiViewController.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.info.InfoEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 
 @Controller
 public class RootUiViewController {
+    @Autowired HealthEndpoint healthEndpoint;
 
     @Autowired InfoEndpoint infoEndpoint;
 
@@ -46,4 +48,9 @@ public void indexHtml(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
             writer.write(content.getBytes());
         }
     }
+
+    @GetMapping(value = "/health")
+    public ResponseEntity<?> getHealth() {
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(healthEndpoint.health());
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/BeaconConfiguration.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/BeaconConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93d76fdc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/BeaconConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Data
+@Entity
+public class BeaconConfiguration {
+    @Id
+    private int id = 1;
+
+    private String installationId;
+
+    private String sendCron;
+
+    /**
+     * enforce that id will only ever be 1
+     */
+    public void setId(int ignored) {
+        this.id = 1;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/repository/BeaconConfigurationRepository.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/repository/BeaconConfigurationRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..346a6566e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/repository/BeaconConfigurationRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.repository;
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.BeaconConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+
+public interface BeaconConfigurationRepository extends JpaRepository<BeaconConfiguration, Integer> {
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/BeaconReportingTask.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/BeaconReportingTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c87d7017c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/BeaconReportingTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.scheduled;
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.IBeaconDataService;
+import net.javacrumbs.shedlock.spring.annotation.EnableSchedulerLock;
+import net.javacrumbs.shedlock.spring.annotation.SchedulerLock;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+@Configuration
+@ConditionalOnProperty(name = "shibui.beacon.enabled", matchIfMissing=true)
+@EnableSchedulerLock(defaultLockAtMostFor = "${shibui.maxTask.lockTime:30m}")
+public class BeaconReportingTask {
+    @Autowired
+    IBeaconDataService dataService;
+
+    @Scheduled(cron="#{@getBeaconCronValue}")
+    @SchedulerLock(name = "generateEntityDescriptorFiles")
+    @Transactional(readOnly = true)
+    public void generateEntityDescriptorFiles() {
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/BeaconDataServiceImpl.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/BeaconDataServiceImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9f97ea9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/BeaconDataServiceImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.beacon.BeaconDetail;
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.info.InfoEndpoint;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class BeaconDataServiceImpl implements IBeaconDataService {
+    private ObjectMapper mapper;
+    private String productName;
+    private String version;
+
+    public BeaconDataServiceImpl(String productName, InfoEndpoint info) {
+        mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL); // skip any null values
+
+        this.productName = productName;
+        version = info.info().get("build") == null ? "unknown" : ((Map)info.info().get("build")).get("version").toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SneakyThrows
+    public String getBeaconData() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        BeaconDetail detail = new BeaconDetail();
+        detail.setTbProduct(productName);
+        detail.setTbProductVersion(version);
+        return mapper.writeValueAsString(detail);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/IBeaconDataService.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/IBeaconDataService.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4509b0584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/IBeaconDataService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+
+public interface IBeaconDataService {
+    String getBeaconData() throws JsonProcessingException;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 1fd9b2b28..ac76ebb36 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ shibui.pac4j-enabled=false
 #This property must be set to true in order to enable posting stats to beacon endpoint. Furthermore, appropriate
 #environment variables must be set for beacon publisher to be used (the ones that are set when running shib-ui in
 #docker container
-shibui.beacon-enabled=true
+shibui.beacon.enabled=true
+shibui.beacon.productName=ShibUi
+shibui.beacon.installationID=UNICON-SHIBUI-TESTING
 
 ### Swagger/Springdoc patterns
 springdoc.use-management-port=true
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ springdoc.swagger-ui.tagsSorter: alpha
 springdoc.writer-with-order-by-keys: true
 springdoc.pathsToMatch=/entities, /api/**
 # This property enables the openapi and swagger-ui endpoints to be exposed beneath the actuator base path.
-management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=openapi, swagger-ui, info
+management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=openapi, swagger-ui, info, health
 management.server.port=9090
 management.endpoints.web.cors.allowed-origins=*
 management.endpoints.web.cors.allowed-headers=*
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/TestConfiguration.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/TestConfiguration.groovy
index 345b0e2b7..a04043631 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/TestConfiguration.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/TestConfiguration.groovy
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.impl.ResourceBackedMetadataResolver
 import org.slf4j.Logger
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.info.InfoContributor
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.info.InfoEndpoint
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringBootConfiguration
 import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
@@ -134,4 +136,9 @@ class TestConfiguration {
             return it
         }
     }
+
+    @Bean
+    public InfoEndpoint getInfoEndpoint() {
+        return new InfoEndpoint(new ArrayList<InfoContributor>());
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessingTests.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessingTests.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed14ab8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/postprocessors/BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessingTests.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration.postprocessors
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.AbstractBaseDataJpaTest
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.BeaconConfiguration
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.repository.BeaconConfigurationRepository
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
+import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when
+
+class BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessingTests extends AbstractBaseDataJpaTest {
+    @Autowired
+    BeaconConfigurationRepository repo
+
+    def 'test'() {
+        when:
+        def event = mock(ContextRefreshedEvent)
+        def appContext = mock(ApplicationContext)
+        def env = mock(Environment)
+        when(event.getApplicationContext()).thenReturn(appContext)
+        when(appContext.getEnvironment()).thenReturn(env)
+        when(env.getProperty("shibui.beacon.installationID")).thenReturn(null)
+        when(env.getProperty("shibui.beacon.send.cron")).thenReturn(null)
+
+        BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessing testObject = new BeaconConfigurationStartupProcessing().with {
+            it.beaconRepo = repo
+            it
+        }
+        testObject.onApplicationEvent(event)
+
+        then:
+        BeaconConfiguration bc = repo.getReferenceById(1)
+        bc.getInstallationId() != null
+        bc.getSendCron() != null
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/EntitiesControllerIntegrationTests.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/EntitiesControllerIntegrationTests.groovy
index 3fb344313..c9bacb09a 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/EntitiesControllerIntegrationTests.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/controller/EntitiesControllerIntegrationTests.groovy
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model.Group
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model.Ownership
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model.Role
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model.User
-import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.EntityDescriptorVersionService
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.EntityService
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.JPAEntityDescriptorServiceImpl
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.util.RandomGenerator
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ class EntitiesControllerIntegrationTests  extends AbstractBaseDataJpaTest {
     @Subject
     def controller
 
-    EntityDescriptorVersionService versionService = Mock()
-
     @Transactional
     def setup() {
         openSamlObjects.init()