diff --git a/app/models/world_location.rb b/app/models/world_location.rb
index b96feb2a32c..b92b678882a 100644
--- a/app/models/world_location.rb
+++ b/app/models/world_location.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def self.reset_cache
 
   def self.all
     cache_fetch("all") do
-      $worldwide_api.world_locations.with_subsequent_pages.map do |l|
+      Services.worldwide_api.world_locations.with_subsequent_pages.map do |l|
         new(l) if l.format == "World location" and l.details and l.details.slug.present?
       end.compact
     end
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def self.all
 
   def self.find(location_slug)
     cache_fetch("find_#{location_slug}") do
-      data = $worldwide_api.world_location(location_slug)
+      data = Services.worldwide_api.world_location(location_slug)
       self.new(data) if data
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/worldwide_organisation.rb b/app/models/worldwide_organisation.rb
index 6d46d9c6097..58f3f22bde1 100644
--- a/app/models/worldwide_organisation.rb
+++ b/app/models/worldwide_organisation.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class WorldwideOrganisation
   extend Forwardable
 
   def self.for_location(location_slug)
-    $worldwide_api.organisations_for_world_location(location_slug).map do |org|
+    Services.worldwide_api.organisations_for_world_location(location_slug).map do |org|
       new(org)
     end
   end
diff --git a/config/initializers/worldwide_api.rb b/config/initializers/worldwide_api.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 292c78169a8..00000000000
--- a/config/initializers/worldwide_api.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-require 'gds_api/worldwide'
-
-# In development, point at the public version of the API
-# as we won't normally have whitehall running
-if Rails.env.development?
-  $worldwide_api = GdsApi::Worldwide.new("https://www.gov.uk")
-else
-  $worldwide_api = GdsApi::Worldwide.new(Plek.new.find('whitehall-admin'))
-end
diff --git a/lib/services.rb b/lib/services.rb
index 90b100dfe37..225140fd80b 100644
--- a/lib/services.rb
+++ b/lib/services.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'gds_api/publishing_api'
 require 'gds_api/imminence'
+require 'gds_api/worldwide'
 
 module Services
   def self.publishing_api
@@ -9,4 +10,14 @@ def self.publishing_api
   def self.imminence_api
     @imminence_api ||= GdsApi::Imminence.new(Plek.new.find('imminence'))
   end
+
+  def self.worldwide_api
+    # In development, point at the public version of the API
+    # as we won't normally have whitehall running
+    if Rails.env.development?
+      @worldwide_api ||= GdsApi::Worldwide.new("https://www.gov.uk")
+    else
+      @worldwide_api ||= GdsApi::Worldwide.new(Plek.new.find('whitehall-admin'))
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/world_location_test.rb b/test/unit/world_location_test.rb
index 0ca9324729a..e7ab1152b5e 100644
--- a/test/unit/world_location_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/world_location_test.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class WorldLocationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       details = {"results" => [loc1, loc2, loc3, loc4]}
       response = GdsApi::ListResponse.new(stub(body: details.to_json, headers: {}), nil)
 
-      $worldwide_api.stubs(:world_locations).returns(response)
+      Services.worldwide_api.stubs(:world_locations).returns(response)
 
       results = WorldLocation.all
       assert_equal %w(location-1 location-4), results.map(&:slug)