diff --git a/packages/boot/test/integration/controller.booter.integration.ts b/packages/boot/test/integration/controller.booter.integration.ts
index c837532cad1c..805a8bd7ca0a 100644
--- a/packages/boot/test/integration/controller.booter.integration.ts
+++ b/packages/boot/test/integration/controller.booter.integration.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 import {expect, TestSandbox} from '@loopback/testlab';
-import {CoreBindings} from '@loopback/core';
 import {resolve} from 'path';
 import {ControllerBooterApp} from '../fixtures/application';
 
 describe('controller booter integration tests', () => {
   const SANDBOX_PATH = resolve(__dirname, '../../.sandbox');
   const sandbox = new TestSandbox(SANDBOX_PATH);
+
+  // Remnants from Refactor -- need to add these to core
+  const CONTROLLERS_PREFIX = 'controllers';
+  const CONTROLLERS_TAG = 'controller';
+
   let app: ControllerBooterApp;
 
   beforeEach(resetSandbox);
@@ -18,15 +22,13 @@ describe('controller booter integration tests', () => {
 
   it('boots controllers when app.boot() is called', async () => {
     const expectedBindings = [
-      `${CoreBindings.CONTROLLERS_PREFIX}.ControllerOne`,
-      `${CoreBindings.CONTROLLERS_PREFIX}.ControllerTwo`,
+      `${CONTROLLERS_PREFIX}.ControllerOne`,
+      `${CONTROLLERS_PREFIX}.ControllerTwo`,
     ];
 
     await app.boot();
 
-    const bindings = app
-      .findByTag(CoreBindings.CONTROLLERS_TAG)
-      .map(b => b.key);
+    const bindings = app.findByTag(CONTROLLERS_TAG).map(b => b.key);
     expect(bindings.sort()).to.eql(expectedBindings.sort());
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/boot/test/unit/booters/controller.booter.unit.ts b/packages/boot/test/unit/booters/controller.booter.unit.ts
index 8ce98210ef85..30558f8b0e5d 100644
--- a/packages/boot/test/unit/booters/controller.booter.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/boot/test/unit/booters/controller.booter.unit.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 import {expect, TestSandbox} from '@loopback/testlab';
-import {Application, CoreBindings} from '@loopback/core';
+import {Application} from '@loopback/core';
 import {ControllerBooter, ControllerDefaults} from '../../../index';
 import {resolve} from 'path';
 
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ describe('controller booter unit tests', () => {
   const SANDBOX_PATH = resolve(__dirname, '../../../.sandbox');
   const sandbox = new TestSandbox(SANDBOX_PATH);
 
+  const CONTROLLERS_PREFIX = 'controllers';
+  const CONTROLLERS_TAG = 'controller';
+
   let app: Application;
 
   beforeEach(resetSandbox);
@@ -37,8 +40,8 @@ describe('controller booter unit tests', () => {
 
   it('binds controllers during load phase', async () => {
     const expected = [
-      `${CoreBindings.CONTROLLERS_PREFIX}.ControllerOne`,
-      `${CoreBindings.CONTROLLERS_PREFIX}.ControllerTwo`,
+      `${CONTROLLERS_PREFIX}.ControllerOne`,
+      `${CONTROLLERS_PREFIX}.ControllerTwo`,
     ];
     await sandbox.copyFile(
       resolve(__dirname, '../../fixtures/multiple.artifact.js'),
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ describe('controller booter unit tests', () => {
     booterInst.discovered = [resolve(SANDBOX_PATH, 'multiple.artifact.js')];
     await booterInst.load();
 
-    const ctrls = app.findByTag(CoreBindings.CONTROLLERS_TAG);
+    const ctrls = app.findByTag(CONTROLLERS_TAG);
     const keys = ctrls.map(binding => binding.key);
     expect(keys).to.have.lengthOf(NUM_CLASSES);
     expect(keys.sort()).to.eql(expected.sort());