diff --git a/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/grails/artefact/controller/support/ResponseRenderer.groovy b/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/grails/artefact/controller/support/ResponseRenderer.groovy
index 9c30cb18b8..9b13926d0f 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/grails/artefact/controller/support/ResponseRenderer.groovy
+++ b/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/grails/artefact/controller/support/ResponseRenderer.groovy
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ import org.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsWebRequest
 import org.grails.web.servlet.mvc.exceptions.ControllerExecutionException
 import org.grails.web.servlet.view.CompositeViewResolver
 import org.grails.web.servlet.view.GroovyPageView
-import org.grails.plugins.web.controllers.ControllersGrailsPlugin
 import org.grails.web.util.GrailsApplicationAttributes
+import org.grails.web.util.WebUtils
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ trait ResponseRenderer extends WebAttributes {
                 }
 
 
-                boolean renderWithLayout = (explicitSiteMeshLayout || webRequest.getCurrentRequest().getAttribute(ControllersGrailsPlugin.LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE))
+                boolean renderWithLayout = (explicitSiteMeshLayout || webRequest.getCurrentRequest().getAttribute(WebUtils.LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE))
                 // if automatic decoration occurred unwrap, since this is a partial
 
                 if (renderWithLayout) {
@@ -533,13 +533,13 @@ trait ResponseRenderer extends WebAttributes {
     }
 
     private void applySiteMeshLayout(HttpServletRequest request, boolean renderView, String explicitSiteMeshLayout) {
-        if(explicitSiteMeshLayout == null && request.getAttribute(ControllersGrailsPlugin.LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE) != null) {
+        if(explicitSiteMeshLayout == null && request.getAttribute(WebUtils.LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE) != null) {
             // layout has been set already
             return
         }
-        String siteMeshLayout = explicitSiteMeshLayout != null ? explicitSiteMeshLayout : (renderView ? null : ControllersGrailsPlugin.NONE_LAYOUT)
+        String siteMeshLayout = explicitSiteMeshLayout != null ? explicitSiteMeshLayout : (renderView ? null : WebUtils.NONE_LAYOUT)
         if(siteMeshLayout != null) {
-            request.setAttribute ControllersGrailsPlugin.LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE, siteMeshLayout
+            request.setAttribute WebUtils.LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE, siteMeshLayout
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersGrailsPlugin.groovy b/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersGrailsPlugin.groovy
index 5bd61c27a9..40c851156d 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersGrailsPlugin.groovy
+++ b/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersGrailsPlugin.groovy
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceHandlerRegistry
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMapping
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.DefaultRequestToViewNameTranslator
-
 import jakarta.servlet.DispatcherType
 import jakarta.servlet.MultipartConfigElement
 
@@ -63,11 +61,6 @@ class ControllersGrailsPlugin extends Plugin {
     def observe = ['domainClass']
     def dependsOn = [core: version, i18n: version, urlMappings: version]
 
-    // Although they are specific to Sitemesh, these properties need
-    // a new home that is not coupled to any sitemesh dependency
-    static final String LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE = "org.grails.layout.name";
-    static final String NONE_LAYOUT = "_none_";
-
     @Override
     Closure doWithSpring(){ { ->
         def application = grailsApplication
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/org/grails/web/servlet/mvc/RenderDynamicMethodTests.groovy b/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/org/grails/web/servlet/mvc/RenderDynamicMethodTests.groovy
index f3c8216ae3..2073d495c5 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/org/grails/web/servlet/mvc/RenderDynamicMethodTests.groovy
+++ b/grails-test-suite-uber/src/test/groovy/org/grails/web/servlet/mvc/RenderDynamicMethodTests.groovy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package org.grails.web.servlet.mvc
 
-import org.grails.plugins.web.controllers.ControllersGrailsPlugin
 import grails.testing.web.controllers.ControllerUnitTest
+import org.grails.web.util.WebUtils
 import spock.lang.Specification
 import grails.artefact.Artefact
 import org.grails.buffer.FastStringWriter
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class RenderDynamicMethodTests extends Specification implements ControllerUnitTe
         then:
         response.contentType == response.contentType
         response.contentAsString == response.contentAsString
-        request.getAttribute(ControllersGrailsPlugin.LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE) == "bar"
+        request.getAttribute(WebUtils.LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE) == "bar"
     }
 
     void testRenderView() {
diff --git a/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/util/WebUtils.java b/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/util/WebUtils.java
index 5fa4c81f8c..029a6e824e 100644
--- a/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/util/WebUtils.java
+++ b/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/util/WebUtils.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public class WebUtils extends org.springframework.web.util.WebUtils {
     public static final String DISPATCH_ACTION_PARAMETER = "_action_";
     public static final String SEND_ALLOW_HEADER_FOR_INVALID_HTTP_METHOD = "grails.http.invalid.method.allow.header";
     public static final String LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE = "org.grails.layout.name";
+    public static final String NONE_LAYOUT = "_none_";
     public static final String RENDERING_VIEW = "org.grails.rendering.view";
     public static final String GRAILS_DISPATCH_EXTENSION = ".dispatch";
     public static final String GRAILS_SERVLET_PATH = "/grails";