diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/View/BackendLayoutView.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/View/BackendLayoutView.php
index ddcef7eaa6656a56c029736401d85e1ceccbdc17..bb00d536f7a785f2880a5f6279f86aecdfcf4196 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/View/BackendLayoutView.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/View/BackendLayoutView.php
@@ -396,27 +396,15 @@ class BackendLayoutView implements \TYPO3\CMS\Core\SingletonInterface
     {
         return '
 		backend_layout {
-			colCount = 4
+			colCount = 1
 			rowCount = 1
 			rows {
 				1 {
 					columns {
 						1 {
-							name = LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:colPos.I.0
-							colPos = 1
-						}
-						2 {
 							name = LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:colPos.I.1
 							colPos = 0
 						}
-						3 {
-							name = LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:colPos.I.2
-							colPos = 2
-						}
-						4 {
-							name = LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:colPos.I.3
-							colPos = 3
-						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Important-81109-SimplifyDefaultBackendLayout.rst b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Important-81109-SimplifyDefaultBackendLayout.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7e8f8e7acd404ec3436f7db58ee71ec35ef18fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Important-81109-SimplifyDefaultBackendLayout.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.. include:: ../../Includes.txt
+
+===================================================
+Important: #81109 - Simplify default backend layout
+===================================================
+
+See :issue:`81109`
+
+Description
+===========
+
+To simplify the life for beginners the default backend layout should only show one content columns. Therefore only the main column is shown instead of 4 columns.
+
+.. index:: Backend