diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Configuration/BackendUserConfiguration.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Configuration/BackendUserConfiguration.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df797f9a6f37937659cf27aab01f008b0737af56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Configuration/BackendUserConfiguration.php
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+namespace TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Configuration;
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the TYPO3 CMS project.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
+ * LICENSE.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
+ *
+ * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!
+ */
+
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Authentication\BackendUserAuthentication;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ArrayUtility;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
+
+/**
+ * Convenience wrapper for backend user configuration
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+class BackendUserConfiguration
+{
+    /**
+     * @var BackendUserAuthentication
+     */
+    protected $backendUser;
+
+    /**
+     * @param BackendUserAuthentication|null $backendUser
+     */
+    public function __construct(BackendUserAuthentication $backendUser = null)
+    {
+        $this->backendUser = $backendUser ?: $GLOBALS['BE_USER'];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a specific user setting
+     *
+     * @param string $key Identifier, allows also dotted notation for subarrays
+     * @return mixed Value associated
+     */
+    public function get(string $key)
+    {
+        return (strpos($key, '.') !== false) ? $this->getFromDottedNotation($key) : $this->backendUser->uc[$key];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get all user settings
+     *
+     * @return mixed all values, usually a multi-dimensional array
+     */
+    public function getAll()
+    {
+        return $this->backendUser->uc;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets user settings by key/value pair
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     * @param mixed $value
+     */
+    public function set(string $key, $value): void
+    {
+        if (strpos($key, '.') !== false) {
+            $this->setFromDottedNotation($key, $value);
+        } else {
+            $this->backendUser->uc[$key] = $value;
+        }
+
+        $this->backendUser->writeUC($this->backendUser->uc);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds an value to an Comma-separated list
+     * stored in $key of user settings
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     * @param mixed $value
+     */
+    public function addToList(string $key, $value): void
+    {
+        $list = $this->get($key);
+
+        if (!isset($list)) {
+            $list = $value;
+        } elseif (!GeneralUtility::inList($list, $value)) {
+            $list .= ',' . $value;
+        }
+
+        $this->set($key, $list);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes an value from an Comma-separated list
+     * stored $key of user settings
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     * @param mixed $value
+     */
+    public function removeFromList(string $key, $value): void
+    {
+        $list = $this->get($key);
+
+        if (GeneralUtility::inList($list, $value)) {
+            $list = GeneralUtility::trimExplode(',', $list, true);
+            $list = ArrayUtility::removeArrayEntryByValue($list, $value);
+            $this->set($key, implode(',', $list));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resets the user settings to the default
+     */
+    public function clear(): void
+    {
+        $this->backendUser->resetUC();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unsets a key in user settings
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     */
+    public function unsetOption(string $key): void
+    {
+        if (isset($this->backendUser->uc[$key])) {
+            unset($this->backendUser->uc[$key]);
+            $this->backendUser->writeUC($this->backendUser->uc);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Computes the subarray from dotted notation
+     *
+     * @param $key string Dotted notation of subkeys like moduleData.module1.general.checked
+     * @return mixed value of the settings
+     */
+    protected function getFromDottedNotation(string $key)
+    {
+        $subkeys = GeneralUtility::trimExplode('.', $key);
+        $configuration = $this->backendUser->uc;
+
+        foreach ($subkeys as $subkey) {
+            if (isset($configuration[$subkey])) {
+                $configuration = &$configuration[$subkey];
+            } else {
+                $configuration = [];
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $configuration;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of a key written in dotted notation
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     * @param mixed $value
+     */
+    protected function setFromDottedNotation(string $key, $value): void
+    {
+        $subkeys = GeneralUtility::trimExplode('.', $key, true);
+        $lastKey = $subkeys[count($subkeys) - 1];
+        $configuration = &$this->backendUser->uc;
+
+        foreach ($subkeys as $subkey) {
+            if ($subkey === $lastKey) {
+                $configuration[$subkey] = $value;
+            } else {
+                $configuration = &$configuration[$subkey];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/Page/TreeController.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/Page/TreeController.php
index a6db720a6e53636c24b8b0623488ed0d613e52ac..b36d1704f3d94314ab4c2672e55d8672d282b5c2 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/Page/TreeController.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/Page/TreeController.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Controller\Page;
 
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Controller\UserSettingsController;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Configuration\BackendUserConfiguration;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Tree\Repository\PageTreeRepository;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Authentication\BackendUserAuthentication;
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ class TreeController
         $this->addIdAsPrefix = (bool)$this->getBackendUser()->getTSConfigVal('options.pageTree.showPageIdWithTitle');
         $this->addDomainName = (bool)$this->getBackendUser()->getTSConfigVal('options.pageTree.showDomainNameWithTitle');
         $this->showMountPathAboveMounts = (bool)$this->getBackendUser()->getTSConfigVal('options.pageTree.showPathAboveMounts');
-        $userSettingsController = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(UserSettingsController::class);
-        $this->expandedState = $userSettingsController->process('get', 'BackendComponents.States.Pagetree');
+        $backendUserConfiguration = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(BackendUserConfiguration::class);
+        $this->expandedState = $backendUserConfiguration->get('BackendComponents.States.Pagetree');
         if (is_object($this->expandedState->stateHash)) {
             $this->expandedState = (array)$this->expandedState->stateHash;
         } else {
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/UserSettingsController.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/UserSettingsController.php
index 3f603f2abbb3a11756cbfa29087fca4d195f57ba..c37dafec8e0d928858b90d86aa262b28d32cb63e 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/UserSettingsController.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/UserSettingsController.php
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Controller;
 
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Configuration\BackendUserConfiguration;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Http\JsonResponse;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ArrayUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
 
 /**
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
  */
 class UserSettingsController
 {
+    /**
+     * @var BackendUserConfiguration
+     */
+    protected $backendUserConfiguration;
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the backendUserConfiguration
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(BackendUserConfiguration::class);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Processes all AJAX calls and returns a JSON for the data
      *
@@ -39,9 +52,9 @@ class UserSettingsController
         $action = $request->getParsedBody()['action'] ?? $request->getQueryParams()['action'];
         $key = $request->getParsedBody()['key'] ?? $request->getQueryParams()['key'];
         $value = $request->getParsedBody()['value'] ?? $request->getQueryParams()['value'];
+        $data = $this->process($action, $key, $value);
 
-        $content = $this->process($action, $key, $value);
-        return (new JsonResponse())->setPayload($content);
+        return (new JsonResponse())->setPayload($data);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -56,29 +69,29 @@ class UserSettingsController
     {
         switch ($action) {
             case 'get':
-                $content = $this->get($key);
+                $content = $this->backendUserConfiguration->get($key);
                 break;
             case 'getAll':
-                $content = $this->getAll();
+                $content = $this->backendUserConfiguration->getAll();
                 break;
             case 'set':
-                $this->set($key, $value);
-                $content = $this->getAll();
+                $this->backendUserConfiguration->set($key, $value);
+                $content = $this->backendUserConfiguration->getAll();
                 break;
             case 'addToList':
-                $this->addToList($key, $value);
-                $content = $this->getAll();
+                $this->backendUserConfiguration->addToList($key, $value);
+                $content = $this->backendUserConfiguration->getAll();
                 break;
             case 'removeFromList':
-                $this->removeFromList($key, $value);
-                $content = $this->getAll();
+                $this->backendUserConfiguration->removeFromList($key, $value);
+                $content = $this->backendUserConfiguration->getAll();
                 break;
             case 'unset':
-                $this->unsetOption($key);
-                $content = $this->getAll();
+                $this->backendUserConfiguration->unsetOption($key);
+                $content = $this->backendUserConfiguration->getAll();
                 break;
             case 'clear':
-                $this->clear();
+                $this->backendUserConfiguration->clear();
                 $content = ['result' => true];
                 break;
             default:
@@ -87,152 +100,4 @@ class UserSettingsController
 
         return $content;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns a specific user setting
-     *
-     * @param string $key Identifier, allows also dotted notation for subarrays
-     * @return mixed Value associated
-     */
-    protected function get($key)
-    {
-        return (strpos($key, '.') !== false) ? $this->getFromDottedNotation($key) : $this->getBackendUser()->uc[$key];
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get all user settings
-     *
-     * @return mixed all values, usually a multi-dimensional array
-     */
-    protected function getAll()
-    {
-        return $this->getBackendUser()->uc;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets user settings by key/value pair
-     *
-     * @param string $key
-     * @param mixed $value
-     */
-    protected function set($key, $value)
-    {
-        $beUser = $this->getBackendUser();
-        if (strpos($key, '.') !== false) {
-            $this->setFromDottedNotation($key, $value);
-        } else {
-            $beUser->uc[$key] = $value;
-        }
-        $beUser->writeUC($beUser->uc);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds an value to an Comma-separated list
-     * stored $key  of user settings
-     *
-     * @param string $key
-     * @param mixed $value
-     */
-    protected function addToList($key, $value)
-    {
-        $list = $this->get($key);
-        if (!isset($list)) {
-            $list = $value;
-        } else {
-            if (!GeneralUtility::inList($list, $value)) {
-                $list .= ',' . $value;
-            }
-        }
-        $this->set($key, $list);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Removes an value from an Comma-separated list
-     * stored $key of user settings
-     *
-     * @param string $key
-     * @param mixed $value
-     */
-    protected function removeFromList($key, $value)
-    {
-        $list = $this->get($key);
-        if (GeneralUtility::inList($list, $value)) {
-            $list = GeneralUtility::trimExplode(',', $list, true);
-            $list = ArrayUtility::removeArrayEntryByValue($list, $value);
-            $this->set($key, implode(',', $list));
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Resets the user settings to the default
-     */
-    protected function clear()
-    {
-        $this->getBackendUser()->resetUC();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Unsets a key in user settings
-     *
-     * @param string $key
-     */
-    protected function unsetOption($key)
-    {
-        $beUser = $this->getBackendUser();
-        if (isset($beUser->uc[$key])) {
-            unset($beUser->uc[$key]);
-            $beUser->writeUC($beUser->uc);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Computes the subarray from dotted notation
-     *
-     * @param $key string Dotted notation of subkeys like moduleData.module1.general.checked
-     * @return mixed value of the settings
-     */
-    protected function getFromDottedNotation($key)
-    {
-        $subkeys = GeneralUtility::trimExplode('.', $key);
-        $array = $this->getBackendUser()->uc;
-        foreach ($subkeys as $subkey) {
-            if (isset($array[$subkey])) {
-                $array = &$array[$subkey];
-            } else {
-                $array = [];
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        return $array;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the value of a key written in dotted notation
-     *
-     * @param string $key
-     * @param mixed $value
-     */
-    protected function setFromDottedNotation($key, $value)
-    {
-        $subkeys = GeneralUtility::trimExplode('.', $key, true);
-        $lastKey = $subkeys[count($subkeys) - 1];
-        $array = &$this->getBackendUser()->uc;
-        foreach ($subkeys as $subkey) {
-            if ($subkey === $lastKey) {
-                $array[$subkey] = $value;
-            } else {
-                $array = &$array[$subkey];
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the current BE user.
-     *
-     * @return \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Authentication\BackendUserAuthentication
-     */
-    protected function getBackendUser()
-    {
-        return $GLOBALS['BE_USER'];
-    }
 }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Unit/Configuration/BackendUserConfigurationTest.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Unit/Configuration/BackendUserConfigurationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5dc55aecedb581faba20ed1138a9b05d927df5bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/Unit/Configuration/BackendUserConfigurationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+namespace TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Tests\Unit\Configuration;
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the TYPO3 CMS project.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
+ * LICENSE.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
+ *
+ * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!
+ */
+
+use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Configuration\BackendUserConfiguration;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Authentication\BackendUserAuthentication;
+use TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Unit\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Testcase for TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Configuration\BackendUserConfiguration
+ */
+class BackendUserConfigurationTest extends UnitTestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var BackendUserConfiguration
+     */
+    protected $backendUserConfiguration;
+
+    /**
+     * @var BackendUserAuthentication|\Prophecy\Prophecy\ObjectProphecy
+     */
+    protected $backendUser;
+
+    /**
+     * Set up this testcase
+     */
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        /** @var BackendUserAuthentication|\Prophecy\Prophecy\ObjectProphecy */
+        $this->backendUser = $this->prophesize(BackendUserAuthentication::class);
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration = new BackendUserConfiguration($this->backendUser->reveal());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function getsConfiguration()
+    {
+        $this->backendUser->reveal()->uc = [
+            'key' => 'A',
+            'nested' => [
+                'key' => 'B',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals('A', $this->backendUserConfiguration->get('key'));
+        $this->assertEquals('B', $this->backendUserConfiguration->get('nested.key'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function getsAllConfiguration()
+    {
+        $configuration = [
+            'foo' => 'A',
+            'bar' => 'B',
+        ];
+        $this->backendUser->reveal()->uc = $configuration;
+
+        $this->assertEquals($configuration, $this->backendUserConfiguration->getAll());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function setsConfiguration()
+    {
+        $this->backendUser->reveal()->uc = [
+            'foo' => 'A',
+        ];
+
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->set('foo', 'X');
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->set('bar', 'Y');
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->set('nested.bar', 'Z');
+
+        $expected = [
+            'foo' => 'X',
+            'bar' => 'Y',
+            'nested' => [
+                'bar' => 'Z',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $this->backendUser->writeUC($expected)->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function addsToListConfigurationOption()
+    {
+        $this->backendUser->reveal()->uc = [
+            'foo' => 'A',
+            'nested' => [
+                'foo' => '',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->addToList('foo', 'X');
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->addToList('nested.foo', 'X');
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->addToList('nested.foo', 'Z');
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->addToList('nested.foo', 'Z');
+
+        $expected = [
+            'foo' => 'A,X',
+            'nested' => [
+                'foo' => '',
+            ],
+        ];
+        $this->backendUser->writeUC($expected)->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
+        $expected = [
+            'foo' => 'A,X',
+            'nested' => [
+                'foo' => ',X',
+            ],
+        ];
+        $this->backendUser->writeUC($expected)->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
+        $expected = [
+            'foo' => 'A,X',
+            'nested' => [
+                'foo' => ',X,Z',
+            ],
+        ];
+        $this->backendUser->writeUC($expected)->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function removesFromListConfigurationOption()
+    {
+        $this->backendUser->reveal()->uc = [
+            'foo' => 'A,B',
+            'nested' => [
+                'foo' => 'A,B,C',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->removeFromList('foo', 'B');
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->removeFromList('nested.foo', 'B');
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->removeFromList('nested.foo', 'B');
+
+        $expected = [
+            'foo' => 'A',
+            'nested' => [
+                'foo' => 'A,B,C',
+            ],
+        ];
+        $this->backendUser->writeUC($expected)->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
+        $expected = [
+            'foo' => 'A',
+            'nested' => [
+                'foo' => 'A,C',
+            ],
+        ];
+        $this->backendUser->writeUC($expected)->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function clearsConfiguration()
+    {
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->clear();
+
+        $this->backendUser->resetUC()->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function unsetsConfigurationOption()
+    {
+        $this->backendUser->reveal()->uc = [
+            'foo' => 'A',
+            'bar' => 'B',
+        ];
+
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->unsetOption('foo');
+        $this->backendUserConfiguration->unsetOption('foo');
+
+        $expected = [
+            'bar' => 'B',
+        ];
+        $this->backendUser->writeUC($expected)->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+}