diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 9a4e27c50..6f41d3f0e 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
         <script src='js/id/renderer/background.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/renderer/background_source.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/renderer/map.js'></script>
-        <script src='js/id/renderer/layers.js'></script>
 
         <script src="js/id/svg.js"></script>
         <script src="js/id/svg/areas.js"></script>
diff --git a/js/id/id.js b/js/id/id.js
index 5c8fa442d..355f105db 100644
--- a/js/id/id.js
+++ b/js/id/id.js
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ window.iD = function () {
     context.zoomIn = map.zoomIn;
     context.zoomOut = map.zoomOut;
 
+    /* Background */
+    var backgroundSources = iD.data.imagery.map(iD.BackgroundSource.template);
+    backgroundSources.push(iD.BackgroundSource.Custom);
+
+    context.backgroundSources = function() {
+        return backgroundSources;
+    };
+
     /* Presets */
     var presets = iD.presets(context);
 
@@ -111,7 +119,7 @@ window.iD = function () {
     var q = iD.util.stringQs(location.hash.substring(1)), detected = false;
     if (q.layer) {
         context.background()
-           .source(_.find(iD.layers, function(l) {
+           .source(_.find(backgroundSources, function(l) {
                if (l.data.sourcetag === q.layer) {
                    detected = true;
                    return true;
@@ -121,7 +129,7 @@ window.iD = function () {
 
     if (!detected) {
         context.background()
-            .source(_.find(iD.layers, function(l) {
+            .source(_.find(backgroundSources, function(l) {
                 return l.data.name === 'Bing aerial imagery';
             }));
     }
diff --git a/js/id/renderer/layers.js b/js/id/renderer/layers.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ee525d63..000000000
--- a/js/id/renderer/layers.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-iD.layers = iD.data.imagery.map(iD.BackgroundSource.template);
-iD.layers.push(iD.BackgroundSource.Custom);
diff --git a/js/id/ui/background.js b/js/id/ui/background.js
index 69991430f..a0f0c04a7 100644
--- a/js/id/ui/background.js
+++ b/js/id/ui/background.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ iD.ui.Background = function(context) {
     var event = d3.dispatch('cancel', 'save'),
         opacities = [1, 0.5, 0];
 
-    var layers = iD.layers;
+    var layers = context.backgroundSources();
 
     function getSources() {
         var ext = context.map().extent();
diff --git a/test/spec/renderer/background.js b/test/spec/renderer/background.js
index cdfb3239d..52c825d06 100644
--- a/test/spec/renderer/background.js
+++ b/test/spec/renderer/background.js
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ describe('iD.Background', function() {
             expect(c.size([100, 100])).to.equal(c);
             expect(c.size()).to.eql([100,100]);
         });
-
-        it('#source', function() {
-            expect(c.source(iD.layers[0])).to.equal(c);
-            expect(c.source()).to.equal(iD.layers[0]);
-        });
     });
 
     describe('iD.BackgroundSource.Template', function() {