diff --git a/backend/app/controllers/spree/admin/dashboards_controller.rb b/backend/app/controllers/spree/admin/dashboards_controller.rb
index 979f4611371..90a4c91a5c2 100644
--- a/backend/app/controllers/spree/admin/dashboards_controller.rb
+++ b/backend/app/controllers/spree/admin/dashboards_controller.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 module Spree
   module Admin
     class DashboardsController < BaseController
+      before_action :deprecate
+      def deprecate
+        Spree.deprecator.warn "The #{self.class.name} is deprecated. If you still use dashboards, please copy all controllers and views from solidus_backend to your application."
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/backend/app/views/spree/admin/dashboards/home.html.erb b/backend/app/views/spree/admin/dashboards/home.html.erb
index 83cfc00d42f..66b6f11fc15 100644
--- a/backend/app/views/spree/admin/dashboards/home.html.erb
+++ b/backend/app/views/spree/admin/dashboards/home.html.erb
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 <%# Placeholder view for a home dashboard %>
+<p><%= Spree.deprecator.warn "The Home view is deprecated, If you still use dashboards, please copy all controllers and views from solidus_backend to your application." %></p>
diff --git a/core/lib/spree/permission_sets/dashboard_display.rb b/core/lib/spree/permission_sets/dashboard_display.rb
index ce268973306..09e43a70b31 100644
--- a/core/lib/spree/permission_sets/dashboard_display.rb
+++ b/core/lib/spree/permission_sets/dashboard_display.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ def category
       end
 
       def activate!
+          Spree.deprecator.warn "The #{self.class.name} module is deprecated. " \
+            "If you still use dashboards, please copy all controllers and views from #{self.class.name} to your application."
           can [:admin, :home], :dashboards
       end
     end
diff --git a/core/spec/models/spree/permission_sets/dashboard_display_spec.rb b/core/spec/models/spree/permission_sets/dashboard_display_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b6a76cad080..00000000000
--- a/core/spec/models/spree/permission_sets/dashboard_display_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'rails_helper'
-require 'spree/testing_support/dummy_ability'
-
-RSpec.describe Spree::PermissionSets::DashboardDisplay do
-  let(:ability) { DummyAbility.new }
-
-  subject { ability }
-
-  context "when activated" do
-    before do
-      described_class.new(ability).activate!
-    end
-
-    it { is_expected.to be_able_to(:admin, :dashboards) }
-    it { is_expected.to be_able_to(:home, :dashboards) }
-  end
-
-  context "when not activated" do
-    it { is_expected.not_to be_able_to(:admin, :dashboards) }
-    it { is_expected.not_to be_able_to(:home, :dashboards) }
-  end
-
-  describe ".privilege" do
-    it "returns the correct privilege symbol" do
-      expect(described_class.privilege).to eq(:other)
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe ".category" do
-    it "returns the correct category symbol" do
-      expect(described_class.category).to eq(:dashboard_display)
-    end
-  end
-end