diff --git a/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context.go b/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context.go
index e489f75f049..94cd9ecee02 100644
--- a/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context.go
+++ b/pkg/apimachinery/identity/context.go
@@ -19,24 +19,5 @@ func GetRequester(ctx context.Context) (Requester, error) {
 	if ok && u != nil {
 		return u, nil
 	}
-
-	// HACK for now...
-	if true {
-		return &StaticRequester{
-			OrgID:          1,
-			IsGrafanaAdmin: true,
-			UserID:         1,
-			Namespace:      NamespaceUser,
-			UserUID:        "abc",
-			Name:           "hello",
-			Login:          "justme",
-			Permissions: map[int64]map[string][]string{
-				1: {
-					"*": {"*"}, // all resources, all scopes
-				},
-			},
-		}, nil
-	}
-
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("a Requester was not found in the context")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apimachinery/utils/meta.go b/pkg/apimachinery/utils/meta.go
index 71068a950c6..a994ec83b04 100644
--- a/pkg/apimachinery/utils/meta.go
+++ b/pkg/apimachinery/utils/meta.go
@@ -53,85 +53,6 @@ type ResourceOriginInfo struct {
 	_ any `json:"-"`
 }
 
-type BlobInfo struct {
-	UID      string `json:"uid"`
-	Size     int64  `json:"size,omitempty"`
-	Hash     string `json:"hash,omitempty"`
-	MimeType string `json:"mime,omitempty"`
-	Charset  string `json:"charset,omitempty"` // content type = mime+charset
-}
-
-// Content type is mime + charset
-func (b *BlobInfo) SetContentType(v string) {
-	var params map[string]string
-	var err error
-
-	b.Charset = ""
-	b.MimeType, params, err = mime.ParseMediaType(v)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	b.Charset = params["charset"]
-}
-
-// Content type is mime + charset
-func (b *BlobInfo) ContentType() string {
-	sb := bytes.NewBufferString(b.MimeType)
-	if b.Charset != "" {
-		sb.WriteString("; charset=")
-		sb.WriteString(b.Charset)
-	}
-	return sb.String()
-}
-
-func (b *BlobInfo) String() string {
-	sb := bytes.NewBufferString(b.UID)
-	if b.Size > 0 {
-		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("; size=%d", b.Size))
-	}
-	if b.Hash != "" {
-		sb.WriteString("; hash=")
-		sb.WriteString(b.Hash)
-	}
-	if b.MimeType != "" {
-		sb.WriteString("; mime=")
-		sb.WriteString(b.MimeType)
-	}
-	if b.Charset != "" {
-		sb.WriteString("; charset=")
-		sb.WriteString(b.Charset)
-	}
-	return sb.String()
-}
-
-func ParseBlobInfo(v string) *BlobInfo {
-	if v == "" {
-		return nil
-	}
-	info := &BlobInfo{}
-	for i, part := range strings.Split(v, ";") {
-		if i == 0 {
-			info.UID = part
-			continue
-		}
-		kv := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(part), "=")
-		if len(kv) == 2 {
-			val := kv[1]
-			switch kv[0] {
-			case "size":
-				info.Size, _ = strconv.ParseInt(val, 10, 64)
-			case "hash":
-				info.Hash = val
-			case "mime":
-				info.MimeType = val
-			case "charset":
-				info.Charset = val
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return info
-}
-
 // Accessor functions for k8s objects
 type GrafanaMetaAccessor interface {
 	metav1.Object
@@ -585,3 +506,82 @@ func (m *grafanaMetaAccessor) FindTitle(defaultTitle string) string {
 	}
 	return defaultTitle
 }
+
+type BlobInfo struct {
+	UID      string `json:"uid"`
+	Size     int64  `json:"size,omitempty"`
+	Hash     string `json:"hash,omitempty"`
+	MimeType string `json:"mime,omitempty"`
+	Charset  string `json:"charset,omitempty"` // content type = mime+charset
+}
+
+// Content type is mime + charset
+func (b *BlobInfo) SetContentType(v string) {
+	var params map[string]string
+	var err error
+
+	b.Charset = ""
+	b.MimeType, params, err = mime.ParseMediaType(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	b.Charset = params["charset"]
+}
+
+// Content type is mime + charset
+func (b *BlobInfo) ContentType() string {
+	sb := bytes.NewBufferString(b.MimeType)
+	if b.Charset != "" {
+		sb.WriteString("; charset=")
+		sb.WriteString(b.Charset)
+	}
+	return sb.String()
+}
+
+func (b *BlobInfo) String() string {
+	sb := bytes.NewBufferString(b.UID)
+	if b.Size > 0 {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("; size=%d", b.Size))
+	}
+	if b.Hash != "" {
+		sb.WriteString("; hash=")
+		sb.WriteString(b.Hash)
+	}
+	if b.MimeType != "" {
+		sb.WriteString("; mime=")
+		sb.WriteString(b.MimeType)
+	}
+	if b.Charset != "" {
+		sb.WriteString("; charset=")
+		sb.WriteString(b.Charset)
+	}
+	return sb.String()
+}
+
+func ParseBlobInfo(v string) *BlobInfo {
+	if v == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	info := &BlobInfo{}
+	for i, part := range strings.Split(v, ";") {
+		if i == 0 {
+			info.UID = part
+			continue
+		}
+		kv := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(part), "=")
+		if len(kv) == 2 {
+			val := kv[1]
+			switch kv[0] {
+			case "size":
+				info.Size, _ = strconv.ParseInt(val, 10, 64)
+			case "hash":
+				info.Hash = val
+			case "mime":
+				info.MimeType = val
+			case "charset":
+				info.Charset = val
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return info
+}