diff --git a/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt
index c5f211eef..ca00c8c44 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ calamares_add_plugin( partition
         core/ColorUtils.cpp
         core/DeviceModel.cpp
         core/KPMHelpers.cpp
+        core/PartitionActions.cpp
         core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
         core/PartitionInfo.cpp
         core/PartitionIterator.cpp
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ calamares_add_plugin( partition
         gui/CreatePartitionDialog.cpp
         gui/EditExistingPartitionDialog.cpp
         gui/AlongsidePage.cpp
-        gui/EraseDiskPage.cpp
         gui/PartitionPage.cpp
         gui/PartitionPreview.cpp
         gui/PartitionSizeController.cpp
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/gui/EraseDiskPage.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionActions.cpp
similarity index 56%
rename from src/modules/partition/gui/EraseDiskPage.cpp
rename to src/modules/partition/core/PartitionActions.cpp
index 3a9d6aa00..160dbefef 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/gui/EraseDiskPage.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionActions.cpp
@@ -16,266 +16,27 @@
  *   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include "EraseDiskPage.h"
+#include "PartitionActions.h"
 
-#include "core/DeviceModel.h"
-#include "core/PartitionCoreModule.h"
 #include "core/KPMHelpers.h"
 #include "core/PartitionInfo.h"
-#include "gui/PartitionPreview.h"
+#include "core/PartitionCoreModule.h"
 
-#include "utils/CalamaresUtilsGui.h"
-#include "utils/Logger.h"
-#include "utils/Retranslator.h"
 #include "utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.h"
-#include "GlobalStorage.h"
 #include "JobQueue.h"
+#include "utils/Logger.h"
+#include "GlobalStorage.h"
 
-// KPMcore
 #include <kpmcore/core/device.h>
-#include <kpmcore/core/partition.h>
-#include <kpmcore/fs/filesystem.h>
 
-#include <QBoxLayout>
 #include <QDir>
-#include <QFormLayout>
-#include <QListView>
-#include <QLabel>
-#include <QMutexLocker>
 
-EraseDiskPage::EraseDiskPage( QWidget* parent )
-    : QWidget( parent )
-    , m_nextEnabled( false )
-    , m_core( nullptr )
+namespace PartitionActions
 {
-    QVBoxLayout* mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
-    setLayout( mainLayout );
-
-    QLabel* driveLabel = new QLabel( this );
-    mainLayout->addWidget( driveLabel );
-    CALAMARES_RETRANSLATE( driveLabel->setText( tr( "Select drive:" ) ); )
-
-    m_drivesView = new QListView;
-    mainLayout->addWidget( m_drivesView );
-    m_drivesView->setViewMode( QListView::IconMode );
-    m_drivesView->setWrapping( false );
-    m_drivesView->setFlow( QListView::LeftToRight );
-    m_drivesView->setSelectionRectVisible( false );
-    m_drivesView->setWordWrap( true );
-    m_drivesView->setUniformItemSizes( true );
-    m_drivesView->setSelectionMode( QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection );
-
-    m_drivesView->setIconSize( CalamaresUtils::defaultIconSize() * 3 );
-    m_drivesView->setGridSize( QSize( CalamaresUtils::defaultFontHeight() * 8,
-                                      m_drivesView->iconSize().height() +
-                                      CalamaresUtils::defaultFontHeight() * 4 ) );
-    m_drivesView->setMinimumHeight( m_drivesView->gridSize().height() +
-                                    CalamaresUtils::defaultFontHeight() / 2 );
-    m_drivesView->setSizePolicy( QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Preferred );
-
-    m_previewFrame = new QWidget;
-    m_previewFrame->setSizePolicy( QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Expanding );
-    mainLayout->addWidget( m_previewFrame );
-
-    setNextEnabled( false );
-}
-
-
-void
-EraseDiskPage::init( PartitionCoreModule* core )
-{
-    if ( m_core ) //this should probably never happen
-    {
-        m_core->revert();
-        return;
-    }
-
-    m_core = core;
-    m_drivesView->setModel( core->deviceModel() );
-
-    connect( m_drivesView->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::currentChanged,
-             this, [ this ]( const QModelIndex& index,
-                             const QModelIndex& oldIndex )
-    {
-        setNextEnabled( m_drivesView->selectionModel()->hasSelection() );
-
-        if ( m_core->isDirty() )
-            m_core->clearJobs();
-
-        Device* dev = m_core->deviceModel()->deviceForIndex( index );
-
-        if ( dev )
-            doAutopartition( dev );
-    } );
-
-    connect( m_core, &PartitionCoreModule::isDirtyChanged,
-             this, &EraseDiskPage::updatePreviews );
-}
-
-
-bool
-EraseDiskPage::isNextEnabled() const
-{
-    return m_nextEnabled;
-}
-
-
-void
-EraseDiskPage::setNextEnabled( bool enabled )
-{
-    if ( enabled == m_nextEnabled )
-        return;
-
-    m_nextEnabled = enabled;
-    emit nextStatusChanged( enabled );
-}
-
-
-void
-EraseDiskPage::doAutopartition( Device* dev )
-{
-    bool isEfi = false;
-    if ( QDir( "/sys/firmware/efi/efivars" ).exists() )
-        isEfi = true;
-
-#define MiB * static_cast< qint64 >( 1024 ) * 1024
-#define GiB * static_cast< qint64 >( 1024 ) * 1024 * 1024
-
-    // Partition sizes are expressed in MiB, should be multiples of
-    // the logical sector size (usually 512B).
-    int uefisys_part_size = 0;
-    int empty_space_size = 0;
-    if ( isEfi )
-    {
-        uefisys_part_size = 300;
-        empty_space_size = 2;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        // we start with a 1MiB offset before the first partition
-        empty_space_size = 1;
-    }
-
-    qint64 firstFreeSector = empty_space_size MiB / dev->logicalSectorSize() + 1;
-
-    if ( isEfi )
-    {
-        qint64 lastSector = firstFreeSector + ( uefisys_part_size MiB / dev->logicalSectorSize() );
-        m_core->createPartitionTable( dev, PartitionTable::gpt );
-        Partition* efiPartition = KPMHelpers::createNewPartition(
-            dev->partitionTable(),
-            *dev,
-            PartitionRole( PartitionRole::Primary ),
-            FileSystem::Fat32,
-            firstFreeSector,
-            lastSector
-        );
-        PartitionInfo::setFormat( efiPartition, true );
-        PartitionInfo::setMountPoint( efiPartition, Calamares::JobQueue::instance()
-                                                        ->globalStorage()
-                                                        ->value( "efiSystemPartition" )
-                                                        .toString() );
-        m_core->createPartition( dev, efiPartition );
-        firstFreeSector = lastSector + 1;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        m_core->createPartitionTable( dev, PartitionTable::msdos );
-    }
-
-    bool shouldCreateSwap = false;
-    qint64 availableSpaceB = ( dev->totalSectors() - firstFreeSector ) * dev->logicalSectorSize();
-    qint64 suggestedSwapSizeB = swapSuggestion( availableSpaceB );
-    qint64 requiredSpaceB =
-            ( Calamares::JobQueue::instance()->
-              globalStorage()->
-              value( "requiredStorageGB" ).toDouble() + 0.1 + 2.0 ) GiB +
-            suggestedSwapSizeB;
-
-    // If there is enough room for ESP + root + swap, create swap, otherwise don't.
-    shouldCreateSwap = availableSpaceB > requiredSpaceB;
-
-    qint64 lastSectorForRoot = dev->totalSectors() - 1; //last sector of the device
-    if ( shouldCreateSwap )
-    {
-        lastSectorForRoot -= suggestedSwapSizeB / dev->logicalSectorSize() + 1;
-    }
-
-    Partition* rootPartition = KPMHelpers::createNewPartition(
-        dev->partitionTable(),
-        *dev,
-        PartitionRole( PartitionRole::Primary ),
-        FileSystem::Ext4,
-        firstFreeSector,
-        lastSectorForRoot
-    );
-    PartitionInfo::setFormat( rootPartition, true );
-    PartitionInfo::setMountPoint( rootPartition, "/" );
-    m_core->createPartition( dev, rootPartition );
-
-    if ( shouldCreateSwap )
-    {
-        Partition* swapPartition = KPMHelpers::createNewPartition(
-            dev->partitionTable(),
-            *dev,
-            PartitionRole( PartitionRole::Primary ),
-            FileSystem::LinuxSwap,
-            lastSectorForRoot + 1,
-            dev->totalSectors() - 1
-        );
-        PartitionInfo::setFormat( swapPartition, true );
-        m_core->createPartition( dev, swapPartition );
-    }
-
-    updatePreviews();
-
-    m_core->dumpQueue();
-}
-
-
-void
-EraseDiskPage::updatePreviews()
-{
-    QMutexLocker locker( &m_previewsMutex );
-
-    cDebug() << "Updating partitioning preview widgets.";
-    qDeleteAll( m_previewFrame->children() );
-    m_previewFrame->layout()->deleteLater();
-
-    if ( m_drivesView->selectionModel()->currentIndex() == QModelIndex() )
-    {
-        cDebug() << "No disk selected, bailing out.";
-        return;
-    }
-
-    QFormLayout* layout = new QFormLayout;
-    m_previewFrame->setLayout( layout );
-    layout->setMargin( 0 );
-
-    QList< PartitionCoreModule::SummaryInfo > list = m_core->createSummaryInfo();
-    for ( const auto& info : list )
-    {
-        PartitionPreview* preview;
-
-        layout->addRow( new QLabel( info.deviceName ) );
-
-        preview = new PartitionPreview;
-        preview->setLabelsVisible( true );
-        preview->setModel( info.partitionModelBefore );
-        info.partitionModelBefore->setParent( m_previewFrame );
-        layout->addRow( tr( "Before:" ), preview );
-
-        preview = new PartitionPreview;
-        preview->setLabelsVisible( true );
-        preview->setModel( info.partitionModelAfter );
-        info.partitionModelAfter->setParent( m_previewFrame );
-        layout->addRow( tr( "After:" ), preview );
-    }
-}
-
 
 qint64
-EraseDiskPage::swapSuggestion( const qint64 availableSpaceB ) const {
+swapSuggestion( const qint64 availableSpaceB )
+{
 
 #define MiB * static_cast< qint64 >( 1024 ) * 1024
 #define GiB * static_cast< qint64 >( 1024 ) * 1024 * 1024
@@ -333,3 +94,105 @@ EraseDiskPage::swapSuggestion( const qint64 availableSpaceB ) const {
 
     return suggestedSwapSizeB;
 }
+
+
+void
+doAutopartition( PartitionCoreModule* core, Device* dev )
+{
+    bool isEfi = false;
+    if ( QDir( "/sys/firmware/efi/efivars" ).exists() )
+        isEfi = true;
+
+#define MiB * static_cast< qint64 >( 1024 ) * 1024
+#define GiB * static_cast< qint64 >( 1024 ) * 1024 * 1024
+
+    // Partition sizes are expressed in MiB, should be multiples of
+    // the logical sector size (usually 512B).
+    int uefisys_part_size = 0;
+    int empty_space_size = 0;
+    if ( isEfi )
+    {
+        uefisys_part_size = 300;
+        empty_space_size = 2;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // we start with a 1MiB offset before the first partition
+        empty_space_size = 1;
+    }
+
+    qint64 firstFreeSector = empty_space_size MiB / dev->logicalSectorSize() + 1;
+
+    if ( isEfi )
+    {
+        qint64 lastSector = firstFreeSector + ( uefisys_part_size MiB / dev->logicalSectorSize() );
+        core->createPartitionTable( dev, PartitionTable::gpt );
+        Partition* efiPartition = KPMHelpers::createNewPartition(
+            dev->partitionTable(),
+            *dev,
+            PartitionRole( PartitionRole::Primary ),
+            FileSystem::Fat32,
+            firstFreeSector,
+            lastSector
+        );
+        PartitionInfo::setFormat( efiPartition, true );
+        PartitionInfo::setMountPoint( efiPartition, Calamares::JobQueue::instance()
+                                                        ->globalStorage()
+                                                        ->value( "efiSystemPartition" )
+                                                        .toString() );
+        core->createPartition( dev, efiPartition );
+        firstFreeSector = lastSector + 1;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        core->createPartitionTable( dev, PartitionTable::msdos );
+    }
+
+    bool shouldCreateSwap = false;
+    qint64 availableSpaceB = ( dev->totalSectors() - firstFreeSector ) * dev->logicalSectorSize();
+    qint64 suggestedSwapSizeB = swapSuggestion( availableSpaceB );
+    qint64 requiredSpaceB =
+            ( Calamares::JobQueue::instance()->
+              globalStorage()->
+              value( "requiredStorageGB" ).toDouble() + 0.1 + 2.0 ) GiB +
+            suggestedSwapSizeB;
+
+    // If there is enough room for ESP + root + swap, create swap, otherwise don't.
+    shouldCreateSwap = availableSpaceB > requiredSpaceB;
+
+    qint64 lastSectorForRoot = dev->totalSectors() - 1; //last sector of the device
+    if ( shouldCreateSwap )
+    {
+        lastSectorForRoot -= suggestedSwapSizeB / dev->logicalSectorSize() + 1;
+    }
+
+    Partition* rootPartition = KPMHelpers::createNewPartition(
+        dev->partitionTable(),
+        *dev,
+        PartitionRole( PartitionRole::Primary ),
+        FileSystem::Ext4,
+        firstFreeSector,
+        lastSectorForRoot
+    );
+    PartitionInfo::setFormat( rootPartition, true );
+    PartitionInfo::setMountPoint( rootPartition, "/" );
+    core->createPartition( dev, rootPartition );
+
+    if ( shouldCreateSwap )
+    {
+        Partition* swapPartition = KPMHelpers::createNewPartition(
+            dev->partitionTable(),
+            *dev,
+            PartitionRole( PartitionRole::Primary ),
+            FileSystem::LinuxSwap,
+            lastSectorForRoot + 1,
+            dev->totalSectors() - 1
+        );
+        PartitionInfo::setFormat( swapPartition, true );
+        core->createPartition( dev, swapPartition );
+    }
+
+    core->dumpQueue();
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/gui/EraseDiskPage.h b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionActions.h
similarity index 54%
rename from src/modules/partition/gui/EraseDiskPage.h
rename to src/modules/partition/core/PartitionActions.h
index 227d2e113..4c6a0562c 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/gui/EraseDiskPage.h
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionActions.h
@@ -16,42 +16,15 @@
  *   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#ifndef ERASEDISKPAGE_H
-#define ERASEDISKPAGE_H
-
-#include <QMutex>
-#include <QWidget>
+#ifndef PARTITIONACTIONS_H
+#define PARTITIONACTIONS_H
 
 class PartitionCoreModule;
-class QListView;
 class Device;
 
-class EraseDiskPage : public QWidget
+namespace PartitionActions
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    explicit EraseDiskPage( QWidget* parent = nullptr );
+void doAutopartition( PartitionCoreModule* core, Device* dev );
+}
 
-    void init( PartitionCoreModule* core );
-
-    bool isNextEnabled() const;
-
-signals:
-    void nextStatusChanged( bool );
-
-private:
-    void setNextEnabled( bool enabled );
-    void doAutopartition( Device* dev );
-    void updatePreviews();
-    qint64 swapSuggestion( const qint64 availableSpaceB ) const;
-
-    QListView* m_drivesView;
-    PartitionCoreModule* m_core;
-    QWidget* m_previewFrame;
-
-    QMutex m_previewsMutex;
-
-    bool m_nextEnabled;
-};
-
-#endif // ERASEDISKPAGE_H
+#endif // PARTITIONACTIONS_H