diff --git a/helper/consts/replication.go b/helper/consts/replication.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62bbcb363d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/consts/replication.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package consts
+
+type ReplicationState uint32
+
+const (
+	ReplicationDisabled ReplicationState = iota
+	ReplicationPrimary
+	ReplicationSecondary
+)
+
+func (r ReplicationState) String() string {
+	switch r {
+	case ReplicationSecondary:
+		return "secondary"
+	case ReplicationPrimary:
+		return "primary"
+	}
+
+	return "disabled"
+}
diff --git a/logical/logical.go b/logical/logical.go
index 9234bfe6d69f..3b66fba51fdf 100644
--- a/logical/logical.go
+++ b/logical/logical.go
@@ -80,22 +80,3 @@ type Paths struct {
 	// indicates that these paths should not be replicated
 	LocalStorage []string
 }
-
-type ReplicationState uint32
-
-const (
-	ReplicationDisabled ReplicationState = iota
-	ReplicationPrimary
-	ReplicationSecondary
-)
-
-func (r ReplicationState) String() string {
-	switch r {
-	case ReplicationSecondary:
-		return "secondary"
-	case ReplicationPrimary:
-		return "primary"
-	}
-
-	return "disabled"
-}
diff --git a/logical/system_view.go b/logical/system_view.go
index 836c865c2564..d769397dfcc9 100644
--- a/logical/system_view.go
+++ b/logical/system_view.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package logical
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/helper/consts"
+)
 
 // SystemView exposes system configuration information in a safe way
 // for logical backends to consume
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ type SystemView interface {
 	CachingDisabled() bool
 
 	// ReplicationState indicates the state of cluster replication
-	ReplicationState() ReplicationState
+	ReplicationState() consts.ReplicationState
 }
 
 type StaticSystemView struct {
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ type StaticSystemView struct {
 	TaintedVal          bool
 	CachingDisabledVal  bool
 	Primary             bool
-	ReplicationStateVal ReplicationState
+	ReplicationStateVal consts.ReplicationState
 }
 
 func (d StaticSystemView) DefaultLeaseTTL() time.Duration {
@@ -65,6 +69,6 @@ func (d StaticSystemView) CachingDisabled() bool {
 	return d.CachingDisabledVal
 }
 
-func (d StaticSystemView) ReplicationState() ReplicationState {
+func (d StaticSystemView) ReplicationState() consts.ReplicationState {
 	return d.ReplicationStateVal
 }
diff --git a/vault/core.go b/vault/core.go
index 4221a9001685..f3ffcf5a8c91 100644
--- a/vault/core.go
+++ b/vault/core.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/audit"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/helper/consts"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/helper/errutil"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/helper/jsonutil"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/helper/logformat"
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ type Core struct {
 
 	// replicationState keeps the current replication state cached for quick
 	// lookup
-	replicationState logical.ReplicationState
+	replicationState consts.ReplicationState
 }
 
 // CoreConfig is used to parameterize a core
diff --git a/vault/dynamic_system_view.go b/vault/dynamic_system_view.go
index e02a061ce397..80b663b951ad 100644
--- a/vault/dynamic_system_view.go
+++ b/vault/dynamic_system_view.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package vault
 import (
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/helper/consts"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/logical"
 )
 
@@ -76,8 +77,8 @@ func (d dynamicSystemView) CachingDisabled() bool {
 }
 
 // Checks if this is a primary Vault instance.
-func (d dynamicSystemView) ReplicationState() logical.ReplicationState {
-	var state logical.ReplicationState
+func (d dynamicSystemView) ReplicationState() consts.ReplicationState {
+	var state consts.ReplicationState
 	d.core.clusterParamsLock.RLock()
 	state = d.core.replicationState
 	d.core.clusterParamsLock.RUnlock()