diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 2756a59478..ea4f28b741 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -171,18 +171,11 @@ function remote_user()
  * @param string $s - Text of notice
  *
  * @return void
+ * @deprecated since version 2022.09, use \Friendica\Navigation\SystemMessages instead
  */
 function notice(string $s)
 {
-	if (empty($_SESSION)) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (empty($_SESSION['sysmsg'])) {
-		$_SESSION['sysmsg'] = [];
-	}
-
-	$_SESSION['sysmsg'][] = $s;
+	\Friendica\DI::sysmsg()->addNotice($s);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -193,16 +186,9 @@ function notice(string $s)
  * @param string $s - Text of notice
  *
  * @return void
+ * @deprecated since version 2022.09, use \Friendica\Navigation\SystemMessages instead
  */
 function info(string $s)
 {
-	if (empty($_SESSION)) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (empty($_SESSION['sysmsg_info'])) {
-		$_SESSION['sysmsg_info'] = [];
-	}
-
-	$_SESSION['sysmsg_info'][] = $s;
+	\Friendica\DI::sysmsg()->addInfo($s);
 }
diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index f59b15d1db..ceace228f5 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -648,10 +648,6 @@ class App
 				header('X-Account-Management-Status: none');
 			}
 
-			$_SESSION['sysmsg']       = Core\Session::get('sysmsg', []);
-			$_SESSION['sysmsg_info']  = Core\Session::get('sysmsg_info', []);
-			$_SESSION['last_updated'] = Core\Session::get('last_updated', []);
-
 			/*
 			 * check_config() is responsible for running update scripts. These automatically
 			 * update the DB schema whenever we push a new one out. It also checks to see if
diff --git a/src/DI.php b/src/DI.php
index e8fa90eb9b..a28eb707a4 100644
--- a/src/DI.php
+++ b/src/DI.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 namespace Friendica;
 
 use Dice\Dice;
+use Friendica\Navigation\SystemMessages;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -234,6 +235,14 @@ abstract class DI
 		return self::$dice->create(Core\System::class);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return \Friendica\Navigation\SystemMessages
+	 */
+	public static function sysmsg()
+	{
+		return self::$dice->create(SystemMessages::class);
+	}
+
 	//
 	// "LoggerInterface" instances
 	//
diff --git a/src/Module/Notifications/Ping.php b/src/Module/Notifications/Ping.php
index c09d6d0cbe..57da97b4f7 100644
--- a/src/Module/Notifications/Ping.php
+++ b/src/Module/Notifications/Ping.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use Friendica\Navigation\Notifications\Exception\NoMessageException;
 use Friendica\Navigation\Notifications\Factory;
 use Friendica\Navigation\Notifications\Repository;
 use Friendica\Navigation\Notifications\ValueObject;
+use Friendica\Navigation\SystemMessages;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Profiler;
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class Ping extends BaseModule
 {
+	/** @var SystemMessages */
+	private $systemMessages;
 	/** @var Repository\Notification */
 	private $notificationRepo;
 	/** @var Introduction */
@@ -57,10 +60,11 @@ class Ping extends BaseModule
 	/** @var Factory\FormattedNavNotification */
 	private $formattedNavNotification;
 
-	public function __construct(Repository\Notification $notificationRepo, Introduction $introductionRepo, Factory\FormattedNavNotification $formattedNavNotification, L10n $l10n, App\BaseURL $baseUrl, App\Arguments $args, LoggerInterface $logger, Profiler $profiler, Response $response, array $server, array $parameters = [])
+	public function __construct(SystemMessages $systemMessages, Repository\Notification $notificationRepo, Introduction $introductionRepo, Factory\FormattedNavNotification $formattedNavNotification, L10n $l10n, App\BaseURL $baseUrl, App\Arguments $args, LoggerInterface $logger, Profiler $profiler, Response $response, array $server, array $parameters = [])
 	{
 		parent::__construct($l10n, $baseUrl, $args, $logger, $profiler, $response, $server, $parameters);
 
+		$this->systemMessages           = $systemMessages;
 		$this->notificationRepo         = $notificationRepo;
 		$this->introductionRepo         = $introductionRepo;
 		$this->formattedNavNotification = $formattedNavNotification;
@@ -256,19 +260,6 @@ class Ping extends BaseModule
 			usort($navNotifications, $sort_function);
 		}
 
-		$sysmsgs      = [];
-		$sysmsgs_info = [];
-
-		if (!empty($_SESSION['sysmsg'])) {
-			$sysmsgs = $_SESSION['sysmsg'];
-			unset($_SESSION['sysmsg']);
-		}
-
-		if (!empty($_SESSION['sysmsg_info'])) {
-			$sysmsgs_info = $_SESSION['sysmsg_info'];
-			unset($_SESSION['sysmsg_info']);
-		}
-
 		$notification_count = $sysnotify_count + $intro_count + $register_count;
 
 		$data             = [];
@@ -289,8 +280,8 @@ class Ping extends BaseModule
 		$data['notifications'] = $navNotifications;
 
 		$data['sysmsgs'] = [
-			'notice' => $sysmsgs,
-			'info'   => $sysmsgs_info
+			'notice' => $this->systemMessages->flushNotices(),
+			'info'   => $this->systemMessages->flushInfos(),
 		];
 
 		if (isset($_GET['callback'])) {
diff --git a/src/Navigation/SystemMessages.php b/src/Navigation/SystemMessages.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b00a5a496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Navigation/SystemMessages.php
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2022, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Friendica is a communications platform for integrated social communications
+ * utilising decentralised communications and linkage to several indie social
+ * projects - as well as popular mainstream providers.
+ *
+ * Our mission is to free our friends and families from the clutches of
+ * data-harvesting corporations, and pave the way to a future where social
+ * communications are free and open and flow between alternate providers as
+ * easily as email does today.
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Navigation;
+
+use Friendica\Core\Session\Capability\IHandleSessions;
+
+class SystemMessages
+{
+	/**
+	 * @var IHandleSessions
+	 */
+	private $session;
+
+	public function __construct(IHandleSessions $session)
+	{
+		$this->session = $session;
+	}
+
+	public function addNotice(string $message)
+	{
+		$sysmsg = $this->getNotices();
+
+		$sysmsg[] = $message;
+
+		$this->session->set('sysmsg', $sysmsg);
+	}
+
+	public function getNotices(): array
+	{
+		return $this->session->get('sysmsg', []);
+	}
+
+	public function flushNotices(): array
+	{
+		$notices = $this->getNotices();
+		$this->session->remove('sysmsg');
+		return $notices;
+	}
+
+	public function addInfo(string $message)
+	{
+		$sysmsg = $this->getNotices();
+
+		$sysmsg[] = $message;
+
+		$this->session->set('sysmsg_info', $sysmsg);
+	}
+
+	public function getInfos(): array
+	{
+		return $this->session->get('sysmsg_info', []);
+	}
+
+	public function flushInfos(): array
+	{
+		$notices = $this->getInfos();
+		$this->session->remove('sysmsg_info');
+		return $notices;
+	}
+}