diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 449e4d199..fe438f96b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   with_themed_layout '1_column'
 
   helper_method :current_account, :admin_host?, :home_page_theme, :show_page_theme, :search_results_theme
-  helper_method :current_account, :admin_host?, :home_page_theme, :show_page_theme, :search_results_theme, :render_ocr_snippets
   before_action :authenticate_if_needed
   before_action :set_raven_context
   before_action :require_active_account!, if: :multitenant?
@@ -51,24 +50,6 @@ def guest_user
 
   protected
 
-    # remove this once we've backported to `IIIFPrintHelper` and update IIIF Print
-    def render_ocr_snippets(options = {})
-      snippets = options[:value]
-      # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
-      snippets_content = [ActionController::Base.helpers.content_tag('div',
-                                                                     "... #{snippets.first} ...".html_safe,
-                                                                     class: 'ocr_snippet first_snippet')]
-      # rubocop:enable Rails/OutputSafety
-      if snippets.length > 1
-        snippets_content << render(partial: 'catalog/snippets_more',
-                                   locals: { snippets: snippets.drop(1),
-                                             options: options })
-      end
-      # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
-      snippets_content.join("\n").html_safe
-      # rubocop:enable Rails/OutputSafety
-    end
-
     def is_hidden
       current_account.persisted? && !current_account.is_public?
     end
diff --git a/app/helpers/iiif_print_helper.rb b/app/helpers/iiif_print_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c1859cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/iiif_print_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module IiifPrintHelper
+  include IiifPrint::IiifPrintHelperBehavior
+end