diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 38c6a3e2b..eb85bbe93 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/blevesearch/bleve_index_api v1.0.3
 	github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis v0.0.0-20220818202316-e92afdddac6d
-	github.com/cs3org/reva/v2 v2.10.1-0.20220912153139-05271421a667
+	github.com/cs3org/reva/v2 v2.10.1-0.20220914095102-44dc469bd48b
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.2
 	github.com/ggwhite/go-masker v1.0.9
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8bf7dc4e3..7fe0d7836 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ github.com/crewjam/saml v0.4.6 h1:XCUFPkQSJLvzyl4cW9OvpWUbRf0gE7VUpU8ZnilbeM4=
 github.com/crewjam/saml v0.4.6/go.mod h1:ZBOXnNPFzB3CgOkRm7Nd6IVdkG+l/wF+0ZXLqD96t1A=
 github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis v0.0.0-20220818202316-e92afdddac6d h1:toyZ7IsXlUdEPZ/IG8fg7hbM8HcLPY0bkX4FKBmgLVI=
 github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis v0.0.0-20220818202316-e92afdddac6d/go.mod h1:UXha4TguuB52H14EMoSsCqDj7k8a/t7g4gVP+bgY5LY=
-github.com/cs3org/reva/v2 v2.10.1-0.20220912153139-05271421a667 h1:Bb6P6zXtDtSkX5Whs2DWyS01Z+8nXWvqaxRgHV8JbiA=
-github.com/cs3org/reva/v2 v2.10.1-0.20220912153139-05271421a667/go.mod h1:+BYVpRV8g1hL8wF3+3BunL9BKPsXVyJYmH8COxq/V7Y=
+github.com/cs3org/reva/v2 v2.10.1-0.20220914095102-44dc469bd48b h1:mRtQad2TBNE970FYntYSZJJp+Ol0fzcICf/n/UmHb1g=
+github.com/cs3org/reva/v2 v2.10.1-0.20220914095102-44dc469bd48b/go.mod h1:+BYVpRV8g1hL8wF3+3BunL9BKPsXVyJYmH8COxq/V7Y=
 github.com/cubewise-code/go-mime v0.0.0-20200519001935-8c5762b177d8 h1:Z9lwXumT5ACSmJ7WGnFl+OMLLjpz5uR2fyz7dC255FI=
 github.com/cubewise-code/go-mime v0.0.0-20200519001935-8c5762b177d8/go.mod h1:4abs/jPXcmJzYoYGF91JF9Uq9s/KL5n1jvFDix8KcqY=
 github.com/cyberdelia/templates v0.0.0-20141128023046-ca7fffd4298c/go.mod h1:GyV+0YP4qX0UQ7r2MoYZ+AvYDp12OF5yg4q8rGnyNh4=
@@ -1074,6 +1074,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.22.4/go.mod h1:N4Z1+iSqc9rnxlT1N8Qn3l65
 github.com/prometheus/tsdb v0.7.1/go.mod h1:qhTCs0VvXwvX/y3TZrWD7rabWM+ijKTux40TwIPHuXU=
 github.com/rainycape/memcache v0.0.0-20150622160815-1031fa0ce2f2/go.mod h1:7tZKcyumwBO6qip7RNQ5r77yrssm9bfCowcLEBcU5IA=
 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
+github.com/rhafer/reva/v2 v2.0.0-20220913142514-cf5b93129713 h1:CLaGrpVJLptZk417YiW4jRHfTKiLMl9RljrxZd5u4l0=
+github.com/rhafer/reva/v2 v2.0.0-20220913142514-cf5b93129713/go.mod h1:+BYVpRV8g1hL8wF3+3BunL9BKPsXVyJYmH8COxq/V7Y=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 h1:S1pD9weZBuJdFmowNwbpi7BJ8TNftyUImj/0WQi72jY=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
diff --git a/ocis-pkg/broker/noop.go b/ocis-pkg/broker/noop.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fbd6382a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ocis-pkg/broker/noop.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package broker
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"go-micro.dev/v4/broker"
+)
+
+type NoOp struct{}
+
+func (n NoOp) Init(_ ...broker.Option) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n NoOp) Options() broker.Options {
+	return broker.Options{}
+}
+
+func (n NoOp) Address() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (n NoOp) Connect() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n NoOp) Disconnect() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n NoOp) Publish(topic string, m *broker.Message, opts ...broker.PublishOption) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n NoOp) Subscribe(topic string, h broker.Handler, opts ...broker.SubscribeOption) (broker.Subscriber, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (n NoOp) String() string {
+	return "NoOp"
+}
+
+func NewBroker(_ ...broker.Option) broker.Broker {
+	return &NoOp{}
+}
diff --git a/ocis-pkg/service/external/external.go b/ocis-pkg/service/external/external.go
index 325dac403..6e24a27a6 100644
--- a/ocis-pkg/service/external/external.go
+++ b/ocis-pkg/service/external/external.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/log"
 	oregistry "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/registry"
-	"go-micro.dev/v4/broker"
 	"go-micro.dev/v4/registry"
 )
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ func RegisterGRPCEndpoint(ctx context.Context, serviceID, uuid, addr string, ver
 	}
 	ocisRegistry := oregistry.GetRegistry()
 
-	node.Metadata["broker"] = broker.String()
 	node.Metadata["registry"] = ocisRegistry.String()
 	node.Metadata["server"] = "grpc"
 	node.Metadata["transport"] = "grpc"
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ func RegisterHTTPEndpoint(ctx context.Context, serviceID, uuid, addr string, ver
 	}
 	ocisRegistry := oregistry.GetRegistry()
 
-	node.Metadata["broker"] = broker.String()
 	node.Metadata["registry"] = ocisRegistry.String()
 	node.Metadata["server"] = "http"
 	node.Metadata["transport"] = "http"
diff --git a/ocis-pkg/service/http/service.go b/ocis-pkg/service/http/service.go
index cf06288bf..dfeeaee55 100644
--- a/ocis-pkg/service/http/service.go
+++ b/ocis-pkg/service/http/service.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/broker"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/registry"
 
 	mhttps "github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/server/http"
@@ -18,9 +19,11 @@ type Service struct {
 
 // NewService initializes a new http service.
 func NewService(opts ...Option) Service {
+	noopBroker := broker.NoOp{}
 	sopts := newOptions(opts...)
 	wopts := []micro.Option{
 		micro.Server(mhttps.NewServer(server.TLSConfig(sopts.TLSConfig))),
+		micro.Broker(noopBroker),
 		micro.Address(sopts.Address),
 		micro.Name(strings.Join([]string{sopts.Namespace, sopts.Name}, ".")),
 		micro.Version(sopts.Version),
diff --git a/services/ocdav/pkg/command/server.go b/services/ocdav/pkg/command/server.go
index f7bc2a91a..f300810c0 100644
--- a/services/ocdav/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/ocdav/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/micro/ocdav"
 	"github.com/oklog/run"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/broker"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/configlog"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/version"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/ocdav/pkg/config"
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 					ocdav.VersionString(cfg.Status.VersionString),
 					ocdav.Edition(cfg.Status.Edition),
 					ocdav.MachineAuthAPIKey(cfg.MachineAuthAPIKey),
+					ocdav.Broker(broker.NoOp{}),
 					// ocdav.FavoriteManager() // FIXME needs a proper persistence implementation https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/issues/1228
 					// ocdav.LockSystem(), // will default to the CS3 lock system
 					// ocdav.TLSConfig() // tls config for the http server