diff --git a/src/app/core/data/workflow-action-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/workflow-action-data.service.ts
index 17b861e1af..be2a170ac5 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/workflow-action-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/workflow-action-data.service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { WorkflowAction } from '../tasks/models/workflow-action-object.model';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
-import { NormalizedObjectBuildService } from '../cache/builders/normalized-object-build.service';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
@@ -13,18 +12,20 @@ import { DefaultChangeAnalyzer } from './default-change-analyzer.service';
 import { FindListOptions } from './request.models';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { dataService } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { WORKFLOW_ACTION } from '../tasks/models/workflow-action-object.resource-type';
 
 /**
  * A service responsible for fetching/sending data from/to the REST API on the workflowactions endpoint
  */
 @Injectable()
+@dataService(WORKFLOW_ACTION)
 export class WorkflowActionDataService extends DataService<WorkflowAction> {
   protected linkPath = 'workflowactions';
 
   constructor(
     protected requestService: RequestService,
     protected rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService,
-    protected dataBuildService: NormalizedObjectBuildService,
     protected store: Store<CoreState>,
     protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
     protected halService: HALEndpointService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/models/normalized-workflow-action-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/models/normalized-workflow-action-object.model.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a5d1754a4c..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/models/normalized-workflow-action-object.model.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
-import { mapsTo } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
-import { WorkflowAction } from './workflow-action-object.model';
-import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
-
-/**
- * A normalized model class for a WorkflowAction
- */
-@mapsTo(WorkflowAction)
-@inheritSerialization(NormalizedDSpaceObject)
-export class NormalizedWorkflowAction extends NormalizedDSpaceObject<WorkflowAction> {
-  /**
-   * The workflow action's identifier
-   */
-  @autoserialize
-  id: string;
-
-  /**
-   * The options available for this workflow action
-   */
-  @autoserialize
-  options: string[];
-}
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/models/workflow-action-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/models/workflow-action-object.model.ts
index 57d90354f0..720d817859 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/models/workflow-action-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/models/workflow-action-object.model.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
-import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
+import { inheritSerialization, autoserialize } from 'cerialize';
+import { typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { WORKFLOW_ACTION } from './workflow-action-object.resource-type';
 
 /**
  * A model class for a WorkflowAction
  */
+@typedObject
+@inheritSerialization(DSpaceObject)
 export class WorkflowAction extends DSpaceObject {
-  static type = new ResourceType('workflowaction');
+  static type = WORKFLOW_ACTION;
 
   /**
    * The workflow action's identifier
    */
+  @autoserialize
   id: string;
 
   /**
    * The options available for this workflow action
    */
+  @autoserialize
   options: string[];
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/models/workflow-action-object.resource-type.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/models/workflow-action-object.resource-type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d48ffd18f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/models/workflow-action-object.resource-type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
+
+/**
+ * The resource type for WorkflowAction
+ *
+ * Needs to be in a separate file to prevent circular
+ * dependencies in webpack.
+ */
+export const WORKFLOW_ACTION = new ResourceType('workflowaction');