diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/dashboard_partial_welcome.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/dashboard_partial_welcome.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc66f950da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/dashboard_partial_welcome.html
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+<div class="panel panel-primary">
+    <div class="panel-heading">
+        <h2 class="panel-title">{% trans "Welcome to pretix!" %}</h2>
+    </div>
+    <div class="panel-body">
+        <div class="attentionline">{% trans "Get started with our setup tool" %}</div>
+        <p>
+            {% blocktrans trimmed %}
+                To start selling tickets, you need to create products or quotas. The fastest way to create
+                this is to use our setup tool.
+            {% endblocktrans %}
+        </p>
+        <a href="{% url "control:event.quick" organizer=request.organizer.slug event=request.event.slug %}"
+           class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">
+            {% trans "Set up event" %}
+        </a>
+    </div>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/dashboard_widget_welcome.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/dashboard_widget_welcome.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 35ec47c1ad..0000000000
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/dashboard_widget_welcome.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<div class="welcome-wizard">
-    <h3>{{ title }}</h3>
-    {% if subtitle %}
-        <div class="attentionline">{{ subtitle }}</div>
-    {% endif %}
-    {% if text %}
-        <p>{{ text }}</p>
-    {% endif %}
-    {% if button_text %}
-        <p><a href="{{ button_url }}" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg">{{ button_text }}</a></p>
-    {% endif %}
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html
index 46dfba51a6..649467bafd 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@
          hx-indicator="#warnings_indicator"
          hx-trigger="load"></div>
 
-    <div id="warnings_target"></div>
+    {% if not request.event.items.exists %}
+        {% include "pretixcontrol/event/dashboard_partial_welcome.html" %}
+    {% endif %}
 
     {% if not request.event.has_subevents %}
         {% include "pretixcontrol/event/fragment_timeline.html" %}
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
index 7ac4999997..f3b9796327 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce, Greatest
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.http import Http404, JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.formats import date_format
 from django.utils.html import conditional_escape, escape, format_html
@@ -79,13 +78,6 @@ def base_widgets(sender, subevent=None, lazy=False, widgets_override_active=Fals
     if widgets_override_active:
         return []
     if not lazy:
-        prodc = Item.objects.filter(
-            event=sender, active=True,
-        ).filter(
-            (Q(available_until__isnull=True) | Q(available_until__gte=now())) &
-            (Q(available_from__isnull=True) | Q(available_from__lte=now()))
-        ).count()
-
         if subevent:
             opqs = OrderPosition.objects.filter(subevent=subevent)
         else:
@@ -148,16 +140,6 @@ def base_widgets(sender, subevent=None, lazy=False, widgets_override_active=Fals
                 'organizer': sender.organizer.slug
             }) + ('?subevent={}'.format(subevent.pk) if subevent else '')
         },
-        {
-            'content': None if lazy else format_html(NUM_WIDGET, num=prodc, text=_('Active products')),
-            'lazy': 'active-products',
-            'display_size': 'small',
-            'priority': 100,
-            'url': reverse('control:event.items', kwargs={
-                'event': sender.slug,
-                'organizer': sender.organizer.slug
-            })
-        },
     ]
 
 
@@ -239,31 +221,6 @@ def waitinglist_widgets(sender, subevent=None, lazy=False, **kwargs):
     return widgets
 
 
-@receiver(signal=event_dashboard_widgets)
-def welcome_wizard_widget(sender, **kwargs):
-    template = get_template('pretixcontrol/event/dashboard_widget_welcome.html')
-    ctx = {
-        'title': _('Welcome to pretix!')
-    }
-    kwargs = {'event': sender.slug, 'organizer': sender.organizer.slug}
-
-    if not sender.items.exists():
-        ctx.update({
-            'subtitle': _('Get started with our setup tool'),
-            'text': _('To start selling tickets, you need to create products or quotas. The fastest way to create '
-                      'this is to use our setup tool.'),
-            'button_text': _('Set up event'),
-            'button_url': reverse('control:event.quick', kwargs=kwargs)
-        })
-    else:
-        return []
-    return [{
-        'display_size': 'full',
-        'priority': 2000,
-        'content': template.render(ctx)
-    }]
-
-
 def build_json_response(widgets):
     for widget in widgets:
         widget['content'] = conditional_escape(widget['content'])