diff --git a/src/dashboard.html b/src/dashboard.html
index 6796026d67..37bf7cb865 100644
--- a/src/dashboard.html
+++ b/src/dashboard.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div id="dashboardPage" data-role="page" class="page type-interior dashboardHomePage fullWidthContent">
+<div id="dashboardPage" data-role="page" class="page type-interior dashboardHomePage fullWidthContent" data-backbutton="false">
 
     <div class="content-primary">
 
diff --git a/src/edititemmetadata.html b/src/edititemmetadata.html
index ab77581ae7..a410ac6d30 100644
--- a/src/edititemmetadata.html
+++ b/src/edititemmetadata.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div id="editItemMetadataPage" data-role="page" class="page libraryPage metadataEditorPage noSecondaryNavPage" data-title="${MetadataManager}" data-require="scripts/editorsidebar,scripts/edititemmetadata">
+<div id="editItemMetadataPage" data-role="page" class="page libraryPage metadataEditorPage noSecondaryNavPage" data-title="${MetadataManager}" data-require="scripts/editorsidebar,scripts/edititemmetadata" data-backbutton="false">
 
     <style>
         #editItemMetadataPage .editMetadataForm {
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
         <div class="editPageInnerContent padded-top padded-bottom-page">
         </div>
     </div>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/src/scripts/librarymenu.js b/src/scripts/librarymenu.js
index b0cd078b7a..ad50604e8e 100644
--- a/src/scripts/librarymenu.js
+++ b/src/scripts/librarymenu.js
@@ -742,14 +742,12 @@ define(["dom", "layoutManager", "inputManager", "connectionManager", "events", "
     }
 
     function updateBackButton(page) {
-        var isDashboardPage = page.classList.contains("type-interior");
-
         if (!headerBackButton) {
             headerBackButton = document.querySelector(".headerBackButton");
         }
 
         if (headerBackButton) {
-            if (page.getAttribute("data-backbutton") && appRouter.canGoBack()) {
+            if ("false" !== page.getAttribute("data-backbutton") && appRouter.canGoBack()) {
                 headerBackButton.classList.remove("hide");
             } else {
                 headerBackButton.classList.add("hide");