diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.vue
index d8b0b60c183ebe903bbb49624b79313f93edb8a3..9f26337d1532c69cff036d29fdc8bdcbbedfba04 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script>
 import { __ } from '~/locale';
-/* global ListLabel */
+import ListLabel from '~/boards/models/label';
 import Cookies from 'js-cookie';
 import boardsStore from '../stores/boards_store';
 
@@ -30,13 +30,17 @@ export default {
       });
 
       // Save the labels
-      gl.boardService
+      boardsStore
         .generateDefaultLists()
         .then(res => res.data)
         .then(data => {
           data.forEach(listObj => {
             const list = boardsStore.findList('title', listObj.title);
 
+            if (!list) {
+              return;
+            }
+
             list.id = listObj.id;
             list.label.id = listObj.label.id;
             list.getIssues().catch(() => {
@@ -69,8 +73,7 @@ export default {
         <span
           :style="{ backgroundColor: label.color }"
           class="label-color position-relative d-inline-block rounded"
-        >
-        </span>
+        ></span>
         {{ label.title }}
       </li>
     </ul>
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/fe-delete-old-boardservice.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/fe-delete-old-boardservice.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb06bfe80d59e9708647b1330fa5467e68fbbcad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/fe-delete-old-boardservice.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: Change BoardService in favor of boardsStore on board blank state of the component
+  board
+merge_request: 30546
+author: eduarmreyes
+type: other
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/boards/board_blank_state_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/boards/board_blank_state_spec.js
index 8e2a947b0ddda7073914ae421c0d0fb74bb37f6a..b64859ec32a9f7c46decd2d23fb744b94133c7f6 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/boards/board_blank_state_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/boards/board_blank_state_spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import boardsStore from '~/boards/stores/boards_store';
 import BoardBlankState from '~/boards/components/board_blank_state.vue';
-import { mockBoardService } from './mock_data';
 
 describe('Boards blank state', () => {
   let vm;
@@ -11,9 +10,10 @@ describe('Boards blank state', () => {
     const Comp = Vue.extend(BoardBlankState);
 
     boardsStore.create();
-    gl.boardService = mockBoardService();
 
-    spyOn(gl.boardService, 'generateDefaultLists').and.callFake(
+    spyOn(boardsStore, 'addList').and.stub();
+    spyOn(boardsStore, 'removeList').and.stub();
+    spyOn(boardsStore, 'generateDefaultLists').and.callFake(
       () =>
         new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
           if (fail) {
@@ -71,9 +71,14 @@ describe('Boards blank state', () => {
     vm.$el.querySelector('.btn-success').click();
 
     setTimeout(() => {
-      expect(boardsStore.state.lists.length).toBe(2);
-      expect(boardsStore.state.lists[0].title).toEqual('To Do');
-      expect(boardsStore.state.lists[1].title).toEqual('Doing');
+      expect(boardsStore.addList).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(boardsStore.addList).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        jasmine.objectContaining({ title: 'To Do' }),
+      );
+
+      expect(boardsStore.addList).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        jasmine.objectContaining({ title: 'Doing' }),
+      );
 
       done();
     });
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ describe('Boards blank state', () => {
 
     setTimeout(() => {
       expect(boardsStore.welcomeIsHidden()).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(boardsStore.state.lists.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(boardsStore.removeList).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined, 'label');
 
       done();
     });