diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
index 80fe46920c..0c1473b4e4 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export interface KubeObjectStoreLoadingParams<K extends KubeObject> {
 export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject> extends ItemStore<T> {
   static defaultContext = observable.box<ClusterContext>(); // TODO: support multiple cluster contexts
 
-  declare public api: KubeApi<T>;
+  public api: KubeApi<T>;
   public readonly limit?: number;
   public readonly bufferSize: number = 50000;
   @observable private loadedNamespaces?: string[];