diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/api-kube.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/api-kube.ts
index 51b04e6cfc..58aa95208a 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/api-kube.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/api-kube.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,8 @@
  */
 
 import { getInjectionToken } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import { asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi } from "../../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/as-legacy-global-object-for-extension-api";
 import type { KubeJsonApi } from "./kube-json-api";
 
 export const apiKubeInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<KubeJsonApi>({
   id: "api-kube-injection-token",
 });
-
-/**
- * @deprecated Switch to using apiKubeInjectionToken instead
- */
-export const apiKube = asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi(apiKubeInjectionToken);
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/index.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dd5a3504e6..0000000000
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-
-export { apiKube } from "./api-kube";
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
index 5165a5e130..3521c1ad70 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-api.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import { merge } from "lodash";
 import { stringify } from "querystring";
-import { apiKube } from "./index";
 import { createKubeApiURL, parseKubeApi } from "./kube-api-parse";
 import type { KubeObjectConstructor, KubeJsonApiDataFor, KubeObjectMetadata } from "./kube-object";
 import { KubeObject, KubeStatus, isKubeStatusData } from "./kube-object";
@@ -23,6 +22,8 @@ import type { PartialDeep } from "type-fest";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import { Environments, getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi } from "../../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/legacy-global-di-for-extension-api";
 import autoRegistrationEmitterInjectable from "./api-manager/auto-registration-emitter.injectable";
+import { asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi } from "../../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/as-legacy-global-object-for-extension-api";
+import { apiKubeInjectionToken } from "./api-kube";
 import type AbortController from "abort-controller";
 
 /**
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ export class KubeApi<
   constructor(opts: KubeApiOptions<Object, Data>) {
     const {
       objectConstructor,
-      request = apiKube,
+      request,
       kind = objectConstructor.kind,
       isNamespaced,
       apiBase: fullApiPathname = objectConstructor.apiBase,
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ export class KubeApi<
     this.apiGroup = apiGroup;
     this.apiVersion = apiVersion;
     this.apiResource = resource;
-    this.request = request;
+    this.request = request ?? asLegacyGlobalForExtensionApi(apiKubeInjectionToken);
     this.objectConstructor = objectConstructor;
     legacyRegisterApi(this);
   }