diff --git a/src/behaviours/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-to-application-preferences.test.ts.snap b/src/behaviours/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-to-application-preferences.test.ts.snap
index c1a12d60ba..687da94b92 100644
--- a/src/behaviours/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-to-application-preferences.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/behaviours/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-to-application-preferences.test.ts.snap
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to application preferences given in some child
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               HTTP Proxy
-               
+
             </div>
             <div
               class="Input theme round black"
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to application preferences given in some child
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Certificate Trust
-               
+
             </div>
             <label
               class="Switch"
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to application preferences given in some child
               class="hint"
             >
               This will make Lens to trust ANY certificate authority without any validations.
-               
+
               Needed with some corporate proxies that do certificate re-writing.
-               
+
               Does not affect cluster communications!
             </small>
           </section>
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to application preferences given in some child
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Theme
-               
+
             </div>
             <div
               class="Select theme-lens css-b62m3t-container"
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to application preferences given in some child
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Extension Install Registry
-               
+
             </div>
             <div
               class="Select theme-lens css-b62m3t-container"
@@ -472,16 +472,11 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to application preferences given in some child
               class="mt-4 mb-5 leading-relaxed"
             >
               This setting is to change the registry URL for installing extensions by name.
-               
-              If you are unable to access the default registry (
-              https://registry.npmjs.org
-              )
-               
-              you can change it in your 
+              If you are unable to access the default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org) you can change it in your
               <b>
                 .npmrc
               </b>
-               file or in the input below.
+               file or in the input below.
             </p>
             <div
               class="Input theme round black disabled invalid"
@@ -511,7 +506,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to application preferences given in some child
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Start-up
-               
+
             </div>
             <label
               class="Switch"
@@ -532,7 +527,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to application preferences given in some child
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Update Channel
-               
+
             </div>
             <div
               class="Select theme-lens css-b62m3t-container"
@@ -617,7 +612,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation to application preferences given in some child
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Locale Timezone
-               
+
             </div>
             <div
               class="Select theme-lens css-b62m3t-container"
diff --git a/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-to-application-preferences.test.ts b/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-to-application-preferences.test.ts
index bbb2aa2729..65189e628b 100644
--- a/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-to-application-preferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-to-application-preferences.test.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ import type { ApplicationBuilder } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/ge
 import { getApplicationBuilder } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder";
 import userStoreInjectable from "../../common/user-store/user-store.injectable";
 import type { UserStore } from "../../common/user-store";
-import themeStoreInjectable from "../../renderer/themes/store.injectable";
-import type { ThemeStore } from "../../renderer/themes/store";
-import navigateToProxyPreferencesInjectable
-  from "../../common/front-end-routing/routes/preferences/proxy/navigate-to-proxy-preferences.injectable";
+import navigateToProxyPreferencesInjectable from "../../common/front-end-routing/routes/preferences/proxy/navigate-to-proxy-preferences.injectable";
+import ipcRendererInjectable from "../../renderer/app-paths/get-value-from-registered-channel/ipc-renderer/ipc-renderer.injectable";
 
 describe("preferences - navigation to application preferences", () => {
   let applicationBuilder: ApplicationBuilder;
@@ -24,10 +22,10 @@ describe("preferences - navigation to application preferences", () => {
       } as unknown as UserStore;
 
       rendererDi.override(userStoreInjectable, () => userStoreStub);
-
-      const themeStoreStub = ({ themeOptions: [] }) as unknown as ThemeStore;
-
-      rendererDi.override(themeStoreInjectable, () => themeStoreStub);
+      rendererDi.override(ipcRendererInjectable, () => ({
+        on: jest.fn(),
+        invoke: jest.fn(), // TODO: replace with proper mocking via the IPC bridge
+      } as never));
     });
   });