diff --git a/src/renderer/api/__tests__/catalog-entity-registry.test.ts b/src/renderer/api/__tests__/catalog-entity-registry.test.ts
index a1a2be151f..359b293993 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/__tests__/catalog-entity-registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/__tests__/catalog-entity-registry.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-import { CatalogEntityRegistry, rawItems } from "../catalog-entity-registry";
+import { CatalogEntityRegistry } from "../catalog-entity-registry";
 import "../../../common/catalog-entities";
 import { catalogCategoryRegistry } from "../../../common/catalog/catalog-category-registry";
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe("CatalogEntityRegistry", () => {
         spec: {}
       }];
 
-      catalog[rawItems].replace(items);
+      (catalog as any).rawItems.replace(items);
       expect(catalog.items.length).toEqual(1);
 
       items.push({
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe("CatalogEntityRegistry", () => {
         spec: {}
       });
 
-      catalog[rawItems].replace(items);
+      (catalog as any).rawItems.replace(items);
       expect(catalog.items.length).toEqual(2);
     });
 
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ describe("CatalogEntityRegistry", () => {
         spec: {}
       }];
 
-      catalog[rawItems].replace(items);
+      (catalog as any).rawItems.replace(items);
       expect(catalog.items.length).toEqual(1);
       expect(catalog.items[0].status.phase).toEqual("disconnected");
 
       items[0].status.phase = "connected";
 
-      catalog[rawItems].replace(items);
+      (catalog as any).rawItems.replace(items);
       expect(catalog.items.length).toEqual(1);
       expect(catalog.items[0].status.phase).toEqual("connected");
     });
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ describe("CatalogEntityRegistry", () => {
         }
       ];
 
-      catalog[rawItems].replace(items);
+      (catalog as any).rawItems.replace(items);
       items.splice(0, 1);
-      catalog[rawItems].replace(items);
+      (catalog as any).rawItems.replace(items);
       expect(catalog.items.length).toEqual(1);
       expect(catalog.items[0].metadata.uid).toEqual("456");
     });
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/catalog-entity-registry.ts b/src/renderer/api/catalog-entity-registry.ts
index eee053ba21..ac4e6748dc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/catalog-entity-registry.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/catalog-entity-registry.ts
@@ -25,17 +25,15 @@ import { CatalogCategory, CatalogEntity, CatalogEntityData, catalogCategoryRegis
 import "../../common/catalog-entities";
 import { iter } from "../utils";
 
-export const rawItems = Symbol();
-
 export class CatalogEntityRegistry {
-  protected [rawItems] = observable.array<CatalogEntityData & CatalogEntityKindData>([], { deep: true });
+  protected rawItems = observable.array<CatalogEntityData & CatalogEntityKindData>([], { deep: true });
   @observable protected _activeEntity: CatalogEntity;
 
   constructor(private categoryRegistry: CatalogCategoryRegistry) {}
 
   init() {
     subscribeToBroadcast("catalog:items", (ev, items: (CatalogEntityData & CatalogEntityKindData)[]) => {
-      this[rawItems].replace(items);
+      this.rawItems.replace(items);
     });
     broadcastMessage("catalog:broadcast");
   }
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ export class CatalogEntityRegistry {
   }
 
   @computed get items() {
-    return Array.from(iter.filterMap(this[rawItems], rawItem => this.categoryRegistry.getEntityForData(rawItem)));
+    return Array.from(iter.filterMap(this.rawItems, rawItem => this.categoryRegistry.getEntityForData(rawItem)));
   }
 
   @computed get entities(): Map<string, CatalogEntity> {