diff --git a/src/behaviours/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts.snap b/src/behaviours/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts.snap
index e44a035cd0..9022c3f0bd 100644
--- a/src/behaviours/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/behaviours/preferences/__snapshots__/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts.snap
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation using application menu when navigating to pref
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Theme
-               
+
             </div>
             <div
               class="Select theme-lens css-b62m3t-container"
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation using application menu when navigating to pref
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Extension Install Registry
-               
+
             </div>
             <div
               class="Select theme-lens css-b62m3t-container"
@@ -272,16 +272,11 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation using application menu when navigating to pref
               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"
@@ -311,7 +306,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation using application menu when navigating to pref
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Start-up
-               
+
             </div>
             <label
               class="Switch"
@@ -332,7 +327,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation using application menu when navigating to pref
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Update Channel
-               
+
             </div>
             <div
               class="Select theme-lens css-b62m3t-container"
@@ -417,7 +412,7 @@ exports[`preferences - navigation using application menu when navigating to pref
               class="SubTitle"
             >
               Locale Timezone
-               
+
             </div>
             <div
               class="Select theme-lens css-b62m3t-container"
diff --git a/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-to-terminal-preferences.test.ts b/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-to-terminal-preferences.test.ts
index 9305c308cb..f75de7665c 100644
--- a/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-to-terminal-preferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-to-terminal-preferences.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import userStoreInjectable from "../../common/user-store/user-store.injectable";
 import type { UserStore } from "../../common/user-store";
 import { observable } from "mobx";
 import defaultShellInjectable from "../../renderer/components/+preferences/default-shell.injectable";
-import themeStoreInjectable from "../../renderer/themes/store.injectable";
 import ipcRendererInjectable from "../../renderer/app-paths/get-value-from-registered-channel/ipc-renderer/ipc-renderer.injectable";
 
 describe("preferences - navigation to terminal preferences", () => {
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ describe("preferences - navigation to terminal preferences", () => {
 
       rendererDi.override(userStoreInjectable, () => userStoreStub);
       rendererDi.override(defaultShellInjectable, () => "some-default-shell");
-      rendererDi.permitSideEffects(themeStoreInjectable);
       rendererDi.override(ipcRendererInjectable, () => ({
         on: jest.fn(),
         invoke: jest.fn(), // TODO: replace with proper mocking via the IPC bridge
diff --git a/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts b/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts
index e7e42ff2a9..1478dd6cd4 100644
--- a/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts
+++ b/src/behaviours/preferences/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import { getApplicationBuilder } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/get-
 import isAutoUpdateEnabledInjectable from "../../main/is-auto-update-enabled.injectable";
 import type { UserStore } from "../../common/user-store";
 import userStoreInjectable from "../../common/user-store/user-store.injectable";
-import type { ThemeStore } from "../../renderer/themes/store";
-import themeStoreInjectable from "../../renderer/themes/store.injectable";
+import ipcRendererInjectable from "../../renderer/app-paths/get-value-from-registered-channel/ipc-renderer/ipc-renderer.injectable";
 
 describe("preferences - navigation using application menu", () => {
   let applicationBuilder: ApplicationBuilder;
@@ -27,10 +26,10 @@ describe("preferences - navigation using application menu", () => {
       } 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));
     });
 
     rendered = await applicationBuilder.render();
diff --git a/src/behaviours/welcome/__snapshots__/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts.snap b/src/behaviours/welcome/__snapshots__/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts.snap
index 368d132edb..d59f7d040a 100644
--- a/src/behaviours/welcome/__snapshots__/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/behaviours/welcome/__snapshots__/navigation-using-application-menu.test.ts.snap
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@ exports[`welcome - navigation using application menu when navigating to welcome
           style="width: 320px;"
         >
           <h2>
-            Welcome to 
-            OpenLens
-             5!
+            Welcome to OpenLens 5!
           </h2>
           <p>
-            To get you started we have auto-detected your clusters in your kubeconfig file and added them to the catalog, your centralized view for managing all your cloud-native resources.
-            <br />
-            <br />
-            If you have any questions or feedback, please join our
+            To get you started we have auto-detected your clusters in your
              
+            kubeconfig file and added them to the catalog, your centralized
+             
+            view for managing all your cloud-native resources.
+            <br />
+            <br />
+            If you have any questions or feedback, please join our 
             <a
               class="link"
               href="https://join.slack.com/t/k8slens/shared_invite/zt-wcl8jq3k-68R5Wcmk1o95MLBE5igUDQ"
diff --git a/src/renderer/themes/store.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/themes/store.injectable.ts
index 26a74d21c6..d959925caa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/themes/store.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/themes/store.injectable.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ const themeStoreInjectable = getInjectable({
     ipcRenderer: di.inject(ipcRendererInjectable),
     userStore: di.inject(userStoreInjectable),
   }),
-
-  causesSideEffects: true,
 });
 
 export default themeStoreInjectable;