diff --git a/src/extensions/renderer-api/navigation.ts b/src/extensions/renderer-api/navigation.ts
index 6e953920e1..fd1f9196cc 100644
--- a/src/extensions/renderer-api/navigation.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/renderer-api/navigation.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-export { PageParamInit, PageParam } from "../../renderer/navigation/page-param";
-export { navigate, isActiveRoute, createPageParam } from "../../renderer/navigation/helpers";
+import { PageParam, PageParamInit } from "../../renderer/navigation/page-param";
+import { navigation } from "../../renderer/navigation";
+
+export type { PageParamInit, PageParam } from "../../renderer/navigation/page-param";
+export { navigate, isActiveRoute } from "../../renderer/navigation/helpers";
 export { hideDetails, showDetails, getDetailsUrl } from "../../renderer/components/kube-object/kube-object-details";
 export { IURLParams } from "../../common/utils/buildUrl";
+
+// exporting to extensions-api version of helper without `isSystem` flag
+export function createPageParam<V = string>(init: PageParamInit<V>) {
+  return new PageParam<V>(init, navigation);
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/navigation/helpers.ts b/src/renderer/navigation/helpers.ts
index 33ff1dd416..378f6edb96 100644
--- a/src/renderer/navigation/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/navigation/helpers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { LocationDescriptor } from "history";
 import { matchPath, RouteProps } from "react-router";
-import { PageParam, PageParamInit } from "./page-param";
+import { PageParam, PageSystemParamInit } from "./page-param";
 import { clusterViewRoute, IClusterViewRouteParams } from "../components/cluster-manager/cluster-view.route";
 import { navigation } from "./history";
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function navigate(location: LocationDescriptor) {
   }
 }
 
-export function createPageParam<V = string>(init: PageParamInit<V>) {
+export function createPageParam<V = string>(init: PageSystemParamInit<V>) {
   return new PageParam<V>(init, navigation);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/navigation/page-param.ts b/src/renderer/navigation/page-param.ts
index 5f71bbe795..e73da03c44 100644
--- a/src/renderer/navigation/page-param.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/navigation/page-param.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { IObservableHistory } from "mobx-observable-history";
 
 export interface PageParamInit<V = any> {
   name: string;
-  isSystem?: boolean;
   defaultValue?: V;
   defaultValueStringified?: string | string[]; // serialized version of "defaultValue"
   multiValues?: boolean; // false == by default
@@ -13,14 +12,18 @@ export interface PageParamInit<V = any> {
   stringify?(value: V): string | string[]; // serialize params to URL
 }
 
+export interface PageSystemParamInit<V = any> extends PageParamInit<V> {
+  isSystem?: boolean;
+}
+
 export class PageParam<V = any> {
   static SYSTEM_PREFIX = "lens-";
 
   readonly name: string;
   protected urlName: string;
 
-  constructor(readonly init: PageParamInit<V>, protected history: IObservableHistory) {
-    const { isSystem, name } = init;
+  constructor(readonly init: PageParamInit<V> | PageSystemParamInit<V>, protected history: IObservableHistory) {
+    const { isSystem, name } = init as PageSystemParamInit;
 
     this.name = name;
     this.init.skipEmpty ??= true;