diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/lens-renderer-extension.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/lens-renderer-extension.ts
index 0b56c12e41..3429a94a6d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/lens-renderer-extension.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/lens-renderer-extension.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ import type { IComputedValue } from "mobx";
 import type { NavigateToRoute } from "../common/front-end-routing/navigate-to-route-injection-token";
 import type { Route } from "../common/front-end-routing/front-end-route-injection-token";
 import type { GetExtensionPageParameters } from "../renderer/routes/get-extension-page-parameters.injectable";
+import type { InstalledExtension } from "./common-api";
+import { Environments, getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi } from "./as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/legacy-global-di-for-extension-api";
+import catalogCategoryRegistryInjectable from "../common/catalog/category-registry.injectable";
+import catalogEntityRegistryInjectable from "../renderer/api/catalog/entity/registry.injectable";
+import loggerInjectable from "../common/logger.injectable";
+import getExtensionPageParametersInjectable from "../renderer/routes/get-extension-page-parameters.injectable";
+import navigateToRouteInjectable from "../renderer/routes/navigate-to-route.injectable";
+import routesInjectable from "../renderer/routes/routes.injectable";
+import fileSystemProvisionerStoreInjectable from "./extension-loader/file-system-provisioner-store/file-system-provisioner-store.injectable";
 
 interface LensRendererExtensionDependencies extends LensExtensionDependencies {
   navigateToRoute: NavigateToRoute;
@@ -71,6 +80,21 @@ export class LensRendererExtension extends LensExtension {
    */
   declare protected readonly dependencies: LensRendererExtensionDependencies;
 
+  constructor(extension: InstalledExtension) {
+    const di = getEnvironmentSpecificLegacyGlobalDiForExtensionApi(Environments.renderer);
+    const deps: LensRendererExtensionDependencies = {
+      categoryRegistry: di.inject(catalogCategoryRegistryInjectable),
+      entityRegistry: di.inject(catalogEntityRegistryInjectable),
+      fileSystemProvisionerStore: di.inject(fileSystemProvisionerStoreInjectable),
+      getExtensionPageParameters: di.inject(getExtensionPageParametersInjectable),
+      navigateToRoute: di.inject(navigateToRouteInjectable),
+      routes: di.inject(routesInjectable),
+      logger: di.inject(loggerInjectable),
+    };
+
+    super(deps, extension);
+  }
+
   async navigate(pageId?: string, params: object = {}) {
     const routes = this.dependencies.routes.get();
     const targetRegistration = [...this.globalPages, ...this.clusterPages]
diff --git a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-extension-fake.ts b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-extension-fake.ts
index 8079207daa..41ac5ad869 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-extension-fake.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-extension-fake.ts
@@ -2,20 +2,9 @@
  * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
-import type { Writable } from "type-fest";
-import fileSystemProvisionerStoreInjectable from "../../../extensions/extension-loader/file-system-provisioner-store/file-system-provisioner-store.injectable";
-import { lensExtensionDependencies } from "../../../extensions/lens-extension";
 import { LensMainExtension } from "../../../extensions/lens-main-extension";
-import navigateForExtensionInjectable from "../../../main/start-main-application/lens-window/navigate-for-extension.injectable";
 import { LensRendererExtension } from "../../../extensions/lens-renderer-extension";
-import catalogCategoryRegistryInjectable from "../../../common/catalog/category-registry.injectable";
-import getExtensionPageParametersInjectable from "../../routes/get-extension-page-parameters.injectable";
-import navigateToRouteInjectable from "../../routes/navigate-to-route.injectable";
-import routesInjectable from "../../routes/routes.injectable";
-import catalogEntityRegistryForMainInjectable from "../../../main/catalog/entity-registry.injectable";
-import catalogEntityRegistryForRendererInjectable from "../../api/catalog/entity/registry.injectable";
 import type { DiContainer } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import loggerInjectable from "../../../common/logger.injectable";
 
 export class TestExtensionMain extends LensMainExtension {}
 export class TestExtensionRenderer extends LensRendererExtension {}
@@ -27,63 +16,44 @@ export interface FakeExtensionOptions {
   mainOptions?: Partial<LensMainExtension>;
 }
 
-export const getExtensionFakeForMain = (di: DiContainer, id: string, name: string, options: Partial<LensMainExtension>) => {
-  const instance = new TestExtensionMain({
-    id,
-    absolutePath: "irrelevant",
-    isBundled: false,
-    isCompatible: false,
-    isEnabled: false,
-    manifest: {
-      name,
-      version: "1.0.0",
-      engines: {
-        lens: "^5.5.0",
+export const getExtensionFakeForMain = (di: DiContainer, id: string, name: string, options: Partial<LensMainExtension>) => (
+  Object.assign(
+    new TestExtensionMain({
+      id,
+      absolutePath: "irrelevant",
+      isBundled: false,
+      isCompatible: false,
+      isEnabled: false,
+      manifest: {
+        name,
+        version: "1.0.0",
+        engines: {
+          lens: "^5.5.0",
+        },
       },
-    },
-    manifestPath: "irrelevant",
-  });
+      manifestPath: "irrelevant",
+    }),
+    options,
+  )
+);
 
-  Object.assign(instance, options);
-
-  (instance as Writable<LensMainExtension>)[lensExtensionDependencies] = {
-    fileSystemProvisionerStore: di.inject(fileSystemProvisionerStoreInjectable),
-    entityRegistry: di.inject(catalogEntityRegistryForMainInjectable),
-    navigate: di.inject(navigateForExtensionInjectable),
-    logger: di.inject(loggerInjectable),
-  };
-
-  return instance;
-};
-
-export const getExtensionFakeForRenderer = (di: DiContainer, id: string, name: string, options: Partial<LensRendererExtension>) => {
-  const instance = new TestExtensionRenderer({
-    id,
-    absolutePath: "irrelevant",
-    isBundled: false,
-    isCompatible: false,
-    isEnabled: false,
-    manifest: {
-      name,
-      version: "1.0.0",
-      engines: {
-        lens: "^5.5.0",
+export const getExtensionFakeForRenderer = (di: DiContainer, id: string, name: string, options: Partial<LensRendererExtension>) => (
+  Object.assign(
+    new TestExtensionRenderer({
+      id,
+      absolutePath: "irrelevant",
+      isBundled: false,
+      isCompatible: false,
+      isEnabled: false,
+      manifest: {
+        name,
+        version: "1.0.0",
+        engines: {
+          lens: "^5.5.0",
+        },
       },
-    },
-    manifestPath: "irrelevant",
-  });
-
-  Object.assign(instance, options);
-
-  (instance as Writable<LensRendererExtension>)[lensExtensionDependencies] = {
-    categoryRegistry: di.inject(catalogCategoryRegistryInjectable),
-    entityRegistry: di.inject(catalogEntityRegistryForRendererInjectable),
-    fileSystemProvisionerStore: di.inject(fileSystemProvisionerStoreInjectable),
-    getExtensionPageParameters: di.inject(getExtensionPageParametersInjectable),
-    navigateToRoute: di.inject(navigateToRouteInjectable),
-    routes: di.inject(routesInjectable),
-    logger: di.inject(loggerInjectable),
-  };
-
-  return instance;
-};
+      manifestPath: "irrelevant",
+    }),
+    options,
+  )
+);