diff --git a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings-menu-clear-item.injectable.ts b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings-menu-clear-item.injectable.ts
index 300dab853c..ba945ad284 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings-menu-clear-item.injectable.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings-menu-clear-item.injectable.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import type { ClusterPreferences } from "../../../common/cluster-types";
-import { clusterIconSettingsMenuInjectionToken } from "./cluster-settings-menu-injection-token";
+import { ChangedClusterPreference, clusterIconSettingsMenuInjectionToken } from "./cluster-settings-menu-injection-token";
 
 const clusterIconSettingsMenuClearItem = getInjectable({
   id: "cluster-icon-settings-menu-clear-item",
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ const clusterIconSettingsMenuClearItem = getInjectable({
     id: "clear-icon-menu-item",
     title: "Clear",
     disabled: (preferences: ClusterPreferences) => !preferences.icon,
-    /**
-     * NOTE: this needs to be `null` rather than `undefined` so that we can
-     * tell the difference between it not being there and being cleared.
-     */
-    onClick: (preferences: ClusterPreferences) => ({ icon: null })
+    onClick: (preferences: ClusterPreferences) => {
+      /**
+       * NOTE: this needs to be `null` rather than `undefined` so that we can
+       * tell the difference between it not being there and being cleared.
+       */
+      const data: ChangedClusterPreference = ["icon", null]
+
+      return data;
+    }
   }),
 
   injectionToken: clusterIconSettingsMenuInjectionToken
diff --git a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings-menu-injection-token.ts b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings-menu-injection-token.ts
index 5024794b87..90d0d99c08 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings-menu-injection-token.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/cluster-settings-menu-injection-token.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { getInjectionToken } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import type { ClusterPreferences } from "../../../common/cluster-types";
 
+export type ChangedClusterPreference = [keyof ClusterPreferences, any];
+
 export type ClusterIconMenuItem = {
   id: string,
   title: string,
   disabled: (preferences: ClusterPreferences) => boolean,
-  onClick: (preferences: ClusterPreferences) => Partial<ClusterPreferences>,
+  onClick: (preferences: ClusterPreferences) => ChangedClusterPreference,
 }
 
 export const clusterIconSettingsMenuInjectionToken = getInjectionToken<ClusterIconMenuItem>({
diff --git a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/icon-settings.tsx b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/icon-settings.tsx
index 979b246e1d..0b0f5e1788 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/icon-settings.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/renderer/components/cluster-settings/icon-settings.tsx
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ import type { IComputedValue } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import React from "react";
 import type { KubernetesCluster } from "../../../common/catalog-entities";
-import type { ClusterPreferences } from "../../../common/cluster-types";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../../common/cluster/cluster";
 import { Avatar } from "../avatar";
 import { FilePicker, OverSizeLimitStyle } from "../file-picker";
 import { MenuActions, MenuItem } from "../menu";
 import type { ShowNotification } from "../notifications";
 import showErrorNotificationInjectable from "../notifications/show-error-notification.injectable";
-import { ClusterIconMenuItem, clusterIconSettingsMenuInjectionToken } from "./cluster-settings-menu-injection-token";
+import { ChangedClusterPreference, ClusterIconMenuItem, clusterIconSettingsMenuInjectionToken } from "./cluster-settings-menu-injection-token";
 
 export interface ClusterIconSettingProps {
   cluster: Cluster;
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ const NonInjectedClusterIconSetting = observer((props: ClusterIconSettingProps &
       ?.click();
   }
 
-  const save = ([kind, value]: [kind: keyof ClusterPreferences, value: any]) => {
+  const save = ([kind, value]: ChangedClusterPreference) => {
     cluster.preferences[kind] = value
   }