diff --git a/src/common/cluster/is-allowed-resource.ts b/src/common/cluster/is-allowed-resource.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a6a392f78..0000000000
--- a/src/common/cluster/is-allowed-resource.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-import type { KubeResource } from "../rbac";
-import { apiResourceRecord, apiResources } from "../rbac";
-
-export const isAllowedResource = (allowedResources: string[]) => (kind: string): boolean => {
-  if ((kind as KubeResource) in apiResourceRecord) {
-    return allowedResources.includes(kind);
-  }
-
-  const apiResource = apiResources.find(resource => resource.kind === kind);
-
-  if (apiResource) {
-    return allowedResources.includes(apiResource.apiName);
-  }
-
-  return true; // allowed by default for other resources
-};
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder.tsx b/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder.tsx
index 7e2dde5296..0a27fe6d01 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import hostedClusterIdInjectable from "../../cluster-frame-context/hosted-cluste
 import activeKubernetesClusterInjectable from "../../cluster-frame-context/active-kubernetes-cluster.injectable";
 import { catalogEntityFromCluster } from "../../../main/cluster/manager";
 import namespaceStoreInjectable from "../+namespaces/store.injectable";
-import { isAllowedResource } from "../../../common/cluster/is-allowed-resource";
 import createApplicationWindowInjectable from "../../../main/start-main-application/lens-window/application-window/create-application-window.injectable";
 import type { CreateElectronWindow } from "../../../main/start-main-application/lens-window/application-window/create-electron-window.injectable";
 import createElectronWindowInjectable from "../../../main/start-main-application/lens-window/application-window/create-electron-window.injectable";
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ export const getApplicationBuilder = () => {
     },
   }));
 
-  const allowedResourcesState = observable.array<KubeResource>();
+  const allowedResourcesState = observable.array<string>();
 
   const windowHelpers = new Map<string, { di: DiContainer; getRendered: () => RenderResult }>();
 
@@ -509,8 +508,8 @@ export const getApplicationBuilder = () => {
         const clusterStub = {
           id: "some-cluster-id",
           accessibleNamespaces: [],
-          isAllowedResource: isAllowedResource(allowedResourcesState),
-        } as unknown as Cluster;
+          isAllowedResource: (kind) => allowedResourcesState.includes(kind),
+        } as Partial<Cluster> as Cluster;
 
         windowDi.override(activeKubernetesClusterInjectable, () =>
           computed(() => catalogEntityFromCluster(clusterStub)),