diff --git a/src/common/vars.ts b/src/common/vars.ts
index 58da8bf257..a6ea2653df 100644
--- a/src/common/vars.ts
+++ b/src/common/vars.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ export const baseBinariesDir = onceCell(() => (
   )
 ));
 
+export const helmBinaryName = getBinaryName("helm");
+export const helmBinaryPath = onceCell(() => path.join(baseBinariesDir.get(), helmBinaryName));
+export const kubectlBinaryName = getBinaryName("kubectl");
+export const kubectlBinaryPath = onceCell(() => path.join(baseBinariesDir.get(), kubectlBinaryName));
+
 // Webpack build paths
 export const contextDir = process.cwd();
 export const buildDir = path.join(contextDir, "static", publicPath);
diff --git a/src/main/helm/exec.ts b/src/main/helm/exec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d8d0d4340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/helm/exec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { promiseExecFile } from "../../common/utils/promise-exec";
+import type { BaseEncodingOptions } from "fs";
+import type { ExecFileOptions } from "child_process";
+import { helmBinaryPath } from "../../common/vars";
+
+/**
+ * ExecFile the bundled helm CLI
+ * @returns STDOUT
+ */
+export async function execHelm(args: string[], options?: BaseEncodingOptions & ExecFileOptions): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await promiseExecFile(helmBinaryPath.get(), args, options);
+
+    return stdout;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error?.stderr || error;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/helm/helm-chart-manager.ts b/src/main/helm/helm-chart-manager.ts
index 5630848f85..5c15bfc6b8 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/helm-chart-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/helm/helm-chart-manager.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import v8 from "v8";
 import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
 import type { HelmRepo } from "./helm-repo-manager";
 import logger from "../logger";
-import { promiseExecFile } from "../../common/utils/promise-exec";
-import { helmCli } from "./helm-cli";
 import type { RepoHelmChartList } from "../../common/k8s-api/endpoints/helm-charts.api";
 import { iter, sortCharts } from "../../common/utils";
+import { execHelm } from "./exec";
 
 interface ChartCacheEntry {
   data: Buffer;
@@ -49,21 +48,13 @@ export class HelmChartManager {
   }
 
   private async executeCommand(args: string[], name: string, version?: string) {
-    const helm = await helmCli.binaryPath();
-
     args.push(`${this.repo.name}/${name}`);
 
     if (version) {
       args.push("--version", version);
     }
 
-    try {
-      const { stdout } = await promiseExecFile(helm, args);
-
-      return stdout;
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw error.stderr || error;
-    }
+    return execHelm(args);
   }
 
   public async getReadme(name: string, version?: string) {
diff --git a/src/main/helm/helm-cli.ts b/src/main/helm/helm-cli.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 13d4479b35..0000000000
--- a/src/main/helm/helm-cli.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-
-import path from "path";
-import { onceCell } from "../../common/utils/once-cell";
-import { baseBinariesDir, getBinaryName } from "../../common/vars";
-
-export const helmBinaryPath = onceCell(() => path.join(baseBinariesDir.get(), getBinaryName("helm")));
-
-/**
- * @deprecated use `helmBinaryPath` or its injection equivalent instead
- */
-export const helmCli = {
-  binaryPath: (): Promise<string> => Promise.resolve(helmBinaryPath.get()),
-  getBinaryPath: (): string => helmBinaryPath.get(),
-  getBinaryDir: (): string => baseBinariesDir.get(),
-  setLogger: (logger: any): void => void logger,
-  ensureBinary: (): Promise<void> => Promise.resolve(),
-};
-
diff --git a/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts b/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts
index 72704eb020..e3de7ab3f7 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts
@@ -6,23 +6,9 @@
 import tempy from "tempy";
 import fse from "fs-extra";
 import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
-import { promiseExecFile } from "../../common/utils/promise-exec";
-import { helmCli } from "./helm-cli";
 import { toCamelCase } from "../../common/utils/camelCase";
-import type { BaseEncodingOptions } from "fs";
-import { execFile, ExecFileOptions } from "child_process";
-
-async function execHelm(args: string[], options?: BaseEncodingOptions & ExecFileOptions): Promise<string> {
-  const helmCliPath = await helmCli.binaryPath();
-
-  try {
-    const { stdout } = await promiseExecFile(helmCliPath, args, options);
-
-    return stdout;
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw error?.stderr || error;
-  }
-}
+import { execFile } from "child_process";
+import { execHelm } from "./exec";
 
 export async function listReleases(pathToKubeconfig: string, namespace?: string): Promise<Record<string, any>[]> {
   const args = [
diff --git a/src/main/helm/helm-repo-manager.ts b/src/main/helm/helm-repo-manager.ts
index 3674654a29..7f174cfa8e 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/helm-repo-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/helm/helm-repo-manager.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@
  */
 
 import yaml from "js-yaml";
-import { BaseEncodingOptions, readFile } from "fs-extra";
-import { promiseExecFile } from "../../common/utils/promise-exec";
-import { helmCli } from "./helm-cli";
+import { readFile } from "fs-extra";
 import { Singleton } from "../../common/utils/singleton";
 import { customRequestPromise } from "../../common/request";
 import orderBy from "lodash/orderBy";
 import logger from "../logger";
-import type { ExecFileOptions } from "child_process";
+import { execHelm } from "./exec";
 
 export type HelmEnv = Record<string, string> & {
   HELM_REPOSITORY_CACHE?: string;
@@ -34,18 +32,6 @@ export interface HelmRepo {
   password?: string;
 }
 
-async function execHelm(args: string[], options?: BaseEncodingOptions & ExecFileOptions): Promise<string> {
-  const helmCliPath = await helmCli.binaryPath();
-
-  try {
-    const { stdout } = await promiseExecFile(helmCliPath, args, options);
-
-    return stdout;
-  } catch (error) {
-    throw error?.stderr || error;
-  }
-}
-
 export class HelmRepoManager extends Singleton {
   protected repos: HelmRepo[];
   protected helmEnv: HelmEnv;
@@ -63,9 +49,6 @@ export class HelmRepoManager extends Singleton {
   }
 
   private async ensureInitialized() {
-    helmCli.setLogger(logger);
-    await helmCli.ensureBinary();
-
     this.helmEnv ??= await this.parseHelmEnv();
 
     const repos = await this.list();
diff --git a/src/main/kubectl/kubectl.ts b/src/main/kubectl/kubectl.ts
index 53efbb0d8a..690b9970b9 100644
--- a/src/main/kubectl/kubectl.ts
+++ b/src/main/kubectl/kubectl.ts
@@ -9,16 +9,14 @@ import { promiseExecFile } from "../../common/utils/promise-exec";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import { ensureDir, pathExists } from "fs-extra";
 import * as lockFile from "proper-lockfile";
-import { helmCli } from "../helm/helm-cli";
 import { getBundledKubectlVersion } from "../../common/utils/app-version";
-import { normalizedPlatform, normalizedArch, getBinaryName, baseBinariesDir } from "../../common/vars";
+import { normalizedPlatform, normalizedArch, kubectlBinaryName, kubectlBinaryPath, baseBinariesDir } from "../../common/vars";
 import { SemVer } from "semver";
 import { defaultPackageMirror, packageMirrors } from "../../common/user-store/preferences-helpers";
 import got from "got/dist/source";
 import { promisify } from "util";
 import stream from "stream";
 import { noop } from "lodash/fp";
-import { onceCell } from "../../common/utils/once-cell";
 
 const bundledVersion = getBundledKubectlVersion();
 const kubectlMap: Map<string, string> = new Map([
@@ -40,13 +38,8 @@ const kubectlMap: Map<string, string> = new Map([
   ["1.22", "1.22.6"],
   ["1.23", bundledVersion],
 ]);
-const binaryName = getBinaryName("kubectl");
 const initScriptVersionString = "# lens-initscript v3";
 
-export const bundledKubectlPath = onceCell(() => (
-  path.join(baseBinariesDir.get(), binaryName)
-));
-
 interface Dependencies {
   directoryForKubectlBinaries: string;
 
@@ -89,13 +82,13 @@ export class Kubectl {
       logger.debug(`Set kubectl version ${this.kubectlVersion} for cluster version ${clusterVersion} using fallback`);
     }
 
-    this.url = `${this.getDownloadMirror()}/v${this.kubectlVersion}/bin/${normalizedPlatform}/${normalizedArch}/${binaryName}`;
+    this.url = `${this.getDownloadMirror()}/v${this.kubectlVersion}/bin/${normalizedPlatform}/${normalizedArch}/${kubectlBinaryName}`;
     this.dirname = path.normalize(path.join(this.getDownloadDir(), this.kubectlVersion));
-    this.path = path.join(this.dirname, binaryName);
+    this.path = path.join(this.dirname, kubectlBinaryName);
   }
 
   public getBundledPath() {
-    return bundledKubectlPath.get();
+    return kubectlBinaryPath.get();
   }
 
   public getPathFromPreferences() {
@@ -289,7 +282,7 @@ export class Kubectl {
       ? this.dirname
       : path.dirname(this.getPathFromPreferences());
 
-    const helmPath = helmCli.getBinaryDir();
+    const binariesDir = baseBinariesDir.get();
 
     const bashScriptPath = path.join(this.dirname, ".bash_set_path");
     const bashScript = [
@@ -303,7 +296,7 @@ export class Kubectl {
       "elif test -f \"$HOME/.profile\"; then",
       "  . \"$HOME/.profile\"",
       "fi",
-      `export PATH="${helmPath}:${kubectlPath}:$PATH"`,
+      `export PATH="${binariesDir}:${kubectlPath}:$PATH"`,
       'export KUBECONFIG="$tempkubeconfig"',
       `NO_PROXY=",\${NO_PROXY:-localhost},"`,
       `NO_PROXY="\${NO_PROXY//,localhost,/,}"`,
@@ -329,12 +322,12 @@ export class Kubectl {
 
       // voodoo to replace any previous occurrences of kubectl path in the PATH
       `kubectlpath="${kubectlPath}"`,
-      `helmpath="${helmPath}"`,
+      `binariesDir="${binariesDir}"`,
       "p=\":$kubectlpath:\"",
       "d=\":$PATH:\"",
       `d=\${d//$p/:}`,
       `d=\${d/#:/}`,
-      `export PATH="$helmpath:$kubectlpath:\${d/%:/}"`,
+      `export PATH="$binariesDir:$kubectlpath:\${d/%:/}"`,
       "export KUBECONFIG=\"$tempkubeconfig\"",
       `NO_PROXY=",\${NO_PROXY:-localhost},"`,
       `NO_PROXY="\${NO_PROXY//,localhost,/,}"`,
diff --git a/src/main/shell-session/local-shell-session/local-shell-session.ts b/src/main/shell-session/local-shell-session/local-shell-session.ts
index 301600bd71..314f8700ec 100644
--- a/src/main/shell-session/local-shell-session/local-shell-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/shell-session/local-shell-session/local-shell-session.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 import type WebSocket from "ws";
 import path from "path";
-import { helmCli } from "../../helm/helm-cli";
 import { UserStore } from "../../../common/user-store";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../../common/cluster/cluster";
 import type { ClusterId } from "../../../common/cluster-types";
 import { ShellSession } from "../shell-session";
 import type { Kubectl } from "../../kubectl/kubectl";
+import { baseBinariesDir } from "../../../common/vars";
 
 export class LocalShellSession extends ShellSession {
   ShellType = "shell";
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ export class LocalShellSession extends ShellSession {
   constructor(protected shellEnvModify: (clusterId: ClusterId, env: Record<string, string>) => Record<string, string>, kubectl: Kubectl, websocket: WebSocket, cluster: Cluster, terminalId: string) {
     super(kubectl, websocket, cluster, terminalId);
   }
-  
+
   protected getPathEntries(): string[] {
-    return [helmCli.getBinaryDir()];
+    return [baseBinariesDir.get()];
   }
 
   protected get cwd(): string | undefined {
@@ -40,17 +40,16 @@ export class LocalShellSession extends ShellSession {
   }
 
   protected async getShellArgs(shell: string): Promise<string[]> {
-    const helmpath = helmCli.getBinaryDir();
     const pathFromPreferences = UserStore.getInstance().kubectlBinariesPath || this.kubectl.getBundledPath();
     const kubectlPathDir = UserStore.getInstance().downloadKubectlBinaries ? await this.kubectlBinDirP : path.dirname(pathFromPreferences);
 
     switch(path.basename(shell)) {
       case "powershell.exe":
-        return ["-NoExit", "-command", `& {$Env:PATH="${helmpath};${kubectlPathDir};$Env:PATH"}`];
+        return ["-NoExit", "-command", `& {$Env:PATH="${baseBinariesDir.get()};${kubectlPathDir};$Env:PATH"}`];
       case "bash":
         return ["--init-file", path.join(await this.kubectlBinDirP, ".bash_set_path")];
       case "fish":
-        return ["--login", "--init-command", `export PATH="${helmpath}:${kubectlPathDir}:$PATH"; export KUBECONFIG="${await this.kubeconfigPathP}"`];
+        return ["--login", "--init-command", `export PATH="${baseBinariesDir.get()}:${kubectlPathDir}:$PATH"; export KUBECONFIG="${await this.kubeconfigPathP}"`];
       case "zsh":
         return ["--login"];
       default:
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/kubectl-binaries.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/kubectl-binaries.tsx
index 0f64385067..efcf1f807b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/kubectl-binaries.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/kubectl-binaries.tsx
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { Input, InputValidators } from "../input";
 import { SubTitle } from "../layout/sub-title";
 import { UserStore } from "../../../common/user-store";
-import { bundledKubectlPath } from "../../../main/kubectl/kubectl";
 import { SelectOption, Select } from "../select";
 import { Switch } from "../switch";
 import { packageMirrors } from "../../../common/user-store/preferences-helpers";
-import directoryForBinariesInjectable
-  from "../../../common/app-paths/directory-for-binaries/directory-for-binaries.injectable";
+import directoryForBinariesInjectable from "../../../common/app-paths/directory-for-binaries/directory-for-binaries.injectable";
 import { withInjectables } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-react";
+import { kubectlBinaryPath } from "../../../common/vars";
 
 interface Dependencies {
   defaultPathForKubectlBinaries: string;
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ const NonInjectedKubectlBinaries: React.FC<Dependencies> = observer(({ defaultPa
         <SubTitle title="Path to kubectl binary" />
         <Input
           theme="round-black"
-          placeholder={bundledKubectlPath.get()}
+          placeholder={kubectlBinaryPath.get()}
           value={binariesPath}
           validators={pathValidator}
           onChange={setBinariesPath}