diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/AutoClearSettingsViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/AutoClearSettingsViewController.swift
index 5b5ec0c874..14c4178ac0 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/AutoClearSettingsViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/AutoClearSettingsViewController.swift
@@ -33,8 +33,18 @@ class AutoClearSettingsViewController: UITableViewController {
     @IBOutlet weak var clearDataToggle: UISwitch!
     @IBOutlet var labels: [UILabel]!
     
-    private lazy var appSettings = AppDependencyProvider.shared.appSettings
+    private var appSettings: AppSettings
     private var clearDataSettings: AutoClearSettingsModel?
+
+    init?(appSettings: AppSettings, coder: NSCoder) {
+        self.appSettings = appSettings
+        super.init(coder: coder)
+    }
+
+    @available(*, unavailable, renamed: "init(appSettings:coder:)")
+    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
+        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
+    }
     
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/SettingsLegacyViewProvider.swift b/DuckDuckGo/SettingsLegacyViewProvider.swift
index 880156e2ee..736e81f8e5 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/SettingsLegacyViewProvider.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/SettingsLegacyViewProvider.swift
@@ -78,10 +78,15 @@ class SettingsLegacyViewProvider: ObservableObject {
     var autoConsent: UIViewController { instantiate("AutoconsentSettingsViewController", fromStoryboard: "Settings") }
     var unprotectedSites: UIViewController { instantiate("UnprotectedSites", fromStoryboard: "Settings") }
     var fireproofSites: UIViewController { instantiate("FireProofSites", fromStoryboard: "Settings") }
-    var autoclearData: UIViewController { instantiate("AutoClearSettingsViewController", fromStoryboard: "Settings") }
     var keyboard: UIViewController { instantiate("Keyboard", fromStoryboard: "Settings") }
     var feedback: UIViewController { instantiate("Feedback", fromStoryboard: "Feedback") }
-    
+    var autoclearData: UIViewController {
+        let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Settings", bundle: nil)
+        return storyboard.instantiateViewController(identifier: "AutoClearSettingsViewController", creator: { coder in
+            return AutoClearSettingsViewController(appSettings: self.appSettings, coder: coder)
+        })
+    }
+
     @MainActor
     func syncSettings(source: String? = nil) -> SyncSettingsViewController {
         return SyncSettingsViewController(syncService: self.syncService,
diff --git a/DuckDuckGoTests/AutoClearSettingsScreenTests.swift b/DuckDuckGoTests/AutoClearSettingsScreenTests.swift
index 95d056cf4a..4f9e4c36c4 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGoTests/AutoClearSettingsScreenTests.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGoTests/AutoClearSettingsScreenTests.swift
@@ -23,35 +23,20 @@ import XCTest
 
 class AutoClearSettingsScreenTests: XCTestCase {
     
-    var mockDependencyProvider: MockDependencyProvider!
-    
-    override func setUp() {
-        super.setUp()
-        
-        mockDependencyProvider = MockDependencyProvider()
-        AppDependencyProvider.shared = mockDependencyProvider
-    }
-    
-    override func tearDown() {
-        super.tearDown()
-        
-        AppDependencyProvider.shared = AppDependencyProvider.makeTestingInstance()
-    }
-    
     func testWhenOpeningSettingsThenClearDataToggleIsSetBasedOnAppSettings() {
-        let appSettigns = AppUserDefaults()
-        appSettigns.autoClearAction = []
-        
-        if let settingsController = AutoClearSettingsViewController.loadFromStoryboard() {
+        let appSettings = AppUserDefaults()
+        appSettings.autoClearAction = []
+
+        if let settingsController = AutoClearSettingsViewController.loadFromStoryboard(appSettings: appSettings) {
             settingsController.loadViewIfNeeded()
             XCTAssertFalse(settingsController.clearDataToggle.isOn)
         } else {
             assertionFailure("Could not load View Controller")
         }
         
-        appSettigns.autoClearAction = .clearData
-        
-        if let settingsController = AutoClearSettingsViewController.loadFromStoryboard() {
+        appSettings.autoClearAction = .clearData
+
+        if let settingsController = AutoClearSettingsViewController.loadFromStoryboard(appSettings: appSettings) {
             settingsController.loadViewIfNeeded()
             XCTAssert(settingsController.clearDataToggle.isOn)
         } else {
@@ -63,7 +48,7 @@ class AutoClearSettingsScreenTests: XCTestCase {
         let appSettings = AppUserDefaults()
         appSettings.autoClearAction = []
         
-        guard let settingsController = AutoClearSettingsViewController.loadFromStoryboard() else {
+        guard let settingsController = AutoClearSettingsViewController.loadFromStoryboard(appSettings: appSettings) else {
                 assertionFailure("Could not load View Controller")
                 return
         }
@@ -85,9 +70,11 @@ class AutoClearSettingsScreenTests: XCTestCase {
 
 private extension AutoClearSettingsViewController {
     
-    static func loadFromStoryboard() -> AutoClearSettingsViewController? {
-        let controller = UIStoryboard(name: "Settings", bundle: nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "AutoClearSettingsViewController")
-        return controller as? AutoClearSettingsViewController
+    static func loadFromStoryboard(appSettings: AppSettings) -> AutoClearSettingsViewController? {
+        let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Settings", bundle: nil)
+        return storyboard.instantiateViewController(identifier: "AutoClearSettingsViewController", creator: { coder in
+            return AutoClearSettingsViewController(appSettings: appSettings, coder: coder)
+        })
     }
     
 }