diff --git a/desktop/app/src/electron/initializeElectron.tsx b/desktop/app/src/electron/initializeElectron.tsx
index 1be7834fe..725f889d3 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/electron/initializeElectron.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/electron/initializeElectron.tsx
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ import type {Icon, RenderHost} from 'flipper-ui-core';
 import {getLocalIconUrl} from '../utils/icons';
 import {getCPUUsage} from 'process';
 
-declare const electronRequire: {
-  (name: string): any;
-  resolve: (module: string) => string;
-  cache: {[module: string]: any};
-};
-
 export function initializeElectron(
   flipperServer: FlipperServer,
   flipperServerConfig: FlipperServerConfig,
@@ -64,7 +58,7 @@ export function initializeElectron(
     }
   }
 
-  window.FlipperRenderHostInstance = {
+  FlipperRenderHostInstance = {
     processId: remote.process.pid,
     isProduction,
     readTextFromClipboard() {
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/init.tsx b/desktop/app/src/init.tsx
index bab758b56..b205b57a7 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/init.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/init.tsx
@@ -42,20 +42,6 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 
 enableMapSet();
 
-declare global {
-  interface Window {
-    // We store this as a global, to make sure the renderHost is available
-    // before flipper-ui-core is loaded and needs those during module initialisation
-    FlipperRenderHostInstance: RenderHost;
-  }
-}
-
-declare const electronRequire: {
-  (name: string): any;
-  resolve: (module: string) => string;
-  cache: {[module: string]: any};
-};
-
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' && os.platform() === 'darwin') {
   // By default Node.JS has its internal certificate storage and doesn't use
   // the system store. Because of this, it's impossible to access ondemand / devserver
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/comms/ServerController.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/comms/ServerController.tsx
index 02322cbc2..c3891e474 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/comms/ServerController.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/comms/ServerController.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type ClientCsrQuery = {
   csr_path?: string | undefined;
 };
 
-declare interface ServerController {
+interface ServerController {
   on(event: 'error', callback: (err: Error) => void): this;
 }
 
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server/src/startWebServerDev.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server/src/startWebServerDev.tsx
index eb7afa77a..cebe01ed8 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server/src/startWebServerDev.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server/src/startWebServerDev.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export async function startWebServerDev(
     'electron-requires.js',
   );
   const stubModules = new Set<string>(
-    (global as any).electronRequire(electronRequires).BUILTINS,
+    electronRequire(electronRequires).BUILTINS,
   );
   if (!stubModules.size) {
     throw new Error('Failed to load list of Node builtins');
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/global.ts b/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/global.ts
index 54b3f5d59..3bd796de8 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/global.ts
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/global.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ declare global {
       debug: boolean;
     };
 
-    FlipperRenderHostInstance: RenderHost;
-
     flipperShowError?(error: string): void;
     flipperHideError?(): void;
   }
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/index.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/index.tsx
index 77d943630..a2848f9a2 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/index.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/index.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ document.getElementById('root')!.innerText = 'flipper-ui-browser started';
 
 async function start() {
   // @ts-ignore
-  (global as any).electronRequire = function (path: string) {
+  electronRequire = function (path: string) {
     console.error(
       `[decapitate] Tried to electronRequire ${path}, this module is not available in the browser and will be stubbed`,
     );
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/initializeRenderHost.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/initializeRenderHost.tsx
index fd8cd9996..38f22bee3 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/initializeRenderHost.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/src/initializeRenderHost.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function initializeRenderHost(
   flipperServer: FlipperServer,
   flipperServerConfig: FlipperServerConfig,
 ) {
-  window.FlipperRenderHostInstance = {
+  FlipperRenderHostInstance = {
     readTextFromClipboard() {
       // TODO:
       return undefined;
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/tsconfig.json b/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/tsconfig.json
index c3d94f360..0953a91c9 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/tsconfig.json
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-browser/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "lib",
     "rootDir": "src",
-    "lib": ["dom", "ES2019"]
+    "lib": ["dom", "ES2019"],
+    "types": ["../types/flipperGlobals"]
   },
   "references": [
     {
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/RenderHost.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/RenderHost.tsx
index 0dc5769ab..378da3b2b 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/RenderHost.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/RenderHost.tsx
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ export interface RenderHost {
 }
 
 export function getRenderHostInstance(): RenderHost {
-  if (!window.FlipperRenderHostInstance) {
+  if (!FlipperRenderHostInstance) {
     throw new Error('global FlipperRenderHostInstance was never set');
   }
-  return window.FlipperRenderHostInstance;
+  return FlipperRenderHostInstance;
 }
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/global.ts b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/global.ts
index 5d5c06c31..916e82d1a 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/global.ts
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/global.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,5 @@ declare global {
     __REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__:
       | undefined
       | (StoreEnhancerStoreCreator & StoreEnhancerStateSanitizer);
-
-    FlipperRenderHostInstance: RenderHost;
   }
 }
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/tsconfig.json b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/tsconfig.json
index 8d8c059bc..be815009c 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
     "lib": ["dom", "es2019"],
-    "types": ["../types/ReactDebounceRender"]
+    "types": ["../types/ReactDebounceRender", "../types/flipperGlobals"]
   },
   "references": [
     {
diff --git a/desktop/scripts/build-utils.ts b/desktop/scripts/build-utils.ts
index 623fd1ad6..3d7ea601a 100644
--- a/desktop/scripts/build-utils.ts
+++ b/desktop/scripts/build-utils.ts
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ async function generateDefaultPluginEntryPoints(
   const pluginRequres = bundledPlugins
     .map(
       (x) =>
-        `  '${x.name}': tryRequire('${x.name}', () =>  require('${x.name}'))`,
+        `  '${x.name}': tryRequire('${x.name}', () => require('${x.name}'))`,
     )
     .join(',\n');
   const generatedIndex = `
   /* eslint-disable */
   // THIS FILE IS AUTO-GENERATED by function "generateDefaultPluginEntryPoints" in "build-utils.ts".
 
-  declare var require: any;
+  declare const require: any;
 
   // This function exists to make sure that if one require fails in its module initialisation, not everything fails
   function tryRequire(module: string, fn: () => any): any {
diff --git a/desktop/types/flipperGlobals.d.ts b/desktop/types/flipperGlobals.d.ts
index bf70c740a..96113a7cb 100644
--- a/desktop/types/flipperGlobals.d.ts
+++ b/desktop/types/flipperGlobals.d.ts
@@ -15,15 +15,4 @@ declare const electronRequire: {
   cache: {[module: string]: any};
 };
 
-// For Electron
-declare module NodeJS {
-  interface Global {
-    __REVISION__: string | undefined;
-    __VERSION__: string;
-    electronRequire: {
-      (name: string): any;
-      resolve: (module: string) => string;
-      cache: {[module: string]: any};
-    };
-  }
-}
+declare let FlipperRenderHostInstance: any /* RenderHost */;