diff --git a/plugins/core/jetbrains-community/tstFixtures/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/telemetry/MockTelemetryService.kt b/plugins/core/jetbrains-community/tstFixtures/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/telemetry/MockTelemetryService.kt
index 851bbbf29b9..24569c1be49 100644
--- a/plugins/core/jetbrains-community/tstFixtures/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/telemetry/MockTelemetryService.kt
+++ b/plugins/core/jetbrains-community/tstFixtures/software/aws/toolkits/jetbrains/services/telemetry/MockTelemetryService.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 package software.aws.toolkits.jetbrains.services.telemetry
 
-import com.intellij.openapi.components.service
+import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer
+import com.intellij.testFramework.replaceService
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.AfterEachCallback
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.BeforeEachCallback
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext
@@ -13,13 +16,17 @@ import org.mockito.kotlin.spy
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.toolkittelemetry.model.Sentiment
 import software.aws.toolkits.core.telemetry.DefaultTelemetryBatcher
 import software.aws.toolkits.core.telemetry.MetricEvent
+import software.aws.toolkits.core.telemetry.TelemetryBatcher
 import software.aws.toolkits.core.telemetry.TelemetryPublisher
 
-class NoOpTelemetryService : TelemetryService(publisher, spy(DefaultTelemetryBatcher(publisher))) {
+class NoOpTelemetryService : TelemetryService {
+    constructor(noOpPublisher: NoOpPublisher, batcher: TelemetryBatcher) : super(noOpPublisher, batcher)
+    constructor() : this(NO_OP_PUBLISHER, DefaultTelemetryBatcher(NO_OP_PUBLISHER))
+
     fun batcher() = super.batcher
 
-    private companion object {
-        private val publisher: TelemetryPublisher by lazy { NoOpPublisher() }
+    companion object {
+        val NO_OP_PUBLISHER = NoOpPublisher()
     }
 }
 
@@ -32,11 +39,21 @@ class NoOpPublisher : TelemetryPublisher {
 }
 
 sealed class MockTelemetryServiceBase : ExternalResource() {
-    private val mockTelemetryService: NoOpTelemetryService
-        get() = service<TelemetryService>() as NoOpTelemetryService
+    protected val publisher: NoOpPublisher by lazy { NoOpTelemetryService.NO_OP_PUBLISHER }
+    protected val batcher: TelemetryBatcher by lazy { spy(DefaultTelemetryBatcher(publisher)) }
+    private lateinit var disposableParent: Disposable
+
+    private val mockTelemetryService: NoOpTelemetryService by lazy { NoOpTelemetryService(publisher, batcher) }
+
+    override fun before() {
+        // hack because @TestDisposable doesn't work here as it's not a test
+        disposableParent = Disposer.newDisposable()
+        ApplicationManager.getApplication().replaceService(TelemetryService::class.java, mockTelemetryService, disposableParent)
+    }
 
     override fun after() {
         reset(batcher())
+        Disposer.dispose(disposableParent)
     }
 
     fun telemetryService() = mockTelemetryService