diff --git a/app/lib/package/api_export/api_exporter.dart b/app/lib/package/api_export/api_exporter.dart
index faf0e2341b..3d79e98cdc 100644
--- a/app/lib/package/api_export/api_exporter.dart
+++ b/app/lib/package/api_export/api_exporter.dart
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ ApiExporter? get apiExporter => ss.lookup(#_apiExporter) as ApiExporter?;
 const _concurrency = 50;
 
 class ApiExporter {
+  final DatastoreDB _db;
+
   final ExportedApi _api;
 
   /// If [stop] has been called to stop background processes.
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ class ApiExporter {
   /// `null` when not started yet.
   Completer<void>? _stopped;
 
-  ApiExporter({
+  ApiExporter(
+    this._db, {
     required Bucket bucket,
   }) : _api = ExportedApi(storageService, bucket);
 
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ class ApiExporter {
   /// This is intended to be scheduled from a daily background task.
   Future<void> synchronizeExportedApi({bool forceWrite = false}) async {
     final allPackageNames = <String>{};
-    final packageQuery = dbService.query<Package>();
+    final packageQuery = _db.query<Package>();
     var errCount = 0;
     await packageQuery.run().parallelForEach(_concurrency, (pkg) async {
       final name = pkg.name!;
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ class ApiExporter {
     var since = clock.ago(days: 3);
     while (claim.valid && !abort.isCompleted) {
       // Look at all packages changed in [since]
-      final q = dbService.query<Package>()
+      final q = _db.query<Package>()
         ..filter('updated >', since)
         ..order('-updated');
 
diff --git a/app/lib/service/services.dart b/app/lib/service/services.dart
index e678500997..92cd57709f 100644
--- a/app/lib/service/services.dart
+++ b/app/lib/service/services.dart
@@ -245,8 +245,10 @@ Future<R> _withPubServices<R>(FutureOr<R> Function() fn) async {
     registerAnnouncementBackend(AnnouncementBackend());
     if (activeConfiguration.exportedApiBucketName != null) {
       registerApiExporter(ApiExporter(
-          bucket: storageService
-              .bucket(activeConfiguration.exportedApiBucketName!)));
+        dbService,
+        bucket:
+            storageService.bucket(activeConfiguration.exportedApiBucketName!),
+      ));
     }
     registerAsyncQueue(AsyncQueue());
     registerAuditBackend(AuditBackend(dbService));
diff --git a/app/test/package/api_export/api_exporter_test.dart b/app/test/package/api_export/api_exporter_test.dart
index 121103b9de..b286e3ee8d 100644
--- a/app/test/package/api_export/api_exporter_test.dart
+++ b/app/test/package/api_export/api_exporter_test.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'package:googleapis/storage/v1.dart' show DetailedApiRequestError;
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'package:pub_dev/fake/backend/fake_auth_provider.dart';
 import 'package:pub_dev/package/api_export/api_exporter.dart';
+import 'package:pub_dev/shared/datastore.dart';
 import 'package:pub_dev/shared/storage.dart';
 import 'package:pub_dev/shared/utils.dart';
 import 'package:pub_dev/shared/versions.dart';
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ void main() {
       (fakeTime) async {
     await storageService.createBucket('bucket');
     final bucket = storageService.bucket('bucket');
-    final apiExporter = ApiExporter(bucket: bucket);
+    final apiExporter = ApiExporter(dbService, bucket: bucket);
 
     await _testExportedApiSynchronization(
       fakeTime,
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ void main() {
     (fakeTime) async {
       await storageService.createBucket('bucket');
       final bucket = storageService.bucket('bucket');
-      final apiExporter = ApiExporter(bucket: bucket);
+      final apiExporter = ApiExporter(dbService, bucket: bucket);
 
       await apiExporter.synchronizeExportedApi();