diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/app-start.js b/app/scripts/lib/app-start.js
index 82c0fc39eb..41b308d41e 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/app-start.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/app-start.js
@@ -27,18 +27,14 @@ import Constants from './constants';
 import Environment from './environment';
 import ErrorUtils from './error-utils';
 import FormPrefill from '../models/form-prefill';
-import FxaClient from './fxa-client';
 import HeightObserver from './height-observer';
 import IframeChannel from './channels/iframe';
 import InterTabChannel from './channels/inter-tab';
-import MarketingEmailClient from './marketing-email-client';
 import Metrics from './metrics';
 import Notifier from './channels/notifier';
 import NullChannel from './channels/null';
-import OAuthClient from './oauth-client';
 import OAuthRelier from '../models/reliers/oauth';
 import p from './promise';
-import ProfileClient from './profile-client';
 import RefreshObserver from '../models/refresh-observer';
 import Relier from '../models/reliers/relier';
 import Router from './router';
@@ -108,15 +104,11 @@ Start.prototype = {
       .then(() => this.initializeInterTabChannel())
       .then(() => this.initializeExperimentGroupingRules())
       .then(() => this.initializeErrorMetrics())
-      .then(() => this.initializeOAuthClient())
       // both the metrics and router depend on the language
       // fetched from config.
       .then(() => this.initializeRelier())
       // iframe channel depends on the relier.
       .then(() => this.initializeIframeChannel())
-      // fxaClient depends on the relier and
-      // inter tab communication.
-      .then(() => this.initializeFxaClient())
       // depends on nothing
       .then(() => this.initializeNotificationChannel())
       // depends on iframeChannel and interTabChannel, web channel
@@ -125,10 +117,6 @@ Start.prototype = {
       .then(() => this.initializeMetrics())
       // assertionLibrary depends on fxaClient
       .then(() => this.initializeAssertionLibrary())
-      // profileClient depends on fxaClient and assertionLibrary
-      .then(() => this.initializeProfileClient())
-      // marketingEmailClient depends on config
-      .then(() => this.initializeMarketingEmailClient())
       // broker relies on the relier, fxaClient,
       // assertionLibrary, and metrics
       .then(() => this.initializeAuthenticationBroker())
@@ -229,25 +217,6 @@ Start.prototype = {
     this._formPrefill = new FormPrefill();
   },
 
-  initializeOAuthClient () {
-    this._oAuthClient = new OAuthClient({
-      oAuthUrl: this._config.oAuthUrl
-    });
-  },
-
-  initializeProfileClient () {
-    this._profileClient = new ProfileClient({
-      profileUrl: this._config.profileUrl
-    });
-  },
-
-  initializeMarketingEmailClient () {
-    this._marketingEmailClient = new MarketingEmailClient({
-      baseUrl: this._config.marketingEmailServerUrl,
-      preferencesUrl: this._config.marketingEmailPreferencesUrl
-    });
-  },
-
   initializeRelier () {
     if (! this._relier) {
       let relier;
@@ -381,15 +350,6 @@ Start.prototype = {
     }
   },
 
-  initializeFxaClient () {
-    if (! this._fxaClient) {
-      this._fxaClient = new FxaClient({
-        authServerUrl: this._config.authServerUrl,
-        interTabChannel: this._interTabChannel
-      });
-    }
-  },
-
   initializeUser () {
     if (! this._user) {
       const user = this._user = new User({
diff --git a/app/scripts/models/user.js b/app/scripts/models/user.js
index 0095528c15..38d2f05c6f 100644
--- a/app/scripts/models/user.js
+++ b/app/scripts/models/user.js
@@ -21,14 +21,31 @@ const ResumeTokenMixin = require('./mixins/resume-token');
 const UrlMixin = require('./mixins/url');
 const Storage = require('../lib/storage');
 const vat = require('../lib/vat');
+const ProfileClient = require('../lib/profile-client');
+const MarketingEmailClient = require('../lib/marketing-email-client');
+const OAuthClient = require('../lib/oauth-client');
+const InterTabChannel = require('../lib/channels/inter-tab');
+const FxaClient = require('../lib/fxa-client');
 
 var User = Backbone.Model.extend({
   initialize (options = {}) {
+    this._config = options.config;
+    this._interTabChannel = new InterTabChannel();
     this._oAuthClientId = options.oAuthClientId;
-    this._oAuthClient = options.oAuthClient;
-    this._profileClient = options.profileClient;
-    this._fxaClient = options.fxaClient;
-    this._marketingEmailClient = options.marketingEmailClient;
+    this._oAuthClient = new OAuthClient({
+      oAuthUrl: this._config.oAuthUrl
+    });
+    this._profileClient = new ProfileClient({
+      profileUrl: this._config.profileUrl
+    });
+    this._fxaClient = new FxaClient({
+      authServerUrl: this._config.authServerUrl,
+      interTabChannel: this._interTabChannel
+    });
+    this._marketingEmailClient = new MarketingEmailClient({
+      baseUrl: this._config.marketingEmailServerUrl,
+      preferencesUrl: this._config.marketingEmailPreferencesUrl
+    });
     this._metrics = options.metrics;
     this._assertion = options.assertion;
     this._notifier = options.notifier;