diff --git a/source/dsl/GitLabDSL.ts b/source/dsl/GitLabDSL.ts
index cb264c1b8..0bddef3c7 100644
--- a/source/dsl/GitLabDSL.ts
+++ b/source/dsl/GitLabDSL.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Please don't have includes in here that aren't inside the DSL folder, or the d.ts/flow defs break
 // TODO: extract out from BitBucket specifically, or create our own type
-import { Gitlab } from "@gitbeaker/node"
+import GitLabAPI from "../platforms/gitlab/GitLabAPI"
 import { RepoMetaData } from "./BitBucketServerDSL"
 
 // getPlatformReviewDSLRepresentation
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export interface GitLabDSL extends GitLabJSONDSL {
   utils: {
     fileContents(path: string, repoSlug?: string, ref?: string): Promise<string>
   }
-  api: InstanceType<typeof Gitlab>
+  api: GitLabAPI
 }
 
 // ---
diff --git a/source/platforms/GitLab.ts b/source/platforms/GitLab.ts
index 21316a582..7484858bf 100644
--- a/source/platforms/GitLab.ts
+++ b/source/platforms/GitLab.ts
@@ -228,5 +228,5 @@ export const gitlabJSONToGitLabDSL = (gl: GitLabDSL, api: GitLabAPI): GitLabDSL
   utils: {
     fileContents: api.getFileContents,
   },
-  api: api.apiInstance,
+  api,
 })
diff --git a/source/platforms/gitlab/GitLabAPI.ts b/source/platforms/gitlab/GitLabAPI.ts
index f070028c4..7d66d142f 100644
--- a/source/platforms/gitlab/GitLabAPI.ts
+++ b/source/platforms/gitlab/GitLabAPI.ts
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ class GitLabAPI {
     return `${this.projectURL}/merge_requests/${this.prId}`
   }
 
-  get apiInstance() {
-    return this.api
-  }
-
   getUser = async (): Promise<GitLabUserProfile> => {
     this.d("getUser")
     const user = (await this.api.Users.current()) as GitLabUserProfile