diff --git a/src/DBus.vala b/src/DBus.vala
index 8892e694c..f2982d438 100644
--- a/src/DBus.vala
+++ b/src/DBus.vala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2025 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
  *                         2012-2014 Tom Beckmann
  *                         2012-2014 Jacob Parker
  */
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class Gala.DBus {
         Bus.own_name (BusType.SESSION, "org.gnome.Shell", BusNameOwnerFlags.NONE,
             (connection) => {
                 try {
-                    connection.register_object ("/org/gnome/Shell", DBusAccelerator.init (wm.get_display ()));
+                    connection.register_object ("/org/gnome/Shell", new DBusAccelerator (wm.get_display ()));
                     connection.register_object ("/org/gnome/Shell/Screenshot", screenshot_manager);
                 } catch (Error e) { warning (e.message); }
             },
diff --git a/src/DBusAccelerator.vala b/src/DBusAccelerator.vala
index cae78bb9f..9e33d0111 100644
--- a/src/DBusAccelerator.vala
+++ b/src/DBusAccelerator.vala
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //
 //  Copyright (C) 2015 Nicolas Bruguier, Corentin Noël
+//                2025 elementary, Inc.
 //
 //  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 //  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -72,23 +73,12 @@ namespace Gala {
 
     [DBus (name="org.gnome.Shell")]
     public class DBusAccelerator {
-        private static DBusAccelerator? instance;
-
-        [DBus (visible = false)]
-        public static unowned DBusAccelerator init (Meta.Display display) {
-            if (instance == null) {
-                instance = new DBusAccelerator (display);
-            }
-
-            return instance;
-        }
-
         public signal void accelerator_activated (uint action, GLib.HashTable<string, Variant> parameters);
 
         private Meta.Display display;
         private GLib.HashTable<unowned string, GrabbedAccelerator> grabbed_accelerators;
 
-        private DBusAccelerator (Meta.Display _display) {
+        public DBusAccelerator (Meta.Display _display) {
             display = _display;
             grabbed_accelerators = new HashTable<unowned string, GrabbedAccelerator> (str_hash, str_equal);
             display.accelerator_activated.connect (on_accelerator_activated);
diff --git a/src/WindowManager.vala b/src/WindowManager.vala
index cd0ff47c8..f277fed3a 100644
--- a/src/WindowManager.vala
+++ b/src/WindowManager.vala
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ namespace Gala {
 
             screenshot_manager = new ScreenshotManager (this);
             DBus.init (this, screenshot_manager);
-            DBusAccelerator.init (display);
             MediaFeedback.init ();
 
             WindowListener.init (display);