diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/controller/repository.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/controller/repository.go
index 8a507b09b67..27ee5f9e0a1 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/controller/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/controller/repository.go
@@ -41,13 +41,11 @@ type queueItem struct {
 
 // RepositoryController controls how and when CRD is established.
 type RepositoryController struct {
-	client         client.ProvisioningV0alpha1Interface
-	resourceLister resources.ResourceLister
-	repoLister     listers.RepositoryLister
-	repoSynced     cache.InformerSynced
-	parsers        resources.ParserFactory
-	logger         logging.Logger
-	dualwrite      dualwrite.Service
+	client     client.ProvisioningV0alpha1Interface
+	repoLister listers.RepositoryLister
+	repoSynced cache.InformerSynced
+	logger     logging.Logger
+	dualwrite  dualwrite.Service
 
 	jobs          jobs.Queue
 	finalizer     *finalizer
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ func NewRepositoryController(
 	repoInformer informer.RepositoryInformer,
 	repoFactory repository.Factory,
 	resourceLister resources.ResourceLister,
-	parsers resources.ParserFactory,
 	clients resources.ClientFactory,
 	tester RepositoryTester,
 	jobs jobs.Queue,
@@ -78,10 +75,9 @@ func NewRepositoryController(
 	statusPatcher StatusPatcher,
 ) (*RepositoryController, error) {
 	rc := &RepositoryController{
-		client:         provisioningClient,
-		resourceLister: resourceLister,
-		repoLister:     repoInformer.Lister(),
-		repoSynced:     repoInformer.Informer().HasSynced,
+		client:     provisioningClient,
+		repoLister: repoInformer.Lister(),
+		repoSynced: repoInformer.Informer().HasSynced,
 		queue: workqueue.NewTypedRateLimitingQueueWithConfig(
 			workqueue.DefaultTypedControllerRateLimiter[*queueItem](),
 			workqueue.TypedRateLimitingQueueConfig[*queueItem]{
@@ -91,7 +87,6 @@ func NewRepositoryController(
 		repoFactory:   repoFactory,
 		healthChecker: healthChecker,
 		statusPatcher: statusPatcher,
-		parsers:       parsers,
 		finalizer: &finalizer{
 			lister:        resourceLister,
 			clientFactory: clients,
@@ -291,7 +286,7 @@ func (rc *RepositoryController) determineSyncStrategy(ctx context.Context, obj *
 	case !healthStatus.Healthy:
 		logger.Info("skip sync for unhealthy repository")
 		return nil
-	case dualwrite.IsReadingLegacyDashboardsAndFolders(ctx, rc.dualwrite):
+	case rc.dualwrite != nil && dualwrite.IsReadingLegacyDashboardsAndFolders(ctx, rc.dualwrite):
 		logger.Info("skip sync as we are reading from legacy storage")
 		return nil
 	case healthStatus.Healthy != obj.Status.Health.Healthy:
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go
index abc814697cf..0e2926ec138 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go
@@ -758,7 +758,6 @@ func (b *APIBuilder) GetPostStartHooks() (map[string]genericapiserver.PostStartH
 				repoInformer,
 				b.repoFactory,
 				b.resourceLister,
-				b.parsers,
 				b.clients,
 				&repository.Tester{},
 				b.jobs,