diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index af7116eae4..db1ae0885a 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 		"visualeditoredit": {
 			"class": "MediaWiki\\Extension\\VisualEditor\\ApiVisualEditorEdit",
 			"services": [
-				"VisualEditorHookRunner",
+				"HookContainer",
 				"StatsdDataFactory",
 				"PageEditStash",
 				"SkinFactory",
diff --git a/includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.php b/includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.php
index 376484f4a2..0a092e8d76 100644
--- a/includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.php
+++ b/includes/ApiVisualEditorEdit.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use ExtensionRegistry;
 use FlaggablePageView;
 use IBufferingStatsdDataFactory;
 use IDBAccessObject;
+use MediaWiki\HookContainer\HookContainer;
 use MediaWiki\Logger\LoggerFactory;
 use MediaWiki\Page\WikiPageFactory;
 use MediaWiki\Request\DerivativeRequest;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ class ApiVisualEditorEdit extends ApiBase {
 	public function __construct(
 		ApiMain $main,
 		string $name,
-		VisualEditorHookRunner $hookRunner,
+		HookContainer $hookContainer,
 		IBufferingStatsdDataFactory $statsdDataFactory,
 		PageEditStash $pageEditStash,
 		SkinFactory $skinFactory,
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class ApiVisualEditorEdit extends ApiBase {
 		parent::__construct( $main, $name );
 		$this->setLogger( LoggerFactory::getInstance( 'VisualEditor' ) );
 		$this->setStats( $statsdDataFactory );
-		$this->hookRunner = $hookRunner;
+		$this->hookRunner = new VisualEditorHookRunner( $hookContainer );
 		$this->pageEditStash = $pageEditStash;
 		$this->skinFactory = $skinFactory;
 		$this->wikiPageFactory = $wikiPageFactory;
diff --git a/includes/ServiceWiring.php b/includes/ServiceWiring.php
index 63e7f55f44..5f8b21c6e8 100644
--- a/includes/ServiceWiring.php
+++ b/includes/ServiceWiring.php
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ namespace MediaWiki\Extension\VisualEditor;
 use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
 
 return [
-	VisualEditorHookRunner::SERVICE_NAME => static function ( MediaWikiServices $services ): VisualEditorHookRunner {
-		return new VisualEditorHookRunner( $services->getHookContainer() );
-	},
-
 	VisualEditorParsoidClientFactory::SERVICE_NAME => static function (
 		MediaWikiServices $services
 	): VisualEditorParsoidClientFactory {
diff --git a/includes/VisualEditorHookRunner.php b/includes/VisualEditorHookRunner.php
index 462edd7b07..d19a674086 100644
--- a/includes/VisualEditorHookRunner.php
+++ b/includes/VisualEditorHookRunner.php
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ class VisualEditorHookRunner implements
 	VisualEditorBeforeEditorHook
 {
 
-	public const SERVICE_NAME = 'VisualEditorHookRunner';
-
 	/** @var HookContainer */
 	private $hookContainer;