diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/notifications.rs b/crates/workspace/src/notifications.rs
index dacca6067ef03a9cc9f9b5a6db333e869ef322ed..ad491910d06fc0e4fc5cf2cddd46ca2739b16c2e 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/notifications.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/notifications.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::{Toast, Workspace};
 use gpui::{
     svg, AnyView, App, AppContext as _, AsyncWindowContext, ClipboardItem, Context, DismissEvent,
-    Entity, EventEmitter, Global, PromptLevel, Render, ScrollHandle, Task,
+    Entity, EventEmitter, PromptLevel, Render, ScrollHandle, Task,
 };
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::sync::{Arc, LazyLock};
@@ -156,10 +156,11 @@ impl Workspace {
 
     pub fn show_initial_notifications(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
         // Allow absence of the global so that tests don't need to initialize it.
-        let app_notifications = cx
-            .try_global::<AppNotifications>()
+        let app_notifications = GLOBAL_APP_NOTIFICATIONS
+            .lock()
+            .app_notifications
             .iter()
-            .flat_map(|global| global.app_notifications.iter().cloned())
+            .cloned()
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         for (id, build_notification) in app_notifications {
             self.show_notification_without_handling_dismiss_events(&id, cx, |cx| {
@@ -614,8 +615,6 @@ struct AppNotifications {
     )>,
 }
 
-impl Global for AppNotifications {}
-
 impl AppNotifications {
     pub fn insert(
         &mut self,