diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
index d1a2fd2e36..14a110450f 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class MainViewController: UIViewController {
 
     private lazy var featureFlagger = AppDependencyProvider.shared.featureFlagger
     private lazy var faviconLoader: FavoritesFaviconLoading = FavoritesFaviconLoader()
+    private lazy var faviconsFetcherOnboarding = FaviconsFetcherOnboarding(syncService: syncService, syncBookmarksAdapter: syncDataProviders.bookmarksAdapter)
 
     lazy var menuBookmarksViewModel: MenuBookmarksInteracting = {
         let viewModel = MenuBookmarksViewModel(bookmarksDatabase: bookmarksDatabase, syncService: syncService)
@@ -795,8 +796,6 @@ class MainViewController: UIViewController {
         let controller = NewTabPageViewController(tab: tabModel,
                                                   isNewTabPageCustomizationEnabled: homeTabManager.isNewTabPageSectionsEnabled,
                                                   interactionModel: favoritesViewModel,
-                                                  syncService: syncService,
-                                                  syncBookmarksAdapter: syncDataProviders.bookmarksAdapter,
                                                   homePageMessagesConfiguration: homePageConfiguration,
                                                   privacyProDataReporting: privacyProDataReporter,
                                                   variantManager: variantManager,
@@ -2172,6 +2171,10 @@ extension MainViewController: NewTabPageControllerDelegate {
     func newTabPageDidDeleteFavorite(_ controller: NewTabPageViewController, favorite: BookmarkEntity) {
         // no-op for now
     }
+
+    func newTabPageDidRequestFaviconsFetcherOnboarding(_ controller: NewTabPageViewController) {
+        faviconsFetcherOnboarding.presentOnboardingIfNeeded(from: self)
+    }
 }
 
 extension MainViewController: NewTabPageControllerShortcutsDelegate {
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageControllerDelegate.swift b/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageControllerDelegate.swift
index 08ecc46c65..d36758dc58 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageControllerDelegate.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageControllerDelegate.swift
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ protocol NewTabPageControllerDelegate: AnyObject {
     func newTabPageDidOpenFavoriteURL(_ controller: NewTabPageViewController, url: URL)
     func newTabPageDidDeleteFavorite(_ controller: NewTabPageViewController, favorite: BookmarkEntity)
     func newTabPageDidEditFavorite(_ controller: NewTabPageViewController, favorite: BookmarkEntity)
+    func newTabPageDidRequestFaviconsFetcherOnboarding(_ controller: NewTabPageViewController)
 }
 
 protocol NewTabPageControllerShortcutsDelegate: AnyObject {
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageViewController.swift
index 4bac3ed5b9..b59719e372 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageViewController.swift
@@ -25,14 +25,10 @@ import Core
 
 final class NewTabPageViewController: UIHostingController<AnyView>, NewTabPage {
 
-    private let syncService: DDGSyncing
-    private let syncBookmarksAdapter: SyncBookmarksAdapter
     private let variantManager: VariantManager
     private let newTabDialogFactory: any NewTabDaxDialogProvider
     private let newTabDialogTypeProvider: NewTabDialogSpecProvider
 
-    private(set) lazy var faviconsFetcherOnboarding = FaviconsFetcherOnboarding(syncService: syncService, syncBookmarksAdapter: syncBookmarksAdapter)
-
     private let newTabPageViewModel: NewTabPageViewModel
     private let messagesModel: NewTabPageMessagesModel
     private let favoritesModel: FavoritesViewModel
@@ -53,8 +49,6 @@ final class NewTabPageViewController: UIHostingController<AnyView>, NewTabPage {
     init(tab: Tab,
          isNewTabPageCustomizationEnabled: Bool,
          interactionModel: FavoritesListInteracting,
-         syncService: DDGSyncing,
-         syncBookmarksAdapter: SyncBookmarksAdapter,
          homePageMessagesConfiguration: HomePageMessagesConfiguration,
          privacyProDataReporting: PrivacyProDataReporting? = nil,
          variantManager: VariantManager,
@@ -63,8 +57,6 @@ final class NewTabPageViewController: UIHostingController<AnyView>, NewTabPage {
          faviconLoader: FavoritesFaviconLoading) {
 
         self.associatedTab = tab
-        self.syncService = syncService
-        self.syncBookmarksAdapter = syncBookmarksAdapter
         self.variantManager = variantManager
         self.newTabDialogFactory = newTabDialogFactory
         self.newTabDialogTypeProvider = newTabDialogTypeProvider
@@ -145,7 +137,8 @@ final class NewTabPageViewController: UIHostingController<AnyView>, NewTabPage {
     private func assignFavoriteModelActions() {
         favoritesModel.onFaviconMissing = { [weak self] in
             guard let self else { return }
-            self.faviconsFetcherOnboarding.presentOnboardingIfNeeded(from: self)
+
+            delegate?.newTabPageDidRequestFaviconsFetcherOnboarding(self)
         }
 
         favoritesModel.onFavoriteURLSelected = { [weak self] url in
diff --git a/DuckDuckGoTests/NewTabPageControllerDaxDialogTests.swift b/DuckDuckGoTests/NewTabPageControllerDaxDialogTests.swift
index 440a2934df..1c6322925e 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGoTests/NewTabPageControllerDaxDialogTests.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGoTests/NewTabPageControllerDaxDialogTests.swift
@@ -38,14 +38,7 @@ final class NewTabPageControllerDaxDialogTests: XCTestCase {
         variantManager = CapturingVariantManager()
         dialogFactory = CapturingNewTabDaxDialogProvider()
         specProvider = MockNewTabDialogSpecProvider()
-        let dataProviders = SyncDataProviders(
-            bookmarksDatabase: db,
-            secureVaultFactory: AutofillSecureVaultFactory,
-            secureVaultErrorReporter: SecureVaultReporter(),
-            settingHandlers: [],
-            favoritesDisplayModeStorage: MockFavoritesDisplayModeStoring(),
-            syncErrorHandler: SyncErrorHandler()
-        )
+
         let remoteMessagingClient = RemoteMessagingClient(
             bookmarksDatabase: db,
             appSettings: AppSettingsMock(),
@@ -60,8 +53,6 @@ final class NewTabPageControllerDaxDialogTests: XCTestCase {
             tab: Tab(),
             isNewTabPageCustomizationEnabled: false,
             interactionModel: MockFavoritesListInteracting(),
-            syncService: MockDDGSyncing(authState: .active, isSyncInProgress: false),
-            syncBookmarksAdapter: dataProviders.bookmarksAdapter,
             homePageMessagesConfiguration: homePageConfiguration,
             variantManager: variantManager,
             newTabDialogFactory: dialogFactory,