diff --git a/src/Core/Addon/Capability/ICanLoadAddons.php b/src/Core/Addon/Capability/ICanLoadAddons.php
index 993c431497..63978462d3 100644
--- a/src/Core/Addon/Capability/ICanLoadAddons.php
+++ b/src/Core/Addon/Capability/ICanLoadAddons.php
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ namespace Friendica\Core\Addon\Capability;
 
 /**
  * Interface for loading Addons specific content
+ *
+ * @deprecated 2025.02 Use implementation of `\Friendica\Core\Addon\AddonHelper` instead.
  */
 interface ICanLoadAddons
 {
 	/**
 	 * Returns a merged config array of all active addons for a given config-name
 	 *
+	 * @deprecated 2025.02 Use `\Friendica\Core\Addon\AddonHelper::getAddonDependencyConfig()` instead.
+	 *
 	 * @param string $configName The config-name (config-file at the static directory, like 'hooks' => '{addon}/static/hooks.config.php)
 	 *
 	 * @return array the merged array
diff --git a/src/Core/Addon/Model/AddonLoader.php b/src/Core/Addon/Model/AddonLoader.php
index a608a66e3d..4e0da1c80b 100644
--- a/src/Core/Addon/Model/AddonLoader.php
+++ b/src/Core/Addon/Model/AddonLoader.php
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ use Friendica\Core\Logger\Factory\LoggerFactory;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated 2025.02 Use implementation of `\Friendica\Core\Addon\AddonHelper` instead.
+ */
 class AddonLoader implements ICanLoadAddons
 {
 	const STATIC_PATH = 'static';
@@ -28,7 +31,9 @@ class AddonLoader implements ICanLoadAddons
 		$this->config   = $config;
 	}
 
-	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated 2025.02 Use `\Friendica\Core\Addon\AddonHelper::getAddonDependencyConfig()` instead.
+	 */
 	public function getActiveAddonConfig(string $configName): array
 	{
 		$addons       = array_keys(array_filter($this->config->get('addons') ?? []));
diff --git a/static/dependencies.config.php b/static/dependencies.config.php
index 04e2dd2aee..1ce02a2411 100644
--- a/static/dependencies.config.php
+++ b/static/dependencies.config.php
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ return (function(string $basepath, array $getVars, array $serverVars, array $coo
 			'instanceOf' => \Friendica\Core\Addon\Model\AddonLoader::class,
 			'constructParams' => [
 				$basepath,
-				[Dice::INSTANCE => Dice::SELF],
 			],
 		],
 		\Friendica\Core\Addon\AddonHelper::class => [