diff --git a/plugins/home/api-report.md b/plugins/home/api-report.md
index a71916d8b3..38ae82aa7c 100644
--- a/plugins/home/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/home/api-report.md
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ export class CoreStorageVisitsApi extends VisitsApiFactory {
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type CoreStorageVisitsApiOptions = {
   storageApi: StorageApi;
-  randomUUID?: Window['crypto']['randomUUID'];
   limit?: number;
   identityApi: IdentityApi;
 };
@@ -185,8 +184,6 @@ export class LocalStorageVisitsApi extends VisitsApiFactory {
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type LocalStorageVisitsApiOptions = {
-  localStorage?: Window['localStorage'];
-  randomUUID?: Window['crypto']['randomUUID'];
   limit?: number;
   identityApi: IdentityApi;
 };
@@ -269,7 +266,6 @@ export interface VisitsApi {
 // @public
 export class VisitsApiFactory implements VisitsApi {
   protected constructor({
-    randomUUID,
     limit,
     retrieveAll,
     persistAll,
@@ -281,7 +277,7 @@ export class VisitsApiFactory implements VisitsApi {
   // (undocumented)
   protected persistAll: (visits: Array<Visit>) => Promise<void>;
   // (undocumented)
-  protected readonly randomUUID: Window['crypto']['randomUUID'];
+  protected readonly randomUUID: () => `${string}-${string}-${string}-${string}-${string}`;
   // (undocumented)
   protected retrieveAll: () => Promise<Array<Visit>>;
   // (undocumented)
@@ -290,7 +286,6 @@ export class VisitsApiFactory implements VisitsApi {
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type VisitsApiFactoryOptions = {
-  randomUUID: Window['crypto']['randomUUID'];
   limit: number;
   retrieveAll?: () => Promise<Array<Visit>>;
   persistAll?: (visits: Array<Visit>) => Promise<void>;
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/api/CoreStorageVisitsApi.ts b/plugins/home/src/api/CoreStorageVisitsApi.ts
index c4b70eff88..e392c2f30c 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/api/CoreStorageVisitsApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/home/src/api/CoreStorageVisitsApi.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { VisitsApiFactory } from './VisitsApiFactory';
 /** @public */
 export type CoreStorageVisitsApiOptions = {
   storageApi: StorageApi;
-  randomUUID?: Window['crypto']['randomUUID'];
   limit?: number;
   identityApi: IdentityApi;
 };
@@ -41,10 +40,9 @@ export class CoreStorageVisitsApi extends VisitsApiFactory {
   private constructor({
     storageApi,
     identityApi,
-    randomUUID = window?.crypto?.randomUUID,
     limit = 100,
   }: CoreStorageVisitsApiOptions) {
-    super({ randomUUID, limit });
+    super({ limit });
     this.storageApi = storageApi;
     this.identityApi = identityApi;
     this.retrieveAll = async (): Promise<Array<Visit>> => {
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/api/LocalStorageVisitsApi.ts b/plugins/home/src/api/LocalStorageVisitsApi.ts
index 31cd30dc21..42f8495a5e 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/api/LocalStorageVisitsApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/home/src/api/LocalStorageVisitsApi.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import { VisitsApiFactory } from './VisitsApiFactory';
 
 /** @public */
 export type LocalStorageVisitsApiOptions = {
-  localStorage?: Window['localStorage'];
-  randomUUID?: Window['crypto']['randomUUID'];
   limit?: number;
   identityApi: IdentityApi;
 };
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ export type LocalStorageVisitsApiOptions = {
  * This is a reference implementation of VisitsApi using window.localStorage.
  */
 export class LocalStorageVisitsApi extends VisitsApiFactory {
-  private readonly localStorage: Window['localStorage'];
+  private readonly localStorage = window.localStorage;
   private readonly storageKeyPrefix = '@backstage/plugin-home:visits';
   private readonly identityApi: IdentityApi;
 
@@ -39,13 +37,10 @@ export class LocalStorageVisitsApi extends VisitsApiFactory {
   }
 
   private constructor({
-    localStorage = window?.localStorage,
-    randomUUID = window?.crypto?.randomUUID,
     limit = 100,
     identityApi,
   }: LocalStorageVisitsApiOptions) {
-    super({ randomUUID, limit });
-    this.localStorage = localStorage;
+    super({ limit });
     this.identityApi = identityApi;
     this.retrieveAll = async (): Promise<Array<Visit>> => {
       let visits: Array<Visit>;
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApiFactory.test.ts b/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApiFactory.test.ts
index 8c19a8e6a5..4e00b1432f 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApiFactory.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApiFactory.test.ts
@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@ class MemoryVisitsApi extends VisitsApiFactory {
   private visits: Array<Visit> = [];
 
   constructor({
-    randomUUID = window?.crypto?.randomUUID,
     limit = 100,
   }: {
-    randomUUID?: Window['crypto']['randomUUID'];
     limit?: number;
   } = {}) {
-    super({ randomUUID, limit });
+    super({ limit });
     this.retrieveAll = async (): Promise<Array<Visit>> => {
       let visits: Array<Visit>;
       try {
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApiFactory.ts b/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApiFactory.ts
index d54ed0c984..48952c0a1c 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApiFactory.ts
+++ b/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApiFactory.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ type ArrayElement<A> = A extends readonly (infer T)[] ? T : never;
 
 /** @public */
 export type VisitsApiFactoryOptions = {
-  randomUUID: Window['crypto']['randomUUID'];
   limit: number;
   retrieveAll?: () => Promise<Array<Visit>>;
   persistAll?: (visits: Array<Visit>) => Promise<void>;
@@ -38,18 +37,16 @@ export type VisitsApiFactoryOptions = {
  * See LocalStorageVisitsApi for an usage example.
  */
 export class VisitsApiFactory implements VisitsApi {
-  protected readonly randomUUID: Window['crypto']['randomUUID'];
+  protected readonly randomUUID = window.crypto.randomUUID;
   protected readonly limit: number;
   protected retrieveAll: () => Promise<Array<Visit>>;
   protected persistAll: (visits: Array<Visit>) => Promise<void>;
 
   protected constructor({
-    randomUUID = window?.crypto?.randomUUID,
     limit = 100,
     retrieveAll,
     persistAll,
   }: VisitsApiFactoryOptions) {
-    this.randomUUID = randomUUID;
     this.limit = Math.abs(limit);
     this.retrieveAll = retrieveAll ?? (async () => []);
     this.persistAll = persistAll ?? (async () => {});
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ export class VisitsApiFactory implements VisitsApi {
 
     const visit: Visit = {
       ...saveParams.visit,
-      id: this.randomUUID(),
+      id: window.crypto.randomUUID(),
       hits: 1,
       timestamp: Date.now(),
     };