diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/app.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/app.js
index 6d15e44d2cc..fa7b901c0ea 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/app.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/app.js
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import setupDeprecationWorkflow from "ember-cli-deprecation-workflow";
-import DEPRECATION_WORKFLOW from "./deprecation-workflow";
-setupDeprecationWorkflow({ workflow: DEPRECATION_WORKFLOW });
-
+import "./setup-deprecation-workflow";
 import "decorator-transforms/globals";
 import "./loader-shims";
 import "./discourse-common-loader-shims";
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/setup-deprecation-workflow.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/setup-deprecation-workflow.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01b5af2960e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/setup-deprecation-workflow.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import setupDeprecationWorkflow from "ember-cli-deprecation-workflow";
+import DEPRECATION_WORKFLOW from "./deprecation-workflow";
+
+setupDeprecationWorkflow({ workflow: DEPRECATION_WORKFLOW });