diff --git a/js/extensionPrefs/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.xml b/js/extensionPrefs/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.xml
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..defde797b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/extensionPrefs/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/extensionPrefs/data/org.gnome.Extensions.data.gresource.xml b/js/extensionPrefs/data/org.gnome.Extensions.data.gresource.xml
index f6fc66b72..659c03ffc 100644
--- a/js/extensionPrefs/data/org.gnome.Extensions.data.gresource.xml
+++ b/js/extensionPrefs/data/org.gnome.Extensions.data.gresource.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   <gresource prefix="/org/gnome/Extensions">
     <file>css/application.css</file>
 
+    <file>dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.xml</file>
+
     <file>ui/extension-row.ui</file>
     <file>ui/extensions-window.ui</file>
   </gresource>
diff --git a/js/extensionPrefs/js/main.js b/js/extensionPrefs/js/main.js
index 936598c05..e4e2328c6 100644
--- a/js/extensionPrefs/js/main.js
+++ b/js/extensionPrefs/js/main.js
@@ -10,13 +10,26 @@ const { Gdk, GLib, Gio, GObject, Gtk } = imports.gi;
 const _ = Gettext.gettext;
 
 const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;
-const { loadInterfaceXML } = imports.misc.fileUtils;
 
 const { ExtensionState, ExtensionType } = ExtensionUtils;
 
 const GnomeShellIface = loadInterfaceXML('org.gnome.Shell.Extensions');
 const GnomeShellProxy = Gio.DBusProxy.makeProxyWrapper(GnomeShellIface);
 
+function loadInterfaceXML(iface) {
+    const uri = 'resource:///org/gnome/Extensions/dbus-interfaces/%s.xml'.format(iface);
+    const f = Gio.File.new_for_uri(uri);
+
+    try {
+        let [ok_, bytes] = f.load_contents(null);
+        return imports.byteArray.toString(bytes);
+    } catch (e) {
+        log('Failed to load D-Bus interface %s'.format(iface));
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
 function stripPrefix(string, prefix) {
     if (string.slice(0, prefix.length) == prefix)
         return string.slice(prefix.length);
diff --git a/js/extensionPrefs/js/org.gnome.Extensions.src.gresource.xml b/js/extensionPrefs/js/org.gnome.Extensions.src.gresource.xml
index 9b0fa09ac..8cda0f91a 100644
--- a/js/extensionPrefs/js/org.gnome.Extensions.src.gresource.xml
+++ b/js/extensionPrefs/js/org.gnome.Extensions.src.gresource.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@
 
     <file>misc/config.js</file>
     <file>misc/extensionUtils.js</file>
-    <file>misc/fileUtils.js</file>
   </gresource>
 </gresources>