diff --git a/apps/browser/src/autofill/background/notification.background.spec.ts b/apps/browser/src/autofill/background/notification.background.spec.ts
index 2c9232d8b5..f3ebe5b1cc 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/autofill/background/notification.background.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/autofill/background/notification.background.spec.ts
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ describe("NotificationBackground", () => {
   });
 
   describe("notification bar extension message handlers", () => {
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      await notificationBackground.init();
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      notificationBackground.init();
     });
 
     it("ignores messages whose command does not match the expected handlers", () => {
diff --git a/apps/browser/src/autofill/background/notification.background.ts b/apps/browser/src/autofill/background/notification.background.ts
index 25f45bd065..9aac9b099a 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/autofill/background/notification.background.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/autofill/background/notification.background.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export default class NotificationBackground {
     private accountService: AccountService,
   ) {}
 
-  async init() {
+  init() {
     if (chrome.runtime == null) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/apps/browser/src/background/commands.background.ts b/apps/browser/src/background/commands.background.ts
index b88f6127bc..b87f5d0fcf 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/background/commands.background.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/background/commands.background.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default class CommandsBackground {
     this.isVivaldi = this.platformUtilsService.isVivaldi();
   }
 
-  async init() {
+  init() {
     BrowserApi.messageListener("commands.background", (msg: any) => {
       if (msg.command === "unlockCompleted" && msg.data.target === "commands.background") {
         this.processCommand(
diff --git a/apps/browser/src/background/idle.background.ts b/apps/browser/src/background/idle.background.ts
index c0cd3a86aa..a5d50e8508 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/background/idle.background.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/background/idle.background.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default class IdleBackground {
     this.idle = chrome.idle || (browser != null ? browser.idle : null);
   }
 
-  async init() {
+  init() {
     if (!this.idle) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts b/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
index 3944f2d8af..432d6566dd 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
@@ -1238,11 +1238,11 @@ export default class MainBackground {
     await this.vaultTimeoutService.init(true);
     this.fido2Background.init();
     await this.runtimeBackground.init();
-    await this.notificationBackground.init();
+    this.notificationBackground.init();
     this.filelessImporterBackground.init();
-    await this.commandsBackground.init();
+    this.commandsBackground.init();
     this.contextMenusBackground?.init();
-    await this.idleBackground.init();
+    this.idleBackground.init();
     this.webRequestBackground?.startListening();
     this.syncServiceListener?.listener$().subscribe();
     await this.autoSubmitLoginBackground.init();