diff --git a/client/src/components/ExtensionContext.ts b/client/src/components/ExtensionContext.ts
index 1fd52e836..2e209008f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ExtensionContext.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/ExtensionContext.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright © 2023, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA.  All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-import { ExtensionContext } from "vscode";
+import { ExtensionContext, Uri } from "vscode";
 
 let context: ExtensionContext;
 
@@ -26,3 +26,15 @@ export async function getContextValue(
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
   return context.workspaceState.get(key);
 }
+
+export async function setSecret(key: string, value: string): Promise<void> {
+  await context.secrets.store(key, value);
+}
+
+export async function getSecret(key: string): Promise<string> {
+  return await context.secrets.get(key);
+}
+
+export function getGlobalStorageUri(): Uri {
+  return context.globalStorageUri;
+}
diff --git a/client/src/connection/index.ts b/client/src/connection/index.ts
index 3586e1be5..c7dcc4372 100644
--- a/client/src/connection/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/connection/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   ViyaProfile,
   toAutoExecLines,
 } from "../components/profile";
-import { extensionContext } from "../node/extension";
 import { ITCProtocol, getSession as getITCSession } from "./itc";
 import { Config as RestConfig, getSession as getRestSession } from "./rest";
 import {
@@ -55,17 +54,9 @@ export function getSession(): Session {
     case ConnectionType.SSH:
       return getSSHSession(validProfile.profile);
     case ConnectionType.COM:
-      return getITCSession(
-        validProfile.profile,
-        ITCProtocol.COM,
-        extensionContext,
-      );
+      return getITCSession(validProfile.profile, ITCProtocol.COM);
     case ConnectionType.IOM:
-      return getITCSession(
-        validProfile.profile,
-        ITCProtocol.IOMBridge,
-        extensionContext,
-      );
+      return getITCSession(validProfile.profile, ITCProtocol.IOMBridge);
     default:
       throw new Error(
         l10n.t("Invalid connectionType. Check Profile settings."),
diff --git a/client/src/connection/itc/index.ts b/client/src/connection/itc/index.ts
index 7eb2ca87a..12029a6a9 100644
--- a/client/src/connection/itc/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/connection/itc/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 // Copyright © 2023, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA.  All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-import { ExtensionContext, Uri, l10n, window, workspace } from "vscode";
+import { Uri, l10n, window, workspace } from "vscode";
 
 import { ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams, spawn } from "child_process";
 import { resolve } from "path";
 
 import { BaseConfig, RunResult } from "..";
+import {
+  getGlobalStorageUri,
+  getSecret,
+  setSecret,
+} from "../../components/ExtensionContext";
 import { Session } from "../session";
 import { scriptContent } from "./script";
 
@@ -37,12 +42,10 @@ export class ITCSession extends Session {
   private _runReject: ((reason?) => void) | undefined;
   private _workDirectory: string;
   private _password: string;
-  private _context: ExtensionContext;
 
-  constructor(extensionContext: ExtensionContext) {
+  constructor() {
     super();
     this._password = "";
-    this._context = extensionContext;
   }
 
   public set config(value: Config) {
@@ -123,12 +126,11 @@ export class ITCSession extends Session {
     return setupPromise;
   };
 
-  private storePassword = async () => {
-    await this._context.secrets.store(PASSWORD_KEY, this._password);
-  };
+  private storePassword = async () =>
+    await setSecret(PASSWORD_KEY, this._password);
 
   private clearPassword = async () => {
-    await this._context.secrets.delete(PASSWORD_KEY);
+    await setSecret(PASSWORD_KEY, "");
     this._password = "";
   };
 
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ export class ITCSession extends Session {
       return "";
     }
 
-    const storedPassword = await this._context.secrets.get(PASSWORD_KEY);
+    const storedPassword = await getSecret(PASSWORD_KEY);
     if (storedPassword) {
       return storedPassword;
     }
@@ -308,14 +310,15 @@ do {
    * Fetches the ODS output results for the latest html results file.
    */
   private fetchResults = async () => {
+    const globalStorageUri = getGlobalStorageUri();
     try {
-      await workspace.fs.readDirectory(this._context.globalStorageUri);
+      await workspace.fs.readDirectory(globalStorageUri);
     } catch (e) {
-      await workspace.fs.createDirectory(this._context.globalStorageUri);
+      await workspace.fs.createDirectory(globalStorageUri);
     }
 
     const outputFileUri = Uri.joinPath(
-      this._context.globalStorageUri,
+      globalStorageUri,
       `${this._html5FileName}.htm`,
     );
     this._shellProcess.stdin.write(
@@ -368,7 +371,6 @@ $runner.FetchResultsFile($filePath, $outputFile)\n`,
 export const getSession = (
   c: Partial<Config>,
   protocol: ITCProtocol,
-  extensionContext: ExtensionContext,
 ): Session => {
   const defaults = {
     host: "localhost",
@@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ export const getSession = (
   };
 
   if (!sessionInstance) {
-    sessionInstance = new ITCSession(extensionContext);
+    sessionInstance = new ITCSession();
   }
   sessionInstance.config = { ...defaults, ...c };
   return sessionInstance;
diff --git a/client/test/connection/itc/index.test.ts b/client/test/connection/itc/index.test.ts
index d4933dc74..7161340be 100644
--- a/client/test/connection/itc/index.test.ts
+++ b/client/test/connection/itc/index.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { join } from "path";
 import { SinonSandbox, SinonStub, createSandbox } from "sinon";
 import { stubInterface } from "ts-sinon";
 
+import { setContext } from "../../../src/components/ExtensionContext";
 import { ITCProtocol, getSession } from "../../../src/connection/itc";
 import { scriptContent } from "../../../src/connection/itc/script";
 import { Session } from "../../../src/connection/session";
@@ -62,7 +63,9 @@ describe("ITC connection", () => {
       secrets: secretStore,
     };
 
-    session = getSession(config, ITCProtocol.COM, stubbedExtensionContext);
+    setContext(stubbedExtensionContext);
+
+    session = getSession(config, ITCProtocol.COM);
     session.onLogFn = () => {
       return;
     };