diff --git a/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts b/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
index 09662e5ca55..5745d218927 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
@@ -1053,14 +1053,6 @@ export default class MainBackground {
 
     const systemUtilsServiceReloadCallback = async () => {
       await this.taskSchedulerService.clearAllScheduledTasks();
-      if (this.platformUtilsService.isSafari()) {
-        // If we do `chrome.runtime.reload` on safari they will send an onInstalled reason of install
-        // and that prompts us to show a new tab, this apparently doesn't happen on sideloaded
-        // extensions and only shows itself production scenarios. See: https://bitwarden.atlassian.net/browse/PM-12298
-        self.location.reload();
-        return;
-      }
-
       BrowserApi.reloadExtension();
     };
 
diff --git a/apps/browser/src/platform/browser/browser-api.ts b/apps/browser/src/platform/browser/browser-api.ts
index ead72d46f45..05ea3c84e9e 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/platform/browser/browser-api.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/platform/browser/browser-api.ts
@@ -439,6 +439,12 @@ export class BrowserApi {
    * Handles reloading the extension using the underlying functionality exposed by the browser API.
    */
   static reloadExtension() {
+    // If we do `chrome.runtime.reload` on safari they will send an onInstalled reason of install
+    // and that prompts us to show a new tab, this apparently doesn't happen on sideloaded
+    // extensions and only shows itself production scenarios. See: https://bitwarden.atlassian.net/browse/PM-12298
+    if (this.isSafariApi) {
+      self.location.reload();
+    }
     return chrome.runtime.reload();
   }