diff --git a/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/ProtectedServiceInstaller.java b/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/ProtectedServiceInstaller.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 90805ccd2ff..00000000000
--- a/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/ProtectedServiceInstaller.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
- */
-package org.elasticsearch.index;
-
-import org.elasticsearch.shield.ShieldPlugin;
-import org.elasticsearch.shield.authz.accesscontrol.OptOutQueryCache;
-import org.elasticsearch.shield.authz.accesscontrol.ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper;
-
-/**
- * This class installs package protected extension points on the {@link IndexModule}
- */
-public class ProtectedServiceInstaller {
-
-    public static void install(IndexModule module, boolean clientMode) {
-        module.indexSearcherWrapper = ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper.class;
-        if (clientMode == false) {
-            module.registerQueryCache(ShieldPlugin.OPT_OUT_QUERY_CACHE, OptOutQueryCache::new);
-        }
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldPlugin.java b/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldPlugin.java
index 49eebf04d06..9f8c06fc3e5 100644
--- a/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldPlugin.java
+++ b/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/ShieldPlugin.java
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ import org.elasticsearch.shield.authc.Realms;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.authc.support.SecuredString;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.authc.support.UsernamePasswordToken;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.authz.AuthorizationModule;
-import org.elasticsearch.index.ProtectedServiceInstaller;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.authz.accesscontrol.OptOutQueryCache;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.authz.accesscontrol.ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.authz.store.FileRolesStore;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.crypto.CryptoModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.crypto.InternalCryptoService;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.license.LicenseModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.shield.license.ShieldLicenseState;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.license.ShieldLicensee;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.rest.ShieldRestModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.rest.action.RestShieldInfoAction;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public class ShieldPlugin extends Plugin {
     private final Settings settings;
     private final boolean enabled;
     private final boolean clientMode;
+    private final ShieldLicenseState shieldLicenseState = new ShieldLicenseState();
 
     public ShieldPlugin(Settings settings) {
         this.settings = settings;
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ public class ShieldPlugin extends Plugin {
         } else {
             return Arrays.<Module>asList(
                     new ShieldModule(settings),
-                    new LicenseModule(settings),
+                    new LicenseModule(settings, shieldLicenseState),
                     new CryptoModule(settings),
                     new AuthenticationModule(settings),
                     new AuthorizationModule(settings),
@@ -153,7 +155,10 @@ public class ShieldPlugin extends Plugin {
         if (enabled == false) {
             return;
         }
-        ProtectedServiceInstaller.install(module, clientMode);
+        module.setSearcherWrapper((indexService) -> new ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper(indexService.getIndexSettings(), indexService.queryParserService(), indexService.mapperService(), indexService.bitsetFilterCache(), shieldLicenseState));
+        if (clientMode == false) {
+            module.registerQueryCache(ShieldPlugin.OPT_OUT_QUERY_CACHE, OptOutQueryCache::new);
+        }
     }
 
     public void onModule(ActionModule module) {
diff --git a/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authz/accesscontrol/ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper.java b/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authz/accesscontrol/ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper.java
index fbafb404553..2139f457976 100644
--- a/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authz/accesscontrol/ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper.java
+++ b/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/authz/accesscontrol/ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper.java
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ import org.apache.lucene.util.*;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BitSet;
 import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLogger;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.Loggers;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.support.LoggerMessageFormat;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.cache.bitset.BitsetFilterCache;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.engine.EngineConfig;
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ public final class ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper extends IndexSearcherWrapper {
     private final ShieldLicenseState shieldLicenseState;
     private final ESLogger logger;
 
-    @Inject
     public ShieldIndexSearcherWrapper(IndexSettings indexSettings, IndexQueryParserService parserService,
                                       MapperService mapperService, BitsetFilterCache bitsetFilterCache, ShieldLicenseState shieldLicenseState) {
         this.logger = Loggers.getLogger(getClass(), indexSettings.getSettings());
diff --git a/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/license/LicenseModule.java b/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/license/LicenseModule.java
index 9c7d015adb8..5469072a02c 100644
--- a/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/license/LicenseModule.java
+++ b/shield/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/license/LicenseModule.java
@@ -13,15 +13,18 @@ import org.elasticsearch.shield.support.AbstractShieldModule;
  */
 public class LicenseModule extends AbstractShieldModule.Node {
 
-    public LicenseModule(Settings settings) {
+    private final ShieldLicenseState shieldLicenseState;
+
+    public LicenseModule(Settings settings, ShieldLicenseState shieldLicenseState) {
         super(settings);
         verifyLicensePlugin();
+        this.shieldLicenseState = shieldLicenseState;
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void configureNode() {
         bind(ShieldLicensee.class).asEagerSingleton();
-        bind(ShieldLicenseState.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        bind(ShieldLicenseState.class).toInstance(shieldLicenseState);
     }
 
     private void verifyLicensePlugin() {