diff --git a/src/components/PluginSettings/index.tsx b/src/components/PluginSettings/index.tsx
index 33a472c1a..e6b2cf1fb 100644
--- a/src/components/PluginSettings/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PluginSettings/index.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import PluginModal from "@components/PluginSettings/PluginModal";
 import { AddonCard } from "@components/VencordSettings/AddonCard";
 import { SettingsTab } from "@components/VencordSettings/shared";
 import { ChangeList } from "@utils/ChangeList";
+import { proxyLazy } from "@utils/lazy";
 import { Logger } from "@utils/Logger";
 import { Margins } from "@utils/margins";
 import { classes, isObjectEmpty } from "@utils/misc";
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ import { Alerts, Button, Card, Forms, lodash, Parser, React, Select, Text, TextI
 
 import Plugins from "~plugins";
 
-import { startDependenciesRecursive, startPlugin, stopPlugin } from "../../plugins";
-
+// Avoid circular dependency
+const { startDependenciesRecursive, startPlugin, stopPlugin } = proxyLazy(() => require("../../plugins"));
 
 const cl = classNameFactory("vc-plugins-");
 const logger = new Logger("PluginSettings", "#a6d189");
diff --git a/src/plugins/_api/badges/index.tsx b/src/plugins/_api/badges/index.tsx
index 5493d4b6a..bbccf0a11 100644
--- a/src/plugins/_api/badges/index.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/_api/badges/index.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import DonateButton from "@components/DonateButton";
 import ErrorBoundary from "@components/ErrorBoundary";
 import { Flex } from "@components/Flex";
 import { Heart } from "@components/Heart";
+import { openContributorModal } from "@components/PluginSettings/ContributorModal";
 import { Devs } from "@utils/constants";
 import { Margins } from "@utils/margins";
 import { isPluginDev } from "@utils/misc";
@@ -37,12 +38,7 @@ const ContributorBadge: ProfileBadge = {
     image: CONTRIBUTOR_BADGE,
     position: BadgePosition.START,
     shouldShow: ({ user }) => isPluginDev(user.id),
-    onClick(_, { user }) {
-        // circular import shenanigans
-        const { openContributorModal } = require("@components/PluginSettings/ContributorModal") as typeof import("@components/PluginSettings/ContributorModal");
-        // setImmediate is needed to run on later tick to workaround limitation in proxyLazy
-        setImmediate(() => openContributorModal(user));
-    }
+    onClick: (_, { user }) => openContributorModal(user)
 };
 
 let DonorBadges = {} as Record<string, Array<Record<"tooltip" | "badge", string>>>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/_core/settings.tsx b/src/plugins/_core/settings.tsx
index 1aea0d6ee..772ee9b64 100644
--- a/src/plugins/_core/settings.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/_core/settings.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
 */
 
 import { Settings } from "@api/Settings";
+import BackupAndRestoreTab from "@components/VencordSettings/BackupAndRestoreTab";
+import CloudTab from "@components/VencordSettings/CloudTab";
+import PatchHelperTab from "@components/VencordSettings/PatchHelperTab";
+import PluginsTab from "@components/VencordSettings/PluginsTab";
+import ThemesTab from "@components/VencordSettings/ThemesTab";
+import UpdaterTab from "@components/VencordSettings/UpdaterTab";
+import VencordTab from "@components/VencordSettings/VencordTab";
 import { Devs } from "@utils/constants";
 import definePlugin, { OptionType } from "@utils/types";
 import { React } from "@webpack/common";
@@ -36,7 +43,7 @@ export default definePlugin({
                 match: /\[\(0,.{1,3}\.jsxs?\)\((.{1,10}),(\{[^{}}]+\{.{0,20}.versionHash,.+?\})\)," "/,
                 replace: (m, component, props) => {
                     props = props.replace(/children:\[.+\]/, "");
-                    return `${m},Vencord.Plugins.plugins.Settings.makeInfoElements(${component}, ${props})`;
+                    return `${m},$self.makeInfoElements(${component}, ${props})`;
                 }
             }
         ]
@@ -77,43 +84,43 @@ export default definePlugin({
             {
                 section: "VencordSettings",
                 label: "Vencord",
-                element: require("@components/VencordSettings/VencordTab").default,
+                element: VencordTab,
                 className: "vc-settings"
             },
             {
                 section: "VencordPlugins",
                 label: "Plugins",
-                element: require("@components/VencordSettings/PluginsTab").default,
+                element: PluginsTab,
                 className: "vc-plugins"
             },
             {
                 section: "VencordThemes",
                 label: "Themes",
-                element: require("@components/VencordSettings/ThemesTab").default,
+                element: ThemesTab,
                 className: "vc-themes"
             },
             !IS_UPDATER_DISABLED && {
                 section: "VencordUpdater",
                 label: "Updater",
-                element: require("@components/VencordSettings/UpdaterTab").default,
+                element: UpdaterTab,
                 className: "vc-updater"
             },
             {
                 section: "VencordCloud",
                 label: "Cloud",
-                element: require("@components/VencordSettings/CloudTab").default,
+                element: CloudTab,
                 className: "vc-cloud"
             },
             {
                 section: "VencordSettingsSync",
                 label: "Backup & Restore",
-                element: require("@components/VencordSettings/BackupAndRestoreTab").default,
+                element: BackupAndRestoreTab,
                 className: "vc-backup-restore"
             },
             IS_DEV && {
                 section: "VencordPatchHelper",
                 label: "Patch Helper",
-                element: require("@components/VencordSettings/PatchHelperTab").default,
+                element: PatchHelperTab,
                 className: "vc-patch-helper"
             },
             ...this.customSections.map(func => func(SectionTypes)),