diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/libs/extension-api/functions/create-extension-element.function.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/libs/extension-api/functions/create-extension-element.function.ts
index d424e878e6..22fe577de1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/libs/extension-api/functions/create-extension-element.function.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/libs/extension-api/functions/create-extension-element.function.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import type { ManifestElement, ManifestElementAndApi } from '../types/base.types.js';
 import { loadManifestElement } from './load-manifest-element.function.js';
-import type { UmbControllerHostElement } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/controller-api';
 
-export async function createExtensionElement<ElementType extends UmbControllerHostElement>(
-	manifest: ManifestElement<ElementType> | ManifestElementAndApi<ElementType>,
+export async function createExtensionElement<ElementType extends HTMLElement>(
+	manifest: ManifestElement<ElementType> | ManifestElementAndApi<any>,
 	fallbackElement?: string,
 ): Promise<ElementType | undefined> {
 	if (manifest.element) {