diff --git a/src/Common/QueriesClient.ts b/src/Common/QueriesClient.ts
index b7146fdbf..9d89f89b0 100644
--- a/src/Common/QueriesClient.ts
+++ b/src/Common/QueriesClient.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ import * as ViewModels from "../Contracts/ViewModels";
 import Explorer from "../Explorer/Explorer";
 import DocumentsTab from "../Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTab";
 import DocumentId from "../Explorer/Tree/DocumentId";
+import { userContext } from "../UserContext";
 import * as NotificationConsoleUtils from "../Utils/NotificationConsoleUtils";
 import * as QueryUtils from "../Utils/QueryUtils";
 import { BackendDefaults, HttpStatusCodes, SavedQueries } from "./Constants";
-import { userContext } from "../UserContext";
-import { queryDocumentsPage } from "./dataAccess/queryDocumentsPage";
 import { createCollection } from "./dataAccess/createCollection";
-import { handleError } from "./ErrorHandlingUtils";
 import { createDocument } from "./dataAccess/createDocument";
 import { deleteDocument } from "./dataAccess/deleteDocument";
 import { queryDocuments } from "./dataAccess/queryDocuments";
+import { queryDocumentsPage } from "./dataAccess/queryDocumentsPage";
+import { handleError } from "./ErrorHandlingUtils";
 
 export class QueriesClient {
   private static readonly PartitionKey: DataModels.PartitionKey = {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export class QueriesClient {
   }
 
   private fetchQueriesQuery(): string {
-    if (this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+    if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
       return QueriesClient.FetchMongoQuery;
     }
     return QueriesClient.FetchQuery;
diff --git a/src/Explorer/ContextMenuButtonFactory.ts b/src/Explorer/ContextMenuButtonFactory.ts
index 8337ec700..db950ad46 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/ContextMenuButtonFactory.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/ContextMenuButtonFactory.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class ResourceTreeContextMenuButtonFactory {
       });
     }
 
-    if (container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+    if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
       items.push({
         iconSrc: AddSqlQueryIcon,
         onClick: () => selectedCollection && selectedCollection.onNewMongoQueryClick(selectedCollection, null),
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsComponent.tsx
index 4c151eb51..ec1ee7727 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsComponent.tsx
@@ -136,15 +136,13 @@ export class SettingsComponent extends React.Component<SettingsComponentProps, S
       this.container = this.collection?.container;
       this.offer = this.collection?.offer();
       this.isAnalyticalStorageEnabled = !!this.collection?.analyticalStorageTtl();
-      this.shouldShowIndexingPolicyEditor =
-        this.container && userContext.apiType !== "Cassandra" && !this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB();
+      this.shouldShowIndexingPolicyEditor = userContext.apiType !== "Cassandra" && userContext.apiType !== "Mongo";
 
       this.changeFeedPolicyVisible = userContext.features.enableChangeFeedPolicy;
 
       // Mongo container with system partition key still treat as "Fixed"
       this.isFixedContainer =
-        this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() &&
-        (!this.collection?.partitionKey || this.collection?.partitionKey.systemKey);
+        userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && (!this.collection?.partitionKey || this.collection?.partitionKey.systemKey);
     } else {
       this.database = this.props.settingsTab.database;
       this.container = this.database?.container;
@@ -236,7 +234,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent extends React.Component<SettingsComponentProps, S
 
   public loadMongoIndexes = async (): Promise<void> => {
     if (
-      this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() &&
+      userContext.apiType === "Mongo" &&
       this.container.isEnableMongoCapabilityPresent() &&
       this.container.databaseAccount()
     ) {
@@ -1002,7 +1000,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent extends React.Component<SettingsComponentProps, S
         tab: SettingsV2TabTypes.IndexingPolicyTab,
         content: <IndexingPolicyComponent {...indexingPolicyComponentProps} />,
       });
-    } else if (this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+    } else if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
       const mongoIndexTabContext = this.getMongoIndexTabContent(mongoIndexingPolicyComponentProps);
       if (mongoIndexTabContext) {
         tabs.push({
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/SubSettingsComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/SubSettingsComponent.tsx
index 14947f81c..4a73e93e6 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/SubSettingsComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/SettingsSubComponents/SubSettingsComponent.tsx
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ export class SubSettingsComponent extends React.Component<SubSettingsComponentPr
       userContext.apiType === "Cassandra" ||
       userContext.apiType === "Tables" ||
       !this.props.collection.partitionKeyProperty ||
-      (this.props.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() && this.props.collection.partitionKey.systemKey)
+      (userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && this.props.collection.partitionKey.systemKey)
     ) {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
index 5018a7821..30cd9914c 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
                 "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
                 "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-                "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
                 "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
                 "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
                 "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
@@ -974,7 +973,6 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
               "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
               "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
               "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-              "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
               "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
               "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
               "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
@@ -1503,7 +1501,6 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
                 "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
                 "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-                "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
                 "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
                 "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
                 "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
@@ -2019,7 +2016,6 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
               "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
               "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
               "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-              "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
               "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
               "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
               "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/DataSamples/ContainerSampleGenerator.test.ts b/src/Explorer/DataSamples/ContainerSampleGenerator.test.ts
index 3b81ff56a..fdab3a30d 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/DataSamples/ContainerSampleGenerator.test.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/DataSamples/ContainerSampleGenerator.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ describe("ContainerSampleGenerator", () => {
   const createExplorerStub = (database: ViewModels.Database): Explorer => {
     const explorerStub = {} as Explorer;
     explorerStub.databases = ko.observableArray<ViewModels.Database>([database]);
-    explorerStub.isPreferredApiMongoDB = ko.computed<boolean>(() => false);
     explorerStub.canExceedMaximumValue = ko.computed<boolean>(() => false);
     explorerStub.findDatabaseWithId = () => database;
     explorerStub.refreshAllDatabases = () => Q.resolve();
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
index 644f5980b..875c275db 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -118,11 +118,6 @@ export default class Explorer {
    * Use userContext.apiType instead
    * */
   public defaultExperience: ko.Observable<string>;
-  /**
-   * @deprecated
-   * Compare a string with userContext.apiType instead: userContext.apiType === "Mongo"
-   * */
-  public isPreferredApiMongoDB: ko.Computed<boolean>;
   public isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported: ko.Computed<boolean>;
   /**
    * @deprecated
@@ -409,27 +404,6 @@ export default class Explorer {
         ) !== undefined
     );
 
-    this.isPreferredApiMongoDB = ko.computed(() => {
-      const defaultExperience = (this.defaultExperience && this.defaultExperience()) || "";
-      if (defaultExperience.toLowerCase() === Constants.DefaultAccountExperience.MongoDB.toLowerCase()) {
-        return true;
-      }
-
-      if (defaultExperience.toLowerCase() === Constants.DefaultAccountExperience.ApiForMongoDB.toLowerCase()) {
-        return true;
-      }
-
-      if (
-        this.databaseAccount &&
-        this.databaseAccount() &&
-        this.databaseAccount().kind.toLowerCase() === Constants.AccountKind.MongoDB
-      ) {
-        return true;
-      }
-
-      return false;
-    });
-
     this.isEnableMongoCapabilityPresent = ko.computed(() => {
       const capabilities = this.databaseAccount && this.databaseAccount()?.properties?.capabilities;
       if (!capabilities) {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentAdapter.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentAdapter.tsx
index 917470dd4..b45f5dc9d 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentAdapter.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentAdapter.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export class CommandBarComponentAdapter implements ReactAdapter {
 
     // These are the parameters watched by the react binding that will trigger a renderComponent() if one of the ko mutates
     const toWatch = [
-      container.isPreferredApiMongoDB,
       container.deleteCollectionText,
       container.deleteDatabaseText,
       container.addCollectionText,
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.test.ts b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.test.ts
index 33fa59e0e..b692bdd38 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.test.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
           },
         } as DatabaseAccount,
       });
-      mockExplorer.isPreferredApiMongoDB = ko.computed<boolean>(() => false);
       mockExplorer.isSparkEnabled = ko.observable(true);
       mockExplorer.isSynapseLinkUpdating = ko.observable(false);
 
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
           },
         } as DatabaseAccount,
       });
-      mockExplorer.isPreferredApiMongoDB = ko.computed<boolean>(() => false);
       mockExplorer.isSynapseLinkUpdating = ko.observable(false);
       mockExplorer.isSparkEnabled = ko.observable(true);
       mockExplorer.isSynapseLinkUpdating = ko.observable(false);
@@ -128,6 +126,7 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
 
     beforeAll(() => {
       mockExplorer = {} as Explorer;
+      mockExplorer.addDatabaseText = ko.observable("mockText");
       mockExplorer.addCollectionText = ko.observable("mockText");
       updateUserContext({
         databaseAccount: {
@@ -143,16 +142,25 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
       mockExplorer.isServerlessEnabled = ko.computed<boolean>(() => false);
     });
 
+    afterAll(() => {
+      updateUserContext({
+        apiType: "SQL",
+      });
+    });
+
     beforeEach(() => {
-      mockExplorer.isPreferredApiMongoDB = ko.computed<boolean>(() => true);
+      updateUserContext({
+        apiType: "Mongo",
+      });
       mockExplorer.isNotebookEnabled = ko.observable(false);
       mockExplorer.isNotebooksEnabledForAccount = ko.observable(false);
       mockExplorer.isRunningOnNationalCloud = ko.observable(false);
     });
 
     it("Mongo Api not available - button should be hidden", () => {
-      mockExplorer.isPreferredApiMongoDB = ko.computed<boolean>(() => false);
-
+      updateUserContext({
+        apiType: "SQL",
+      });
       const buttons = CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.createStaticCommandBarButtons(mockExplorer);
       const openMongoShellBtn = buttons.find((button) => button.commandButtonLabel === openMongoShellBtnLabel);
       expect(openMongoShellBtn).toBeUndefined();
@@ -222,7 +230,6 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
           },
         } as DatabaseAccount,
       });
-      mockExplorer.isPreferredApiMongoDB = ko.computed<boolean>(() => false);
       mockExplorer.isSynapseLinkUpdating = ko.observable(false);
       mockExplorer.isSparkEnabled = ko.observable(true);
 
@@ -321,7 +328,6 @@ describe("CommandBarComponentButtonFactory tests", () => {
           },
         } as DatabaseAccount,
       });
-      mockExplorer.isPreferredApiMongoDB = ko.computed<boolean>(() => false);
 
       mockExplorer.isSynapseLinkUpdating = ko.observable(false);
       mockExplorer.isSparkEnabled = ko.observable(true);
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
index 3f3533f66..151620d4a 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Menus/CommandBar/CommandBarComponentButtonFactory.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function createStaticCommandBarButtons(container: Explorer): CommandButto
       buttons.push(createEnableNotebooksButton(container));
     }
 
-    if (container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+    if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
       buttons.push(createOpenMongoTerminalButton(container));
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function createStaticCommandBarButtons(container: Explorer): CommandButto
     }
 
     const isSupportedOpenQueryApi =
-      userContext.apiType === "SQL" || container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() || userContext.apiType === "Gremlin";
+      userContext.apiType === "SQL" || userContext.apiType === "Mongo" || userContext.apiType === "Gremlin";
     const isSupportedOpenQueryFromDiskApi = userContext.apiType === "SQL" || userContext.apiType === "Gremlin";
     if (isSupportedOpenQueryApi && container.selectedNode() && container.findSelectedCollection()) {
       const openQueryBtn = createOpenQueryButton(container);
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export function createStaticCommandBarButtons(container: Explorer): CommandButto
 export function createContextCommandBarButtons(container: Explorer): CommandButtonComponentProps[] {
   const buttons: CommandButtonComponentProps[] = [];
 
-  if (!container.isDatabaseNodeOrNoneSelected() && container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+  if (!container.isDatabaseNodeOrNoneSelected() && userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
     const label = "New Shell";
     const newMongoShellBtn: CommandButtonComponentProps = {
       iconSrc: HostedTerminalIcon,
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export function createContextCommandBarButtons(container: Explorer): CommandButt
       commandButtonLabel: label,
       ariaLabel: label,
       hasPopup: true,
-      disabled: container.isDatabaseNodeOrNoneSelected() && container.isPreferredApiMongoDB(),
+      disabled: container.isDatabaseNodeOrNoneSelected() && userContext.apiType === "Mongo",
     };
     buttons.push(newMongoShellBtn);
   }
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPane.html b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPane.html
index 774915458..8f917cafd 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPane.html
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPane.html
@@ -251,10 +251,7 @@
     </div>
 
     <!-- Indexing For Shared Throughput - start -->
-    <div
-      class="seconddivpadding"
-      data-bind="visible: showIndexingOptionsForSharedThroughput() && !container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()"
-    >
+    <div class="seconddivpadding" data-bind="visible: showIndexingOptionsForSharedThroughput() && !isMongo()">
       <div
         class="useIndexingForSharedThroughput createNewDatabaseOrUseExisting"
         aria-label="Indexing For Shared Throughput"
@@ -297,7 +294,7 @@
 
     <p
       class="seconddivpadding"
-      data-bind="visible: container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() && !databaseHasSharedOffer() || container.isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported"
+      data-bind="visible: isMongo() && !databaseHasSharedOffer() || container.isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported"
     >
       <span class="mandatoryStar">*</span>
       <span class="addCollectionLabel">Storage capacity</span>
@@ -312,7 +309,7 @@
     <div class="tabs">
       <div
         tabindex="0"
-        data-bind="event: { keydown: onStorageOptionsKeyDown }, visible: container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() && !databaseHasSharedOffer() || container.isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported"
+        data-bind="event: { keydown: onStorageOptionsKeyDown }, visible: isMongo() && !databaseHasSharedOffer() || container.isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported"
         aria-label="Storage capacity"
       >
         <!-- Fixed option button - Start -->
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPane.ts b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPane.ts
index ba2f93884..65e9e5f02 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPane.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPane.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export default class AddCollectionPane extends ContextualPaneBase {
     this.isPreferredApiTable = options.isPreferredApiTable;
     this.partitionKey = ko.observable<string>();
     this.partitionKey.subscribe((newPartitionKey: string) => {
-      if (this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() || !newPartitionKey || newPartitionKey[0] === "/") {
+      if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo" || !newPartitionKey || newPartitionKey[0] === "/") {
         return;
       }
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ export default class AddCollectionPane extends ContextualPaneBase {
 
     // TODO: Create derived classes for Tables and Mongo to replace the If statements below
     this.partitionKeyName = ko.computed<string>(() => {
-      if (this.container && !!this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+      if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
         return "Shard key";
       }
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ export default class AddCollectionPane extends ContextualPaneBase {
     this.lowerCasePartitionKeyName = ko.computed<string>(() => this.partitionKeyName().toLowerCase());
 
     this.partitionKeyPlaceholder = ko.computed<string>(() => {
-      if (this.container && !!this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+      if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
         return "e.g., address.zipCode";
       }
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ export default class AddCollectionPane extends ContextualPaneBase {
     });
 
     this.uniqueKeysPlaceholder = ko.pureComputed<string>(() => {
-      if (this.container && !!this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+      if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
         return "Comma separated paths e.g. firstName,address.zipCode";
       }
 
@@ -396,11 +396,7 @@ export default class AddCollectionPane extends ContextualPaneBase {
         return false;
       }
 
-      if (
-        this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() &&
-        !this.isUnlimitedStorageSelected() &&
-        this.databaseHasSharedOffer()
-      ) {
+      if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && !this.isUnlimitedStorageSelected() && this.databaseHasSharedOffer()) {
         return false;
       }
 
@@ -589,7 +585,7 @@ export default class AddCollectionPane extends ContextualPaneBase {
         return true;
       }
 
-      if (this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+      if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
         return true;
       }
 
@@ -728,6 +724,10 @@ export default class AddCollectionPane extends ContextualPaneBase {
     }
   }
 
+  private isMongo(): boolean {
+    return userContext.apiType === "Mongo";
+  }
+
   private _onDatabasesChange(newDatabaseIds: ViewModels.Database[]) {
     this.databaseIds(newDatabaseIds?.map((database: ViewModels.Database) => database.id()));
   }
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ export default class AddCollectionPane extends ContextualPaneBase {
     let indexingPolicy: DataModels.IndexingPolicy;
     let createMongoWildcardIndex: boolean;
     // todo - remove mongo indexing policy ticket # 616274
-    if (this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() && this.container.isEnableMongoCapabilityPresent()) {
+    if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && this.container.isEnableMongoCapabilityPresent()) {
       createMongoWildcardIndex = this.shouldCreateMongoWildcardIndex();
     } else if (this.showIndexingOptionsForSharedThroughput()) {
       if (this.useIndexingForSharedThroughput()) {
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ export default class AddCollectionPane extends ContextualPaneBase {
     let transform = (value: string) => {
       return value;
     };
-    if (this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+    if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
       transform = (value: string) => {
         return this._convertShardKeyToPartitionKey(value);
       };
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/__snapshots__/SettingsPane.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/__snapshots__/SettingsPane.test.tsx.snap
index 5915ca240..69f4ef1b7 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/__snapshots__/SettingsPane.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/SettingsPane/__snapshots__/SettingsPane.test.tsx.snap
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ exports[`Settings Pane should render Default properly 1`] = `
       "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-      "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
       "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
       "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
       "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
@@ -1073,7 +1072,6 @@ exports[`Settings Pane should render Gremlin properly 1`] = `
       "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-      "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
       "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
       "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
       "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
index e2ddc5c49..fbdc9fc80 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ exports[`StringInput Pane should render Create new directory properly 1`] = `
       "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-      "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
       "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
       "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
       "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
@@ -952,7 +951,6 @@ exports[`StringInput Pane should render Create new directory properly 1`] = `
         "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
         "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
         "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-        "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
         "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
         "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
         "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/UploadItemsPane/__snapshots__/UploadItemsPane.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/UploadItemsPane/__snapshots__/UploadItemsPane.test.tsx.snap
index 9bb261343..fc59040bf 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/UploadItemsPane/__snapshots__/UploadItemsPane.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/UploadItemsPane/__snapshots__/UploadItemsPane.test.tsx.snap
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ exports[`Upload Items Pane should render Default properly 1`] = `
       "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-      "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
       "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
       "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
       "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap
index e4d8030b5..88da6e77a 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ exports[`Delete Database Confirmation Pane submit() Should call delete database
       "isMongoIndexingEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebookEnabled": [Function],
       "isNotebooksEnabledForAccount": [Function],
-      "isPreferredApiMongoDB": [Function],
       "isPublishNotebookPaneEnabled": [Function],
       "isResourceTokenCollectionNodeSelected": [Function],
       "isRightPanelV2Enabled": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx b/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
index 85186f5c6..ca67d86dd 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/SplashScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ export class SplashScreen extends React.Component<SplashScreenProps> {
           title: "New SQL Query",
           description: null,
         });
-      } else if (this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+      } else if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
         items.push({
           iconSrc: NewQueryIcon,
           onClick: () => {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTab.test.ts b/src/Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTab.test.ts
index 1d470f23a..8ebb6a8ad 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTab.test.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTab.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import * as ko from "knockout";
-import * as ViewModels from "../../Contracts/ViewModels";
 import * as Constants from "../../Common/Constants";
-import DocumentsTab from "./DocumentsTab";
+import * as ViewModels from "../../Contracts/ViewModels";
+import { updateUserContext } from "../../UserContext";
+import { CommandButtonComponentProps } from "../Controls/CommandButton/CommandButtonComponent";
 import Explorer from "../Explorer";
 import DocumentId from "../Tree/DocumentId";
-import { CommandButtonComponentProps } from "../Controls/CommandButton/CommandButtonComponent";
+import DocumentsTab from "./DocumentsTab";
 
 describe("Documents tab", () => {
   describe("buildQuery", () => {
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ describe("Documents tab", () => {
 
   describe("showPartitionKey", () => {
     const explorer = new Explorer();
-
     const mongoExplorer = new Explorer();
     mongoExplorer.defaultExperience(Constants.DefaultAccountExperience.MongoDB);
 
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ describe("Documents tab", () => {
     });
 
     it("should be false for Mongo accounts with system partitionKey", () => {
+      updateUserContext({
+        apiType: "Mongo",
+      });
       const documentsTab = new DocumentsTab({
         collection: mongoCollectionWithSystemPartitionKey,
         partitionKey: null,
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTab.ts b/src/Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTab.ts
index 9f6cafcd4..1df03ae65 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTab.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/DocumentsTab.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import * as DataModels from "../../Contracts/DataModels";
 import * as ViewModels from "../../Contracts/ViewModels";
 import { Action } from "../../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryConstants";
 import * as TelemetryProcessor from "../../Shared/Telemetry/TelemetryProcessor";
+import { userContext } from "../../UserContext";
 import { logConsoleError } from "../../Utils/NotificationConsoleUtils";
 import * as QueryUtils from "../../Utils/QueryUtils";
 import { CommandButtonComponentProps } from "../Controls/CommandButton/CommandButtonComponent";
@@ -71,9 +72,7 @@ export default class DocumentsTab extends TabsBase {
 
   constructor(options: ViewModels.DocumentsTabOptions) {
     super(options);
-    this.isPreferredApiMongoDB = !!this.collection
-      ? this.collection.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()
-      : options.isPreferredApiMongoDB;
+    this.isPreferredApiMongoDB = userContext.apiType === "Mongo" || options.isPreferredApiMongoDB;
 
     this.idHeader = this.isPreferredApiMongoDB ? "_id" : "id";
 
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tree/Collection.test.ts b/src/Explorer/Tree/Collection.test.ts
index d55342a0d..7e185ef4a 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tree/Collection.test.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tree/Collection.test.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ describe("Collection", () => {
 
   function generateMockCollectionWithDataModel(data: DataModels.Collection): Collection {
     const mockContainer = {} as Explorer;
-    mockContainer.isPreferredApiMongoDB = ko.computed(() => {
-      return false;
-    });
 
     mockContainer.isDatabaseNodeOrNoneSelected = () => {
       return false;
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tree/Collection.ts b/src/Explorer/Tree/Collection.ts
index 4335b56fe..6b129c053 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tree/Collection.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tree/Collection.ts
@@ -127,16 +127,12 @@ export default class Collection implements ViewModels.Collection {
         this.partitionKey.paths[0]) ||
       null;
 
-    if (!!container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() && this.partitionKeyProperty && ~this.partitionKeyProperty.indexOf(`"`)) {
+    if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && this.partitionKeyProperty && ~this.partitionKeyProperty.indexOf(`"`)) {
       this.partitionKeyProperty = this.partitionKeyProperty.replace(/["]+/g, "");
     }
 
     // TODO #10738269 : Add this logic in a derived class for Mongo
-    if (
-      !!container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() &&
-      this.partitionKeyProperty &&
-      this.partitionKeyProperty.indexOf("$v") > -1
-    ) {
+    if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && this.partitionKeyProperty && this.partitionKeyProperty.indexOf("$v") > -1) {
       // From $v.shard.$v.key.$v > shard.key
       this.partitionKeyProperty = this.partitionKeyProperty.replace(/.\$v/g, "").replace(/\$v./g, "");
       this.partitionKeyPropertyHeader = "/" + this.partitionKeyProperty;
@@ -1123,7 +1119,7 @@ export default class Collection implements ViewModels.Collection {
     } else if (userContext.apiType === "Gremlin") {
       this.onGraphDocumentsClick();
       return;
-    } else if (this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+    } else if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
       this.onMongoDBDocumentsClick();
       return;
     }
@@ -1141,7 +1137,7 @@ export default class Collection implements ViewModels.Collection {
       return "Rows";
     } else if (userContext.apiType === "Gremlin") {
       return "Graph";
-    } else if (this.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB()) {
+    } else if (userContext.apiType === "Mongo") {
       return "Documents";
     }
 
diff --git a/src/RouteHandlers/TabRouteHandler.ts b/src/RouteHandlers/TabRouteHandler.ts
index 06a8d03ef..6795fae8b 100644
--- a/src/RouteHandlers/TabRouteHandler.ts
+++ b/src/RouteHandlers/TabRouteHandler.ts
@@ -175,10 +175,7 @@ export class TabRouteHandler {
         databaseId,
         collectionId
       );
-      collection &&
-        collection.container &&
-        collection.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() &&
-        collection.onMongoDBDocumentsClick();
+      userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && collection.onMongoDBDocumentsClick();
     });
   }
 
@@ -188,10 +185,7 @@ export class TabRouteHandler {
         databaseId,
         collectionId
       );
-      collection &&
-        collection.container &&
-        collection.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() &&
-        collection.onSchemaAnalyzerClick();
+      collection && userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && collection.onSchemaAnalyzerClick();
     });
   }
 
@@ -228,10 +222,7 @@ export class TabRouteHandler {
       if (!!matchingTab) {
         matchingTab.onTabClick();
       } else {
-        collection &&
-          collection.container &&
-          collection.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() &&
-          collection.onNewMongoQueryClick(collection, null);
+        userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && collection.onNewMongoQueryClick(collection, null);
       }
     });
   }
@@ -250,10 +241,7 @@ export class TabRouteHandler {
       if (!!matchingTab) {
         matchingTab.onTabClick();
       } else {
-        collection &&
-          collection.container &&
-          collection.container.isPreferredApiMongoDB() &&
-          collection.onNewMongoShellClick();
+        userContext.apiType === "Mongo" && collection.onNewMongoShellClick();
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/UserContext.ts b/src/UserContext.ts
index 46dfb4f0a..fc5a02d2c 100644
--- a/src/UserContext.ts
+++ b/src/UserContext.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface UserContext {
   readonly quotaId?: string;
   // API Type is not yet provided by ARM. You need to manually inspect all the capabilities+kind so we abstract that logic in userContext
   // This is coming in a future Cosmos ARM API version as a prperty on databaseAccount
-  readonly apiType?: ApiType;
+  apiType?: ApiType;
   readonly isTryCosmosDBSubscription?: boolean;
   readonly portalEnv?: PortalEnv;
   readonly features: Features;
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ const userContext: UserContext = {
 };
 
 function updateUserContext(newContext: Partial<UserContext>): void {
+  if (newContext.databaseAccount) {
+    newContext.apiType = apiType(newContext.databaseAccount);
+  }
   Object.assign(userContext, newContext);
-  Object.assign(userContext, { apiType: apiType(userContext.databaseAccount) });
 }
 
 function apiType(account: DatabaseAccount | undefined): ApiType {