diff --git a/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.cy.ts b/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.cy.ts
index 65964832e8a..8678465841a 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.cy.ts
+++ b/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.cy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import * as InitialState from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
-import * as L10n from '@nextcloud/l10n'
 import FolderSvg from '@mdi/svg/svg/folder.svg'
 import ShareSvg from '@mdi/svg/svg/share-variant.svg'
 import { createTestingPinia } from '@pinia/testing'
@@ -13,13 +11,14 @@ describe('Navigation renders', () => {
 	const Navigation = new NavigationService() as NavigationService
 
 	before(() => {
-		cy.stub(InitialState, 'loadState')
-			.returns({
-				used: 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
-				quota: -1,
-			})
+		cy.mockInitialState('files', 'storageStats', {
+			used: 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
+			quota: -1,
+		})
 	})
 
+	after(() => cy.unmockInitialState())
+
 	it('renders', () => {
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
 			propsData: {
@@ -157,22 +156,9 @@ describe('Navigation API', () => {
 describe('Quota rendering', () => {
 	const Navigation = new NavigationService()
 
-	beforeEach(() => {
-		// TODO: remove when @nextcloud/l10n 2.0 is released
-		// https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-l10n/pull/542
-		cy.stub(L10n, 'translate', (app, text, vars = {}, number) => {
-			cy.log({ app, text, vars, number })
-			return text.replace(/%n/g, '' + number).replace(/{([^{}]*)}/g, (match, key) => {
-				return vars[key]
-			})
-		})
-	})
+	afterEach(() => cy.unmockInitialState())
 
 	it('Unknown quota', () => {
-		cy.stub(InitialState, 'loadState')
-			.as('loadStateStats')
-			.returns(undefined)
-
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
 			propsData: {
 				Navigation,
@@ -188,12 +174,10 @@ describe('Quota rendering', () => {
 	})
 
 	it('Unlimited quota', () => {
-		cy.stub(InitialState, 'loadState')
-			.as('loadStateStats')
-			.returns({
-				used: 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
-				quota: -1,
-			})
+		cy.mockInitialState('files', 'storageStats', {
+			used: 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
+			quota: -1,
+		})
 
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
 			propsData: {
@@ -212,13 +196,11 @@ describe('Quota rendering', () => {
 	})
 
 	it('Non-reached quota', () => {
-		cy.stub(InitialState, 'loadState')
-			.as('loadStateStats')
-			.returns({
-				used: 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
-				quota: 5 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
-				relative: 20, // percent
-			})
+		cy.mockInitialState('files', 'storageStats', {
+			used: 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
+			quota: 5 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
+			relative: 20, // percent
+		})
 
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
 			propsData: {
@@ -238,13 +220,11 @@ describe('Quota rendering', () => {
 	})
 
 	it('Reached quota', () => {
-		cy.stub(InitialState, 'loadState')
-			.as('loadStateStats')
-			.returns({
-				used: 5 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
-				quota: 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
-				relative: 500, // percent
-			})
+		cy.mockInitialState('files', 'storageStats', {
+			used: 5 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
+			quota: 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
+			relative: 500, // percent
+		})
 
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
 			propsData: {
diff --git a/cypress.d.ts b/cypress.d.ts
index 7283e5819ab..7dc9a3bde23 100644
--- a/cypress.d.ts
+++ b/cypress.d.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@ declare global {
 	namespace Cypress {
 		interface Chainable {
 			mount: typeof mount;
+			/**
+			 * Mock an initial state for component testing
+			 *
+			 * @param app App name of the initial state
+			 * @param key Key of the initial state
+			 * @param value The mocked value of the initial state
+			 */
+			mockInitialState: (app: string, key: string, value: any) => void
+			/**
+			 * Unmock all initial states or one defined by app and key
+			 *
+			 * @param app app name of the inital state
+			 * @param key the key of the the initial state
+			 */
+			unmockInitialState: (app?: string, key?: string) => void
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cypress/support/component.ts b/cypress/support/component.ts
index 3769caed46b..b1e0a1b2c0f 100644
--- a/cypress/support/component.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/component.ts
@@ -43,3 +43,20 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('mount', (component, optionsOrProps) => {
 		return cy.wrap(instance).as('component')
 	})
 })
+
+Cypress.Commands.add('mockInitialState', (app: string, key: string, value: any) => {
+	cy.document().then(($document) => {
+		const input = $document.createElement('input')
+		input.setAttribute('type', 'hidden')
+		input.setAttribute('id', `initial-state-${app}-${key}`)
+		input.setAttribute('value', btoa(JSON.stringify(value)))
+		$document.body.appendChild(input)
+	})
+})
+
+Cypress.Commands.add('unmockInitialState', (app?: string, key?: string) => {
+	cy.document().then(($document) => {
+		$document.querySelectorAll('body > input[type="hidden"]' + (app ? `[id="initial-state-${app}-${key}"]` : ''))
+			.forEach((node) => $document.body.removeChild(node))
+	})
+})
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