diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index 192a120ed5b..06f538bf969 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib/file"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib/mutex"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib/routine"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib/stringslice"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/logging"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public/pbresource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto/private/pboperator"
@@ -622,7 +621,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// create the state synchronization manager which performs
 	// regular and on-demand state synchronizations (anti-entropy).
 	a.sync = ae.NewStateSyncer(a.State, c.AEInterval, a.shutdownCh, a.logger)
-	if a.useV2Resources() {
+	if a.baseDeps.UseV2Resources() {
 		a.sync.HardDisableSync()
 	}
 
@@ -726,7 +725,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 		)
 
 		var pt *proxytracker.ProxyTracker
-		if a.useV2Resources() {
+		if a.baseDeps.UseV2Resources() {
 			pt = proxyWatcher.(*proxytracker.ProxyTracker)
 		}
 		server, err := consul.NewServer(consulCfg, a.baseDeps.Deps, a.externalGRPCServer, incomingRPCLimiter, serverLogger, pt)
@@ -913,20 +912,11 @@ func (a *Agent) Failed() <-chan struct{} {
 	return a.apiServers.failed
 }
 
-// useV2Resources returns true if "resource-apis" is present in the Experiments
-// array of the agent config.
-func (a *Agent) useV2Resources() bool {
-	if stringslice.Contains(a.baseDeps.Experiments, consul.CatalogResourceExperimentName) {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // getProxyWatcher returns the proper implementation of the ProxyWatcher interface.
 // It will return a ProxyTracker if "resource-apis" experiment is active.  Otherwise,
 // it will return a ConfigSource.
 func (a *Agent) getProxyWatcher() xds.ProxyWatcher {
-	if a.useV2Resources() {
+	if a.baseDeps.UseV2Resources() {
 		a.logger.Trace("returning proxyTracker for getProxyWatcher")
 		return proxytracker.NewProxyTracker(proxytracker.ProxyTrackerConfig{
 			Logger:         a.logger.Named("proxy-tracker"),
diff --git a/agent/consul/options.go b/agent/consul/options.go
index 8c9fe05f487..6dc754b3aef 100644
--- a/agent/consul/options.go
+++ b/agent/consul/options.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package consul
 
 import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib/stringslice"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul-net-rpc/net/rpc"
@@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ type Deps struct {
 	EnterpriseDeps
 }
 
+// useV2Resources returns true if "resource-apis" is present in the Experiments
+// array of the agent config.
+func (d Deps) UseV2Resources() bool {
+	if stringslice.Contains(d.Experiments, CatalogResourceExperimentName) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 type GRPCClientConner interface {
 	ClientConn(datacenter string) (*grpc.ClientConn, error)
 	ClientConnLeader() (*grpc.ClientConn, error)
diff --git a/agent/consul/server.go b/agent/consul/server.go
index f0dd0e8c09b..9540cbe1c0f 100644
--- a/agent/consul/server.go
+++ b/agent/consul/server.go
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ func NewServer(config *Config, flat Deps, externalGRPCServer *grpc.Server,
 		incomingRPCLimiter:      incomingRPCLimiter,
 		routineManager:          routine.NewManager(logger.Named(logging.ConsulServer)),
 		registry:                flat.Registry,
+		useV2Resources:          flat.UseV2Resources(),
 	}
 	incomingRPCLimiter.Register(s)
 
@@ -929,9 +930,7 @@ func isV1CatalogRequest(rpcName string) bool {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) registerControllers(deps Deps, proxyUpdater ProxyUpdater) error {
-	if stringslice.Contains(deps.Experiments, CatalogResourceExperimentName) {
-		s.useV2Resources = true
-
+	if s.useV2Resources {
 		catalog.RegisterControllers(s.controllerManager, catalog.DefaultControllerDependencies())
 
 		defaultAllow, err := s.config.ACLResolverSettings.IsDefaultAllow()
diff --git a/agent/http.go b/agent/http.go
index e6ed0713f66..e95d36c914f 100644
--- a/agent/http.go
+++ b/agent/http.go
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func (s *HTTPHandlers) wrap(handler endpoint, methods []string) http.HandlerFunc
 		logURL = aclEndpointRE.ReplaceAllString(logURL, "$1<hidden>$4")
 
 		rejectCatalogV1Endpoint := false
-		if s.agent.useV2Resources() {
+		if s.agent.baseDeps.UseV2Resources() {
 			rejectCatalogV1Endpoint = isV1CatalogRequest(logURL)
 		}
 
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ func (s *HTTPHandlers) parseToken(req *http.Request, token *string) {
 }
 
 func (s *HTTPHandlers) rejectV1RequestWhenV2Enabled() error {
-	if s.agent.useV2Resources() {
+	if s.agent.baseDeps.UseV2Resources() {
 		return newRejectV1RequestWhenV2EnabledError()
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/agent/testagent.go b/agent/testagent.go
index a025f5077ec..037bdc76da6 100644
--- a/agent/testagent.go
+++ b/agent/testagent.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (a *TestAgent) waitForUp() error {
 			continue // fail, try again
 		}
 		if a.Config.Bootstrap && a.Config.ServerMode {
-			if a.useV2Resources() {
+			if a.baseDeps.UseV2Resources() {
 				args := structs.DCSpecificRequest{
 					Datacenter: "dc1",
 				}