diff --git a/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/Interop/NavigationHelper.cs b/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/Interop/NavigationHelper.cs
index d392cc54af..824ea9e06d 100644
--- a/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/Interop/NavigationHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/Interop/NavigationHelper.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ internal static partial class NavigationHelper
             .OnBackRequested() ?? false;
         return Task.FromResult(handled);
     }
-    
-    [JSImport("globalThis.open")]
-    public static partial JSObject? WindowOpen(string uri, string target);
+
+    [JSImport("NavigationHelper.openUri", AvaloniaModule.MainModuleName)]
+    public static partial bool WindowOpen(string uri, string target);
 }
diff --git a/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/Storage/BrowserLauncher.cs b/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/Storage/BrowserLauncher.cs
index e046a7947d..b875d90bcd 100644
--- a/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/Storage/BrowserLauncher.cs
+++ b/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/Storage/BrowserLauncher.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ internal class BrowserLauncher : ILauncher
 
         if (uri.IsAbsoluteUri)
         {
-            var window = NavigationHelper.WindowOpen(uri.AbsoluteUri, "_blank");
-            return Task.FromResult(window is not null);
+            return Task.FromResult(NavigationHelper.WindowOpen(uri.AbsoluteUri, "_blank"));
         }
         return Task.FromResult(false);
     }
diff --git a/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/webapp/modules/avalonia/navigationHelper.ts b/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/webapp/modules/avalonia/navigationHelper.ts
index ee594fe85c..0b84494140 100644
--- a/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/webapp/modules/avalonia/navigationHelper.ts
+++ b/src/Browser/Avalonia.Browser/webapp/modules/avalonia/navigationHelper.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ export class NavigationHelper {
             }
         };
     }
+
+    public static openUri(uri?: string, target?: string) {
+        return !!window.open(uri, target);
+    }
 }