diff --git a/core/src/mutagen.ts b/core/src/mutagen.ts
index a12d8a0caa..b11d07453b 100644
--- a/core/src/mutagen.ts
+++ b/core/src/mutagen.ts
@@ -213,14 +213,10 @@ class _MutagenMonitor extends TypedEventEmitter<MonitorEvents> {
       const mutagenOpts = [mutagenPath, "sync", "monitor", "--template", "{{ json . }}", "--long"]
       log.silly(() => `Spawning mutagen using respawn: "${mutagenOpts.join(" ")}"`)
 
-      const sshPath = await getMutagenSshPath(log)
-      if (sshPath) {
-        log.debug(`Mutagen will be used with the faux SSH transport located in ${sshPath}`)
-      }
       const proc = respawn(mutagenOpts, {
         cwd: dataDir,
         name: "mutagen",
-        env: getMutagenEnv({ dataDir, logLevel: "debug", sshPath }),
+        env: getMutagenEnv({ dataDir, logLevel: "debug" }, log),
         maxRestarts,
         sleep: 3000,
         kill: 500,
@@ -708,7 +704,7 @@ export class Mutagen {
           cwd: this.dataDir,
           args,
           log: this.log,
-          env: getMutagenEnv({ dataDir: this.dataDir }),
+          env: await getMutagenEnv({ dataDir: this.dataDir }, this.log),
         })
       } catch (err) {
         if (!(err instanceof ChildProcessError)) {
@@ -892,24 +888,24 @@ export function getMutagenDataDir({ ctx, log }: MutagenDaemonParams) {
  */
 type MutagenEnv = {
   MUTAGEN_DATA_DIRECTORY: string
-  MUTAGEN_LOG_LEVEL?: string
   MUTAGEN_SSH_PATH?: string
+  MUTAGEN_LOG_LEVEL?: string
 }
 
 type MutagenEnvValues = {
   dataDir: string
   logLevel?: string
-  sshPath?: string
 }
 
-export function getMutagenEnv({ dataDir, logLevel, sshPath }: MutagenEnvValues): MutagenEnv {
-  const env: MutagenEnv = { MUTAGEN_DATA_DIRECTORY: dataDir }
+export async function getMutagenEnv({ dataDir, logLevel }: MutagenEnvValues, log: Log): Promise<MutagenEnv> {
+  const sshPath = await getMutagenSshPath(log)
+  if (sshPath) {
+    log.debug(`Mutagen will be used with the faux SSH transport located in ${sshPath}`)
+  }
+  const env: MutagenEnv = { MUTAGEN_DATA_DIRECTORY: dataDir, MUTAGEN_SSH_PATH: sshPath }
   if (!!logLevel) {
     env.MUTAGEN_LOG_LEVEL = logLevel
   }
-  if (!!sshPath) {
-    env.MUTAGEN_SSH_PATH = sshPath
-  }
   return env
 }
 
diff --git a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/commands/sync.ts b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/commands/sync.ts
index ec182536f8..993e057ee6 100644
--- a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/commands/sync.ts
+++ b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/commands/sync.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export const syncPause: PluginCommand = {
         await mutagen.exec({
           cwd: dataDir,
           log,
-          env: getMutagenEnv({ dataDir }),
+          env: await getMutagenEnv({ dataDir }, log),
           args: ["sync", "pause", sessionName],
         })
       }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export const syncResume: PluginCommand = {
         await mutagen.exec({
           cwd: dataDir,
           log,
-          env: getMutagenEnv({ dataDir }),
+          env: await getMutagenEnv({ dataDir }, log),
           args: ["sync", "resume", sessionName],
         })
       }
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ async function getMutagenSyncSessions({ mutagen, dataDir, log }: { mutagen: Plug
   const res = await mutagen.exec({
     cwd: dataDir,
     log,
-    env: getMutagenEnv({ dataDir }),
+    env: await getMutagenEnv({ dataDir }, log),
     args: ["sync", "list", "--template={{ json . }}"],
   })
   return parseSyncListResult(res)
diff --git a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/constants.ts b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/constants.ts
index 37bade382f..71fbf0a3de 100644
--- a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/constants.ts
+++ b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/constants.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import { makeDocsLinkPlain } from "../../docs/common.js"
 export const rsyncPortName = "garden-rsync"
 export const buildSyncVolumeName = `garden-sync`
 
-export const CLUSTER_REGISTRY_PORT = 5000
-export const CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DEPLOYMENT_NAME = "garden-docker-registry"
 export const MAX_CONFIGMAP_DATA_SIZE = 1024 * 1024 // max ConfigMap data size is 1MB
 // max ConfigMap data size is 1MB but we need to factor in overhead, plus in some cases the log is duplicated in
 // the outputs field, so we cap at 250kB.
@@ -46,6 +44,8 @@ export const k8sSyncUtilImageNameLegacy: DockerImageWithDigest =
 export const k8sSyncUtilImageName: DockerImageWithDigest =
   "gardendev/k8s-sync:0.2.1@sha256:90a583672c63e61031a036900753cb6a8a6b0b7dc20909e2abcc079a1120127b"
 
+export const k8sSyncUtilContainerName = "garden-sync-init"
+
 export function getK8sSyncUtilImageName(): DockerImageWithDigest {
   return gardenEnv.GARDEN_ENABLE_NEW_SYNC ? k8sSyncUtilImageName : k8sSyncUtilImageNameLegacy
 }
diff --git a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/sync.ts b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/sync.ts
index 81ae03917e..3b72dd8b12 100644
--- a/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/sync.ts
+++ b/core/src/plugins/kubernetes/sync.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import { isConfiguredForSyncMode } from "./status/status.js"
 import type { PluginContext } from "../../plugin-context.js"
 import type { SyncConfig, SyncSession } from "../../mutagen.js"
 import { haltedStatuses, Mutagen, mutagenAgentPath, mutagenStatusDescriptions } from "../../mutagen.js"
-import { getK8sSyncUtilImageName, syncGuideLink } from "./constants.js"
+import { getK8sSyncUtilImageName, k8sSyncUtilContainerName, syncGuideLink } from "./constants.js"
 import { isAbsolute, relative, resolve } from "path"
 import type { Resolved } from "../../actions/types.js"
 import { joinWithPosix } from "../../util/fs.js"
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ export async function configureSyncMode({
     const k8sSyncUtilImageName = getK8sSyncUtilImageName()
     if (!podSpec.initContainers.find((c) => c.image === k8sSyncUtilImageName)) {
       const initContainer = {
-        name: "garden-dev-init",
+        name: k8sSyncUtilContainerName,
         image: k8sSyncUtilImageName,
         command: [
           "/bin/sh",
diff --git a/core/test/integ/src/plugins/kubernetes/container/deployment.ts b/core/test/integ/src/plugins/kubernetes/container/deployment.ts
index fb202c485d..1b62d788e5 100644
--- a/core/test/integ/src/plugins/kubernetes/container/deployment.ts
+++ b/core/test/integ/src/plugins/kubernetes/container/deployment.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { gardenAnnotationKey } from "../../../../../../src/util/string.js"
 import {
   getK8sSyncUtilImageName,
   k8sReverseProxyImageName,
+  k8sSyncUtilContainerName,
   PROXY_CONTAINER_SSH_TUNNEL_PORT,
   PROXY_CONTAINER_SSH_TUNNEL_PORT_NAME,
   PROXY_CONTAINER_USER_NAME,
@@ -444,13 +445,13 @@ describe("kubernetes container deployment handlers", () => {
 
       const initContainer = resource.spec.template?.spec?.initContainers![0]
       expect(initContainer).to.exist
-      expect(initContainer!.name).to.eq("garden-dev-init")
+      expect(initContainer!.name).to.eq(k8sSyncUtilContainerName)
       expect(initContainer!.volumeMounts).to.exist
       expect(initContainer!.volumeMounts![0]).to.eql({ name: "garden", mountPath: "/.garden" })
 
       expect(resource.spec.template?.spec?.initContainers).to.eql([
         {
-          name: "garden-dev-init",
+          name: k8sSyncUtilContainerName,
           image: getK8sSyncUtilImageName(),
           command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "'cp' '/usr/local/bin/mutagen-agent' '/.garden/mutagen-agent'"],
           imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent",