diff --git a/exporter.go b/exporter.go
index 9067b6892..9dc55210e 100644
--- a/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package main
 //nolint:gofumpt
 import (
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/initiate"
-	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/toggle"
 
 	"context"
 	"errors"
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/httphandler"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/log"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/log/flag"
+	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/toggle"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/types"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/pkg/collector"
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func run() int {
 
 		togglePDH = app.Flag(
 			"perfcounter.engine",
-			"EXPERIMENTAL: Performance counter engine to use. Can be one of [\"pdh\", \"registy\"]. PDH is in experimental state. This flag will be removed in 0.31.",
+			"EXPERIMENTAL: Performance counter engine to use. Can be one of \"pdh\", \"registry\". PDH is in experimental state. This flag will be removed in 0.31.",
 		).Default("registry").String()
 	)
 
diff --git a/internal/collector/cpu/cpu.go b/internal/collector/cpu/cpu.go
index 35028c0ea..628d05dda 100644
--- a/internal/collector/cpu/cpu.go
+++ b/internal/collector/cpu/cpu.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	v1 "github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/perfdata/v1"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/toggle"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/types"
+	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/testutils/testutils.go b/internal/testutils/testutils.go
index 5be1c5081..83b38ca46 100644
--- a/internal/testutils/testutils.go
+++ b/internal/testutils/testutils.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/mi"
+	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/toggle"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/pkg/collector"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ func FuncBenchmarkCollector[C collector.Collector](b *testing.B, name string, co
 
 func TestCollector[C collector.Collector, V interface{}](t *testing.T, fn func(*V) C, conf *V) {
 	t.Helper()
-	t.Setenv("WINDOWS_EXPORTER_PERF_COUNTERS_ENGINE", "pdh")
+
+	toggle.PHDEnabled = true
 
 	var (
 		metrics []prometheus.Metric