diff --git a/cmk/base/config.py b/cmk/base/config.py
index afb4e71548d..ed61ff3f9ae 100644
--- a/cmk/base/config.py
+++ b/cmk/base/config.py
@@ -1885,7 +1885,10 @@ def initialize(self) -> ConfigCache:
             self._nodes_cache,
         ) = _make_clusters_nodes_maps()
 
-        self._autochecks_manager = AutochecksManager()
+        # TODO: remove this from the config cache. It is a completely
+        # self-contained object that should be passed around (if it really
+        # has to exist at all).
+        self.autochecks_manager = AutochecksManager()
         self._effective_host_cache: dict[
             tuple[HostName, ServiceName, tuple[tuple[str, str], ...], tuple[HostName, ...]],
             HostName,
@@ -2149,7 +2152,7 @@ def check_table(
                 config_cache=self,
                 skip_ignored=skip_ignored,
                 filter_mode=filter_mode,
-                get_autochecks=self._autochecks_manager.get_autochecks,
+                get_autochecks=self.autochecks_manager.get_autochecks,
                 configure_autochecks=self._service_configurer.configure_autochecks,
                 plugins=plugins,
             )
@@ -3537,7 +3540,7 @@ def get_explicit_service_custom_variables(
 
     def get_discovered_services(self, hostname: HostName) -> Sequence[ConfiguredService]:
         return self._service_configurer.configure_autochecks(
-            hostname, self._autochecks_manager.get_autochecks(hostname)
+            hostname, self.autochecks_manager.get_autochecks(hostname)
         )
 
     def section_name_of(self, section: str) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/testlib/unit/base_configuration_scenario.py b/tests/testlib/unit/base_configuration_scenario.py
index da708565318..ab7d692d6a7 100644
--- a/tests/testlib/unit/base_configuration_scenario.py
+++ b/tests/testlib/unit/base_configuration_scenario.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def apply(self, monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> ConfigCache:
         if self._autochecks_mocker.raw_autochecks:
             monkeypatch.setattr(
                 self.config_cache,
-                "_autochecks_manager",
+                "autochecks_manager",
                 self._autochecks_mocker,
                 raising=False,
             )
diff --git a/tests/unit/cmk/checkengine/test_autochecks.py b/tests/unit/cmk/checkengine/test_autochecks.py
index 3d539eb80fd..99d1e166c97 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cmk/checkengine/test_autochecks.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cmk/checkengine/test_autochecks.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def test_manager_get_autochecks_of(
     ts.add_host(HostName("host"))
     config_cache = ts.apply(monkeypatch)
 
-    manager = config_cache._autochecks_manager
+    manager = config_cache.autochecks_manager
 
     result = manager.get_autochecks(HostName("host"))
     assert result == expected_result