diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/ContentRepository.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/ContentRepository.php
index 7f12b3c8be1..b6e0708ed01 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/ContentRepository.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/ContentRepository.php
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\ContentRepository\ContentRepositoryStatus;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Exception\WorkspaceDoesNotExist;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\User\UserIdProviderInterface;
-use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Workspace\ContentStream;
-use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Workspace\ContentStreamId;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Workspace\Workspace;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Workspace\WorkspaceName;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Workspace\Workspaces;
@@ -250,11 +248,6 @@ public function findWorkspaces(): Workspaces
         return $this->contentGraphReadModel->findWorkspaces();
     }
 
-    public function findContentStreamById(ContentStreamId $contentStreamId): ?ContentStream
-    {
-        return $this->contentGraphReadModel->findContentStreamById($contentStreamId);
-    }
-
     public function getNodeTypeManager(): NodeTypeManager
     {
         return $this->nodeTypeManager;
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/ContentGraphReadModelInterface.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/ContentGraphReadModelInterface.php
index c44dc7379aa..58232977141 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/ContentGraphReadModelInterface.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/ContentGraphReadModelInterface.php
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ public function findWorkspaceByName(WorkspaceName $workspaceName): ?Workspace;
 
     public function findWorkspaces(): Workspaces;
 
+    /**
+     * @internal only used for constraint checks and in testcases
+     */
     public function findContentStreamById(ContentStreamId $contentStreamId): ?ContentStream;
 
     /**
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.TestSuite/Classes/Behavior/Features/Bootstrap/CRTestSuiteTrait.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.TestSuite/Classes/Behavior/Features/Bootstrap/CRTestSuiteTrait.php
index 18fddc56f68..3a06e4f7381 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.TestSuite/Classes/Behavior/Features/Bootstrap/CRTestSuiteTrait.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.TestSuite/Classes/Behavior/Features/Bootstrap/CRTestSuiteTrait.php
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ protected function readPayloadTable(TableNode $payloadTable): array
      */
     public function iExpectTheContentStreamToExist(string $rawContentStreamId): void
     {
-        $contentStream = $this->currentContentRepository->findContentStreamById(ContentStreamId::fromString($rawContentStreamId));
+        $contentStream = $this->getContentGraphReadModelInterface()->findContentStreamById(ContentStreamId::fromString($rawContentStreamId));
         Assert::assertNotNull($contentStream, sprintf('Content stream "%s" was expected to exist, but it does not', $rawContentStreamId));
     }
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public function iExpectTheContentStreamToExist(string $rawContentStreamId): void
      */
     public function iExpectTheContentStreamToNotExist(string $rawContentStreamId, string $not = ''): void
     {
-        $contentStream = $this->currentContentRepository->findContentStreamById(ContentStreamId::fromString($rawContentStreamId));
+        $contentStream = $this->getContentGraphReadModelInterface()->findContentStreamById(ContentStreamId::fromString($rawContentStreamId));
         Assert::assertNull($contentStream, sprintf('Content stream "%s" was not expected to exist, but it does', $rawContentStreamId));
     }
 
@@ -166,20 +166,7 @@ public function workspaceStatusMatchesExpected(string $rawWorkspaceNames, string
      */
     public function iExpectTheGraphProjectionToConsistOfExactlyNodes(int $expectedNumberOfNodes): void
     {
-        // HACK to access
-        $contentGraphReadModelAccess = new class implements ContentRepositoryServiceFactoryInterface {
-            public ContentGraphReadModelInterface|null $instance;
-            public function build(ContentRepositoryServiceFactoryDependencies $serviceFactoryDependencies): ContentRepositoryServiceInterface
-            {
-                $this->instance = $serviceFactoryDependencies->projectionsAndCatchUpHooks->contentGraphProjection->getState();
-                return new class implements ContentRepositoryServiceInterface
-                {
-                };
-            }
-        };
-        $this->getContentRepositoryService($contentGraphReadModelAccess);
-
-        $actualNumberOfNodes = $contentGraphReadModelAccess->instance->countNodes();
+        $actualNumberOfNodes = $this->getContentGraphReadModelInterface()->countNodes();
         Assert::assertSame($expectedNumberOfNodes, $actualNumberOfNodes, 'Content graph consists of ' . $actualNumberOfNodes . ' nodes, expected were ' . $expectedNumberOfNodes . '.');
     }
 
@@ -276,6 +263,31 @@ abstract protected function getContentRepositoryService(
         ContentRepositoryServiceFactoryInterface $factory
     ): ContentRepositoryServiceInterface;
 
+    final protected function getContentRepositoryServiceFactoryDependencies(): ContentRepositoryServiceFactoryDependencies
+    {
+        $accessorFactory = new class implements ContentRepositoryServiceFactoryInterface {
+            public function build(ContentRepositoryServiceFactoryDependencies $serviceFactoryDependencies): ContentRepositoryServiceInterface
+            {
+                return new class ($serviceFactoryDependencies) implements ContentRepositoryServiceInterface
+                {
+                    public function __construct(
+                        public readonly ContentRepositoryServiceFactoryDependencies $dependencies
+                    ) {
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+        return $this->getContentRepositoryService($accessorFactory)->dependencies;
+    }
+
+    final protected function getContentGraphReadModelInterface(): ContentGraphReadModelInterface
+    {
+        return $this->getContentRepositoryServiceFactoryDependencies()
+            ->projectionsAndCatchUpHooks
+            ->contentGraphProjection
+            ->getState();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @When I replay the :projectionName projection
      */