diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/MapBox.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/MapBox.tsx
index 368c3787b..c4d552fbc 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/MapBox.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/MapBox.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import { MapButton } from "./MapButton";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import "leaflet-defaulticon-compatibility/dist/leaflet-defaulticon-compatibility.webpack.css"; // Re-uses images from ~leaflet package
 import "leaflet/dist/leaflet.css";
-haveWindow && require("leaflet-defaulticon-compatibility");
-const L = haveWindow ? (require("leaflet") as typeof import("leaflet")) : null;
+haveWindow() && require("leaflet-defaulticon-compatibility");
+const L = haveWindow()
+    ? (require("leaflet") as typeof import("leaflet"))
+    : null;
 
 const LAYER_TILE_URL = "https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png";
 const LAYER_TILE_ATTRIBUTION =
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningFactory.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningFactory.ts
index 9e7cac60c..b93474cb3 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningFactory.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningFactory.ts
@@ -234,4 +234,4 @@ export class LocalMLSyncContext implements MLSyncContext {
 }
 
 export const getConcurrency = () =>
-    haveWindow && Math.max(2, Math.ceil(navigator.hardwareConcurrency / 2));
+    haveWindow() && Math.max(2, Math.ceil(navigator.hardwareConcurrency / 2));
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkConvertWorker.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkConvertWorker.ts
index c9cd9aef4..7136fbd62 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkConvertWorker.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkConvertWorker.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ComlinkConvertWorker {
 }
 
 export const getDedicatedConvertWorker = () => {
-    if (haveWindow) {
+    if (haveWindow()) {
         const cryptoComlinkWorker = new ComlinkWorker<
             typeof DedicatedConvertWorker
         >(
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkMLWorker.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkMLWorker.ts
index 83dfaf286..f75c0f866 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkMLWorker.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkMLWorker.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ComlinkWorker } from "@ente/shared/worker/comlinkWorker";
 import { DedicatedMLWorker } from "worker/ml.worker";
 
 export const getDedicatedMLWorker = (name: string) => {
-    if (haveWindow) {
+    if (haveWindow()) {
         const cryptoComlinkWorker = new ComlinkWorker<typeof DedicatedMLWorker>(
             name ?? "ente-ml-worker",
             new Worker(new URL("worker/ml.worker.ts", import.meta.url)),
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkSearchWorker.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkSearchWorker.ts
index f948440b0..b4ec05490 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkSearchWorker.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/comlink/ComlinkSearchWorker.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ComlinkSearchWorker {
 }
 
 export const getDedicatedSearchWorker = () => {
-    if (haveWindow) {
+    if (haveWindow()) {
         const cryptoComlinkWorker = new ComlinkWorker<
             typeof DedicatedSearchWorker
         >(
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/storage/mlIDbStorage.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/storage/mlIDbStorage.ts
index 7dca2a68e..f323603b0 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/storage/mlIDbStorage.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/storage/mlIDbStorage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { haveWindow, inElectron } from "@/next/env";
+import { haveWindow } from "@/next/env";
+import isElectron from "is-electron";
 import { addLogLine } from "@ente/shared/logging";
 import { logError } from "@ente/shared/sentry";
 import {
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class MLIDbStorage {
     public _db: Promise<IDBPDatabase<MLDb>>;
 
     constructor() {
-        if (!haveWindow || !inElectron) {
+        if (!haveWindow() || !isElectron()) {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/web/packages/next/env.ts b/web/packages/next/env.ts
index 27cea6f16..ea145d892 100644
--- a/web/packages/next/env.ts
+++ b/web/packages/next/env.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import isElectron from "is-electron";
-
 /**
  * A build is considered as a development build if either the NODE_ENV is
  * environment variable is set to 'development'.
@@ -23,17 +21,17 @@ export const isDevBuild = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
  *
  * > We can be running in a browser context either if the user has the page open
  *   in a web browser, or if we're the renderer process of an Electron app.
+ *
+ * Note that this cannot be a constant, otherwise it'll get inlined during SSR
+ * with the wrong value.
  */
-export const haveWindow = typeof window !== "undefined";
+export const haveWindow = () => typeof window !== "undefined";
 
 /**
  * Return true if we are running in a [Web
  * Worker](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API)
+ *
+ * Note that this cannot be a constant, otherwise it'll get inlined during SSR
+ * with the wrong value.
  */
-export const inWorker = typeof importScripts === "function";
-
-/**
- * Return true if we're running in an Electron app (either main or renderer
- * process).
- */
-export const inElectron = isElectron();
+export const inWorker = () => typeof importScripts === "function";
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/electron/service.ts b/web/packages/shared/electron/service.ts
index b4f906c0c..f926d20b2 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/electron/service.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/electron/service.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class WorkerSafeElectronServiceImpl implements LimitedElectronAPIs {
         this.ready = this.init();
     }
     private async init() {
-        if (inWorker) {
+        if (inWorker()) {
             const workerSafeElectronClient =
                 wrap<typeof WorkerSafeElectronClient>(self);
 
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/storage/localForage/index.ts b/web/packages/shared/storage/localForage/index.ts
index 81bbea610..a3bb4442d 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/storage/localForage/index.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/storage/localForage/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { haveWindow } from "@/next/env";
 
 import localForage from "localforage";
 
-if (haveWindow) {
+if (haveWindow()) {
     localForage.config({
         name: "ente-files",
         version: 1.0,