diff --git a/internal/chart/v3/lint/rules/deprecations.go b/internal/chart/v3/lint/rules/deprecations.go
index 000303228..478f861fd 100644
--- a/internal/chart/v3/lint/rules/deprecations.go
+++ b/internal/chart/v3/lint/rules/deprecations.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func validateNoDeprecations(resource *k8sYamlStruct, kubeVersion *common.KubeVer
 
 func resourceToRuntimeObject(resource *k8sYamlStruct) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	gvk := schema.FromAPIVersionAndKind(resource.APIVersion, resource.Kind)
-	out, err := kube.NativeScheme.New(gvk)
+	out, err := kube.NativeScheme().New(gvk)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/chart/common/capabilities.go b/pkg/chart/common/capabilities.go
index 8af895604..a8dc55b00 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/common/capabilities.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/common/capabilities.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (v VersionSet) Has(apiVersion string) bool {
 }
 
 func allKnownVersions() VersionSet {
-	groups := kube.NativeScheme.PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()
+	groups := kube.NativeScheme().PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()
 	vs := make(VersionSet, 0, len(groups))
 	for _, gv := range groups {
 		vs = append(vs, gv.String())
diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/deprecations.go b/pkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/deprecations.go
index 4880d24d0..ecd0858b1 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/deprecations.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/deprecations.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func validateNoDeprecations(resource *k8sYamlStruct, kubeVersion *common.KubeVer
 
 func resourceToRuntimeObject(resource *k8sYamlStruct) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	gvk := schema.FromAPIVersionAndKind(resource.APIVersion, resource.Kind)
-	out, err := kube.NativeScheme.New(gvk)
+	out, err := kube.NativeScheme().New(gvk)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kube/converter.go b/pkg/kube/converter.go
index 813ffe1aa..c566d4994 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/converter.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/converter.go
@@ -26,29 +26,33 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 )
 
-// NativeScheme is a clean *runtime.Scheme with _only_ Kubernetes
-// native resources added to it. This is required to break free of custom resources
-// that may have been added to scheme.Scheme due to Helm being used as a package in
-// combination with e.g. a versioned kube client. If we would not do this, the client
-// may attempt to perform e.g. a 3-way-merge strategy patch for custom resources.
-// DO NOT MUTATE, this is a shared variable.
-var NativeScheme *runtime.Scheme
+var nativeScheme *runtime.Scheme
 
 func init() {
-	NativeScheme = runtime.NewScheme()
-	if err := scheme.AddToScheme(NativeScheme); err != nil {
+	nativeScheme = runtime.NewScheme()
+	if err := scheme.AddToScheme(nativeScheme); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	// API extensions are not in the above scheme set,
 	// and must thus be added separately.
-	if err := apiextensionsv1beta1.AddToScheme(NativeScheme); err != nil {
+	if err := apiextensionsv1beta1.AddToScheme(nativeScheme); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	if err := apiextensionsv1.AddToScheme(NativeScheme); err != nil {
+	if err := apiextensionsv1.AddToScheme(nativeScheme); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 }
 
+// NativeScheme returns a clean *runtime.Scheme with _only_ Kubernetes
+// native resources added to it. This is required to break free of custom resources
+// that may have been added to scheme.Scheme due to Helm being used as a package in
+// combination with e.g. a versioned kube client. If we would not do this, the client
+// may attempt to perform e.g. a 3-way-merge strategy patch for custom resources.
+// DO NOT MUTATE the returned object, it is shared.
+func NativeScheme() *runtime.Scheme {
+	return nativeScheme
+}
+
 // AsVersioned converts the given info into a runtime.Object with the correct
 // group and version set
 func AsVersioned(info *resource.Info) runtime.Object {
@@ -58,11 +62,11 @@ func AsVersioned(info *resource.Info) runtime.Object {
 // convertWithMapper converts the given object with the optional provided
 // RESTMapping. If no mapping is provided, the default schema versioner is used
 func convertWithMapper(obj runtime.Object, mapping *meta.RESTMapping) runtime.Object {
-	var gv = runtime.GroupVersioner(schema.GroupVersions(NativeScheme.PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()))
+	var gv = runtime.GroupVersioner(schema.GroupVersions(NativeScheme().PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()))
 	if mapping != nil {
 		gv = mapping.GroupVersionKind.GroupVersion()
 	}
-	if obj, err := NativeScheme.ConvertToVersion(obj, gv); err == nil {
+	if obj, err := NativeScheme().ConvertToVersion(obj, gv); err == nil {
 		return obj
 	}
 	return obj
diff --git a/pkg/kube/ready.go b/pkg/kube/ready.go
index 94075d0ff..0948da76f 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/ready.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/ready.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (c *ReadyChecker) IsReady(ctx context.Context, v *resource.Info) (bool, err
 			return false, err
 		}
 		crd := &apiextv1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition{}
-		if err := NativeScheme.Convert(v.Object, crd, nil); err != nil {
+		if err := NativeScheme().Convert(v.Object, crd, nil); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
 		if !c.crdBetaReady(*crd) {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (c *ReadyChecker) IsReady(ctx context.Context, v *resource.Info) (bool, err
 			return false, err
 		}
 		crd := &apiextv1.CustomResourceDefinition{}
-		if err := NativeScheme.Convert(v.Object, crd, nil); err != nil {
+		if err := NativeScheme().Convert(v.Object, crd, nil); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
 		if !c.crdReady(*crd) {