diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/SnapController.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/SnapController.ts
index 784e718ffa..5cecef0155 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/SnapController.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/SnapController.ts
@@ -654,8 +654,6 @@ export class SnapController extends BaseController<
   // This property cannot be hash private yet because of tests.
   private readonly maxRequestTime: number;
 
-  #npmRegistryUrl?: string;
-
   #detectSnapLocation: typeof detectSnapLocation;
 
   // This property cannot be hash private yet because of tests.
@@ -679,7 +677,6 @@ export class SnapController extends BaseController<
     state,
     getAppKey,
     environmentEndowmentPermissions = [],
-    npmRegistryUrl,
     idleTimeCheckInterval = inMilliseconds(5, Duration.Second),
     checkBlockList,
     maxIdleTime = inMilliseconds(30, Duration.Second),
@@ -752,7 +749,6 @@ export class SnapController extends BaseController<
     this.#checkSnapBlockList = checkBlockList;
     this.#maxIdleTime = maxIdleTime;
     this.maxRequestTime = maxRequestTime;
-    this.#npmRegistryUrl = npmRegistryUrl;
     this.#detectSnapLocation = detectSnapLocationFunction;
     this._onUnhandledSnapError = this._onUnhandledSnapError.bind(this);
     this._onOutboundRequest = this._onOutboundRequest.bind(this);
@@ -1663,7 +1659,10 @@ export class SnapController extends BaseController<
   ): Promise<ProcessSnapResult> {
     validateSnapId(snapId);
 
-    const location = this.#detectSnapLocation(snapId, { versionRange });
+    const location = this.#detectSnapLocation(snapId, {
+      versionRange,
+      fetch: this.#fetchFunction,
+    });
 
     const existingSnap = this.getTruncated(snapId);
     // For devX we always re-install local snaps.
diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/http.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/http.ts
index 7a1aafd34f..27db5ea049 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/http.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/http.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class HttpLocation implements SnapLocation {
 
   constructor(url: URL, opts: HttpOptions = {}) {
     assertStruct(url.toString(), HttpSnapIdStruct, 'Invalid Snap Id: ');
-    this.fetchFn = opts.fetch ?? globalThis.fetch;
+    this.fetchFn = opts.fetch ?? globalThis.fetch.bind(globalThis);
     this.fetchOptions = opts.fetchOptions;
     this.url = url;
   }
diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/location.test.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/location.test.ts
index 0bbb2cf1ed..24741602ec 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/location.test.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/location.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ describe('detectSnapLocation', () => {
   );
 
   it('disallows custom registries by default', () => {
-    expect(() => detectSnapLocation('npm://foo.com/bar')).toThrow(
+    expect(() =>
+      detectSnapLocation('npm://foo.com/bar', { fetch: jest.fn() }),
+    ).toThrow(
       'Custom NPM registries are disabled, tried to use "https://foo.com/".',
     );
   });
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ describe('detectSnapLocation', () => {
   ])('detects %s', (url, classObj) => {
     expect(
       detectSnapLocation(url, {
+        fetch: jest.fn(),
         allowHttp: true,
         allowCustomRegistries: true,
       }),
diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/location.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/location.ts
index 63c0f49a98..bcb60d9c1f 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/location.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/location.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ export interface SnapLocation {
 }
 
 export type DetectSnapLocationOptions = NpmOptions & {
+  /**
+   * The function used to fetch data.
+   *
+   * @default globalThis.fetch
+   */
+  fetch?: typeof fetch;
   /**
    * @default false
    */
@@ -48,14 +54,14 @@ export function detectSnapLocation(
     case 'npm:':
       return new NpmLocation(root, opts);
     case 'local:':
-      return new LocalLocation(root);
+      return new LocalLocation(root, opts);
     case 'http:':
     case 'https:':
       assert(
         allowHttp,
         new TypeError('Fetching snaps through http/https is disabled.'),
       );
-      return new HttpLocation(root);
+      return new HttpLocation(root, opts);
     default:
       throw new TypeError(
         `Unrecognized "${root.protocol}" snap location protocol.`,
diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/npm.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/npm.ts
index e41efc8072..6919a92db9 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/npm.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/npm.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { Readable, Writable } from 'stream';
 import { extract as tarExtract } from 'tar-stream';
 
 import { ensureRelative } from '../../utils';
-import { SnapLocation } from './location';
+import { DetectSnapLocationOptions, SnapLocation } from './location';
 
 const DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY = 'https://registry.npmjs.org';
 
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ export interface NpmOptions {
    * @default DEFAULT_REQUESTED_SNAP_VERSION
    */
   versionRange?: SemVerRange;
-  /**
-   * The function used to fetch data.
-   *
-   * @default globalThis.fetch
-   */
-  fetch?: typeof fetch;
   /**
    * Whether to allow custom NPM registries outside of {@link DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY}.
    *
@@ -56,9 +50,9 @@ export class NpmLocation implements SnapLocation {
 
   private files?: Map<string, VirtualFile>;
 
-  constructor(url: URL, opts: NpmOptions = {}) {
+  constructor(url: URL, opts: DetectSnapLocationOptions = {}) {
     const allowCustomRegistries = opts.allowCustomRegistries ?? false;
-    const fetchFunction = opts.fetch ?? globalThis.fetch;
+    const fetchFunction = opts.fetch ?? globalThis.fetch.bind(globalThis);
     const requestedRange = opts.versionRange ?? DEFAULT_REQUESTED_SNAP_VERSION;
 
     assertStruct(url.toString(), NpmSnapIdStruct, 'Invalid Snap Id: ');