diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.ts
index b3595a9fcbe56..67517804fa627 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ export interface EvaluateCloudFormationTemplateProps {
   readonly urlSuffix: (region: string) => string;
   readonly sdk: ISDK;
   readonly nestedStackNames?: { [nestedStackLogicalId: string]: NestedStackNames };
-  readonly lookupExport: LookupExport;
 }
 
 export class EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate {
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ export class EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate {
 
   constructor(props: EvaluateCloudFormationTemplateProps) {
     this.stackName = props.stackName;
-    this.lookupExport = props.lookupExport;
     this.template = props.template;
     this.context = {
       'AWS::AccountId': props.account,
@@ -144,6 +142,9 @@ export class EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate {
     // We need them to figure out the physical name of a resource in case it wasn't specified by the user.
     // We fetch it lazily, to save a service call, in case all hotswapped resources have their physical names set.
     this.stackResources = new LazyListStackResources(this.sdk, this.stackName);
+
+    // CloudFormation Exports lookup to be able to resolve Fn::ImportValue intrinsics in template
+    this.lookupExport = new LazyLookupExport(this.sdk);
   }
 
   // clones current EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate object, but updates the stack name
@@ -163,7 +164,6 @@ export class EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate {
       urlSuffix: this.urlSuffix,
       sdk: this.sdk,
       nestedStackNames: this.nestedStackNames,
-      lookupExport: this.lookupExport,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap-deployments.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap-deployments.ts
index 8dc177aabdc88..eb1641a5b2dce 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap-deployments.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap-deployments.ts
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ export async function tryHotswapDeployment(
 
   const currentTemplate = await loadCurrentTemplateWithNestedStacks(stackArtifact, sdk);
 
-  // CloudFormation Exports lookup to be able to resolve Fn::ImportValue intrinsics in template
-  const lookupExport = new LazyLookupExport(sdk);
   const evaluateCfnTemplate = new EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate({
     stackName: stackArtifact.stackName,
     template: stackArtifact.template,
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ export async function tryHotswapDeployment(
     urlSuffix: (region) => sdk.getEndpointSuffix(region),
     sdk,
     nestedStackNames: currentTemplate.nestedStackNames,
-    lookupExport,
   });
 
   const stackChanges = cfn_diff.diffTemplate(currentTemplate.deployedTemplate, stackArtifact.template);
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/find-cloudwatch-logs.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/find-cloudwatch-logs.ts
index 911cbc4cd543b..bcee908dcc746 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/find-cloudwatch-logs.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/logs/find-cloudwatch-logs.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as cxapi from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
 import { CloudFormation } from 'aws-sdk';
 import { Mode, SdkProvider, ISDK } from '../aws-auth';
 import { Deployments } from '../deployments';
-import { EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate, LazyListStackResources, LazyLookupExport } from '../evaluate-cloudformation-template';
+import { EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate, LazyListStackResources } from '../evaluate-cloudformation-template';
 
 // resource types that have associated CloudWatch Log Groups that should _not_ be monitored
 const IGNORE_LOGS_RESOURCE_TYPES = ['AWS::EC2::FlowLog', 'AWS::CloudTrail::Trail', 'AWS::CodeBuild::Project'];
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export async function findCloudWatchLogGroups(
   }
 
   const listStackResources = new LazyListStackResources(sdk, stackArtifact.stackName);
-  const lookupExport = new LazyLookupExport(sdk);
   const evaluateCfnTemplate = new EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate({
     stackName: stackArtifact.stackName,
     template: stackArtifact.template,
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ export async function findCloudWatchLogGroups(
     partition: (await sdk.currentAccount()).partition,
     urlSuffix: (region) => sdk.getEndpointSuffix(region),
     sdk,
-    lookupExport,
   });
 
   const stackResources = await listStackResources.listStackResources();
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.test.ts
index 599d28859a6ce..4a571838820a2 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/test/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import {
   CfnEvaluationException,
   EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate,
-  LazyListStackResources,
-  LazyLookupExport,
   Template,
 } from '../../lib/api/evaluate-cloudformation-template';
 import { MockSdk } from '../util/mock-sdk';
@@ -22,8 +20,8 @@ const createEvaluateCloudFormationTemplate = (template: Template) => new Evaluat
   region: 'ap-south-east-2',
   partition: 'aws',
   urlSuffix: (region) => sdk.getEndpointSuffix(region),
-  listStackResources: new LazyListStackResources(sdk, 'test-stack'),
-  lookupExport: new LazyLookupExport(sdk),
+  sdk,
+  stackName: 'test-stack',
 });
 
 describe('evaluateCfnExpression', () => {