diff --git a/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs b/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
index 76d06f3665..d464c97621 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using osu.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Configuration;
@@ -35,6 +34,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
             Migrate();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// For a given <see cref="GlobalAction"/>, return a human-readable string representing the bindings bound to the action.
+        /// </summary>
+        public LocalisableString LookupKeyBindings(GlobalAction action) => LookupKeyBindingsFunc(action);
+
         protected override void InitialiseDefaults()
         {
             // UI/selection defaults
@@ -263,10 +267,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
 
         public override TrackedSettings CreateTrackedSettings()
         {
-            // these need to be assigned in normal game startup scenarios.
-            Debug.Assert(LookupKeyBindings != null);
-            Debug.Assert(LookupSkinName != null);
-
             return new TrackedSettings
             {
                 new TrackedSetting<bool>(OsuSetting.ShowFpsDisplay, state => new SettingDescription(
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
                     string skinName = string.Empty;
 
                     if (Guid.TryParse(skin, out var id))
-                        skinName = LookupSkinName(id);
+                        skinName = LookupSkinNameFunc(id);
 
                     return new SettingDescription(
                         rawValue: skinName,
@@ -329,9 +329,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
             };
         }
 
-        public Func<Guid, string> LookupSkinName { private get; set; } = _ => @"unknown";
-
-        public Func<GlobalAction, LocalisableString> LookupKeyBindings { get; set; } = _ => @"unknown";
+        public Func<Guid, string> LookupSkinNameFunc { private get; set; } = _ => @"unknown";
+        public Func<GlobalAction, LocalisableString> LookupKeyBindingsFunc { private get; set; } = _ => @"unknown";
 
         IBindable<float> IGameplaySettings.ComboColourNormalisationAmount => GetOriginalBindable<float>(OsuSetting.ComboColourNormalisationAmount);
         IBindable<float> IGameplaySettings.PositionalHitsoundsLevel => GetOriginalBindable<float>(OsuSetting.PositionalHitsoundsLevel);
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
index 3381553970..558242b37b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
@@ -979,9 +979,9 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
             // make config aware of how to lookup skins for on-screen display purposes.
             // if this becomes a more common thing, tracked settings should be reconsidered to allow local DI.
-            LocalConfig.LookupSkinName = id => SkinManager.Query(s => s.ID == id)?.ToString() ?? "Unknown";
+            LocalConfig.LookupSkinNameFunc = id => SkinManager.Query(s => s.ID == id)?.ToString() ?? "Unknown";
 
-            LocalConfig.LookupKeyBindings = l =>
+            LocalConfig.LookupKeyBindingsFunc = l =>
             {
                 var combinations = KeyBindingStore.GetReadableKeyCombinationsFor(l);
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Multiplayer/GameplayChatDisplay.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Multiplayer/GameplayChatDisplay.cs
index 83c94ab534..7b9a4d34ca 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Multiplayer/GameplayChatDisplay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Multiplayer/GameplayChatDisplay.cs
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay.Multiplayer
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(OsuConfigManager config)
         {
-            TextBox.PlaceholderText = ChatStrings.InGameInputPlaceholder(config.LookupKeyBindings(GlobalAction.ToggleChatFocus));
+            resetPlaceholderText();
             TextBox.Focus = () => TextBox.PlaceholderText = Resources.Localisation.Web.ChatStrings.InputPlaceholder;
             TextBox.FocusLost = () =>
             {
-                TextBox.PlaceholderText = ChatStrings.InGameInputPlaceholder(config.LookupKeyBindings(GlobalAction.ToggleChatFocus));
+                resetPlaceholderText();
                 expandedFromTextBoxFocus.Value = false;
             };
+
+            void resetPlaceholderText() => TextBox.PlaceholderText = ChatStrings.InGameInputPlaceholder(config.LookupKeyBindings(GlobalAction.ToggleChatFocus));
         }
 
         protected override bool OnHover(HoverEvent e) => true; // use UI mouse cursor.