diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/SkinEditor/SkinComponentToolbox.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/SkinEditor/SkinComponentToolbox.cs
index 85becc1a23..4a3ae99116 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/SkinEditor/SkinComponentToolbox.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/SkinEditor/SkinComponentToolbox.cs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.SkinEditor
             }
         }
 
-        public partial class DependencyBorrowingContainer : Container
+        private partial class DependencyBorrowingContainer : Container
         {
             protected override bool ShouldBeConsideredForInput(Drawable child) => false;
 
@@ -232,8 +232,19 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.SkinEditor
                 this.donor = donor;
             }
 
-            protected override IReadOnlyDependencyContainer CreateChildDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer parent) =>
-                new DependencyContainer(donor?.Dependencies ?? base.CreateChildDependencies(parent));
+            protected override IReadOnlyDependencyContainer CreateChildDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer parent)
+            {
+                var baseDependencies = base.CreateChildDependencies(parent);
+                if (donor == null)
+                    return baseDependencies;
+
+                var dependencies = new DependencyContainer(donor.Dependencies);
+                // inject `SkinEditor` again *on top* of the borrowed dependencies.
+                // this is designed to let components know when they are being displayed in the context of the skin editor
+                // via attempting to resolve `SkinEditor`.
+                dependencies.CacheAs(baseDependencies.Get<SkinEditor>());
+                return dependencies;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/DefaultRankDisplay.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/DefaultRankDisplay.cs
index 83c329bb8f..61f0abd79c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/DefaultRankDisplay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/DefaultRankDisplay.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Audio;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Online.Leaderboards;
+using osu.Game.Overlays.SkinEditor;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load()
+        private void load(SkinEditor? skinEditor)
         {
             InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
             {
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
                 },
             };
+
+            if (skinEditor != null)
+                PlaySamples.Value = false;
         }
 
         protected override void LoadComplete()