diff --git a/js/accessibility/pdom/ParallelDOM.ts b/js/accessibility/pdom/ParallelDOM.ts
index 2d81c0c0f..a1c9841b1 100644
--- a/js/accessibility/pdom/ParallelDOM.ts
+++ b/js/accessibility/pdom/ParallelDOM.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ import ReadOnlyProperty from '../../../../axon/js/ReadOnlyProperty.js';
 import TinyProperty from '../../../../axon/js/TinyProperty.js';
 import TinyForwardingProperty from '../../../../axon/js/TinyForwardingProperty.js';
 import TProperty from '../../../../axon/js/TProperty.js';
+import isSettingPhetioStateProperty from '../../../../tandem/js/isSettingPhetioStateProperty.js';
 
 const INPUT_TAG = PDOMUtils.TAGS.INPUT;
 const P_TAG = PDOMUtils.TAGS.P;
@@ -2629,8 +2630,7 @@ export default class ParallelDOM extends PhetioObject {
   public alertDescriptionUtterance( utterance: TAlertable ): void {
 
     // No description should be alerted if setting PhET-iO state, see https://github.com/phetsims/scenery/issues/1397
-    if ( _.hasIn( window, 'phet.phetio.phetioEngine.phetioStateEngine' ) &&
-         phet.phetio.phetioEngine.phetioStateEngine.isSettingStateProperty.value ) {
+    if ( isSettingPhetioStateProperty.value ) {
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/js/listeners/AnimatedPanZoomListener.js b/js/listeners/AnimatedPanZoomListener.js
index ad578f4e6..f97aba96a 100644
--- a/js/listeners/AnimatedPanZoomListener.js
+++ b/js/listeners/AnimatedPanZoomListener.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import Vector2 from '../../../dot/js/Vector2.js';
 import merge from '../../../phet-core/js/merge.js';
 import platform from '../../../phet-core/js/platform.js';
 import EventType from '../../../tandem/js/EventType.js';
+import isSettingPhetioStateProperty from '../../../tandem/js/isSettingPhetioStateProperty.js';
 import PhetioAction from '../../../tandem/js/PhetioAction.js';
 import Tandem from '../../../tandem/js/Tandem.js';
 import { EventIO, FocusManager, globalKeyStateTracker, Intent, KeyboardDragListener, KeyboardUtils, KeyboardZoomUtils, Node, PanZoomListener, PDOMPointer, PDOMUtils, PressListener, scenery } from '../imports.js';
@@ -177,9 +178,8 @@ class AnimatedPanZoomListener extends PanZoomListener {
     // set source and destination positions and scales after setting from state
     // to initialize values for animation with AnimatedPanZoomListener
     this.sourceFramePanBoundsProperty.lazyLink( () => {
-      const simGlobal = _.get( window, 'phet.joist.sim', null ); // returns null if global isn't found
 
-      if ( ( simGlobal && simGlobal.isSettingPhetioStateProperty.value ) ) {
+      if ( isSettingPhetioStateProperty.value ) {
         this.initializePositions();
         this.sourceScale = this.getCurrentScale();
         this.setDestinationScale( this.sourceScale );
diff --git a/js/listeners/PanZoomListener.js b/js/listeners/PanZoomListener.js
index 76af834cd..d9437c65a 100644
--- a/js/listeners/PanZoomListener.js
+++ b/js/listeners/PanZoomListener.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import Bounds2 from '../../../dot/js/Bounds2.js';
 import Matrix3 from '../../../dot/js/Matrix3.js';
 import merge from '../../../phet-core/js/merge.js';
 import ModelViewTransform2 from '../../../phetcommon/js/view/ModelViewTransform2.js';
+import isSettingPhetioStateProperty from '../../../tandem/js/isSettingPhetioStateProperty.js';
 import Tandem from '../../../tandem/js/Tandem.js';
 import { MultiListener, scenery } from '../imports.js';
 
@@ -76,9 +77,7 @@ class PanZoomListener extends MultiListener {
     } );
 
     this.sourceFramePanBoundsProperty.lazyLink( () => {
-      const simGlobal = _.get( window, 'phet.joist.sim', null ); // returns null if global isn't found
-
-      if ( ( simGlobal && simGlobal.isSettingPhetioStateProperty.value ) ) {
+      if ( isSettingPhetioStateProperty.value ) {
 
         // The matrixProperty has transformations relative to the global view coordinates of the source simulation,
         // so it will not be correct if source and destination frames are different sizes. This will map transforamtions