diff --git a/dev-packages/application-manager/src/generator/backend-generator.ts b/dev-packages/application-manager/src/generator/backend-generator.ts
index 6c333462b785b..5bdde2c706775 100644
--- a/dev-packages/application-manager/src/generator/backend-generator.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/application-manager/src/generator/backend-generator.ts
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ if ('ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE' in process.env) {
 
 const path = require('path');
 process.env.THEIA_APP_PROJECT_PATH = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..')
-const express = require('express');
-const { Container } = require('inversify');
+const express = require('@theia/core/shared/express');
+const { Container } = require('@theia/core/shared/inversify');
 const { BackendApplication, BackendApplicationServer, CliManager } = require('@theia/core/lib/node');
 const { backendApplicationModule } = require('@theia/core/lib/node/backend-application-module');
 const { messagingBackendModule } = require('@theia/core/lib/node/messaging/messaging-backend-module');
diff --git a/dev-packages/application-manager/src/generator/frontend-generator.ts b/dev-packages/application-manager/src/generator/frontend-generator.ts
index bbfd134bdb3b8..e518e90046026 100644
--- a/dev-packages/application-manager/src/generator/frontend-generator.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/application-manager/src/generator/frontend-generator.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class FrontendGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
 ${this.ifBrowser("require('es6-promise/auto');")}
 require('reflect-metadata');
 require('setimmediate');
-const { Container } = require('inversify');
+const { Container } = require('@theia/core/shared/inversify');
 const { FrontendApplicationConfigProvider } = require('@theia/core/lib/browser/frontend-application-config-provider');
 
 FrontendApplicationConfigProvider.set(${this.prettyStringify(this.pck.props.frontend.config)});
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ ${Array.from(frontendModules.values(), jsModulePath => `\
         return `\
 // @ts-check
 require('reflect-metadata');
-const { Container } = require('inversify');
+const { Container } = require('@theia/core/shared/inversify');
 
 module.exports = Promise.resolve().then(() => {
     const { frontendApplicationModule } = require('@theia/core/lib/browser/frontend-application-module');