diff --git a/packages/lib/src/components/Dropin/Dropin.tsx b/packages/lib/src/components/Dropin/Dropin.tsx
index 3654962d8f..f61e29eb08 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/components/Dropin/Dropin.tsx
+++ b/packages/lib/src/components/Dropin/Dropin.tsx
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import { hasOwnProperty } from '../../utils/hasOwnProperty';
 import SRPanelProvider from '../../core/Errors/SRPanelProvider';
 import splitPaymentMethods from './elements/splitPaymentMethods';
 import type { ICore } from '../../core/types';
+import { IDropin } from './types';
 
 const SUPPORTED_INSTANT_PAYMENTS = ['paywithgoogle', 'googlepay', 'applepay'];
 
-class DropinElement extends UIElement<DropinConfiguration> {
+class DropinElement extends UIElement<DropinConfiguration> implements IDropin {
     protected static defaultProps = defaultProps;
 
     public dropinRef = null;
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/components/Dropin/types.ts b/packages/lib/src/components/Dropin/types.ts
index aa4700459f..4f2a0d9473 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/components/Dropin/types.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/components/Dropin/types.ts
@@ -124,3 +124,8 @@ export interface DropinComponentState {
     isDisabling: boolean;
     orderStatus: OrderStatus;
 }
+
+export interface IDropin {
+    activePaymentMethod: () => null;
+    closeActivePaymentMethod: () => void;
+}
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/components/internal/UIElement/UIElement.tsx b/packages/lib/src/components/internal/UIElement/UIElement.tsx
index 15684b56d9..09fb6eb803 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/components/internal/UIElement/UIElement.tsx
+++ b/packages/lib/src/components/internal/UIElement/UIElement.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { h } from 'preact';
 import BaseElement from '../BaseElement/BaseElement';
 import PayButton from '../PayButton';
-import { cleanupFinalResult, sanitizeResponse, verifyPaymentDidNotFail } from './utils';
+import { assertIsDropin, cleanupFinalResult, getRegulatoryDefaults, sanitizeResponse, verifyPaymentDidNotFail } from './utils';
 import AdyenCheckoutError from '../../../core/Errors/AdyenCheckoutError';
 import { hasOwnProperty } from '../../../utils/hasOwnProperty';
 import { Resources } from '../../../core/Context/Resources';
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import type {
 } from '../../../types/global-types';
 import { ANALYTICS_SUBMIT_STR } from '../../../core/Analytics/constants';
 import { AnalyticsInitialEvent, SendAnalyticsObject } from '../../../core/Analytics/types';
+import { IDropin } from '../../Dropin/types';
 
 import './UIElement.scss';
 
@@ -83,9 +84,11 @@ export abstract class UIElement<P extends UIElementProps = UIElementProps> exten
             ...componentProps
         };
 
+        const isDropin = assertIsDropin(this as unknown as IDropin);
+
         this.props = this.formatProps({
             ...this.constructor['defaultProps'], // component defaults
-            ...this.core.getRegulatoryDefaults(), // regulatory defaults
+            ...getRegulatoryDefaults(this.core.options.countryCode, isDropin), // regulatory defaults
             ...finalProps // the rest (inc. merchant defined config)
         });
     }
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/components/internal/UIElement/utils.ts b/packages/lib/src/components/internal/UIElement/utils.ts
index a22461a00c..57ac261567 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/components/internal/UIElement/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/components/internal/UIElement/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { UIElementStatus } from './types';
 import { RawPaymentResponse, PaymentResponseData } from '../../../types/global-types';
+import { IDropin } from '../../Dropin/types';
 
 const ALLOWED_PROPERTIES = ['action', 'resultCode', 'sessionData', 'order', 'sessionResult', 'donationToken', 'error'];
 
@@ -57,3 +58,25 @@ export function verifyPaymentDidNotFail(response: PaymentResponseData): Promise<
 
     return Promise.resolve(response);
 }
+
+export function assertIsDropin(dropin: IDropin) {
+    if (!dropin) return false;
+
+    const isDropin = typeof dropin.activePaymentMethod === 'object' && typeof dropin.closeActivePaymentMethod === 'function';
+    return isDropin;
+}
+
+export function getRegulatoryDefaults(countryCode: string, isDropin: boolean): Record<string, any> {
+    switch (countryCode) {
+        // Finnish regulations state that no payment method can be open by default
+        case 'FI':
+            return isDropin
+                ? {
+                      openFirstPaymentMethod: false,
+                      openFirstStoredPaymentMethod: false
+                  }
+                : {};
+        default:
+            return {};
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/core/core.ts b/packages/lib/src/core/core.ts
index 492b7bbf94..0c3b6f8ad6 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/core/core.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/core/core.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { resolveEnvironment, resolveCDNEnvironment, resolveAnalyticsEnvironment
 import Analytics from './Analytics';
 import { AdditionalDetailsStateData, PaymentAction, PaymentResponseData } from '../types/global-types';
 import { CoreConfiguration, ICore } from './types';
-import { getDefaultPropsByCountryCode, processGlobalOptions } from './utils';
+import { processGlobalOptions } from './utils';
 import Session from './CheckoutSession';
 import { hasOwnProperty } from '../utils/hasOwnProperty';
 import { Resources } from './Context/Resources';
@@ -264,10 +264,6 @@ class Core implements ICore {
         };
     }
 
-    public getRegulatoryDefaults(): Record<string, any> {
-        return getDefaultPropsByCountryCode(this.options.countryCode);
-    }
-
     public storeElementReference(element: UIElement) {
         if (element) {
             this.components.push(element);
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/core/types.ts b/packages/lib/src/core/types.ts
index 707fa2bec3..6fdb80c4de 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/core/types.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/core/types.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ export interface ICore {
 
     storeElementReference(element: UIElement): void;
 
-    getRegulatoryDefaults(): Record<string, any>;
-
     options: CoreConfiguration;
     paymentMethodsResponse: PaymentMethods;
     session?: Session;
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/core/utils.ts b/packages/lib/src/core/utils.ts
index d484c8d5c2..79ab575eb1 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/core/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/core/utils.ts
@@ -11,16 +11,3 @@ export function processGlobalOptions(globalOptions) {
         return r;
     }, {});
 }
-
-export function getDefaultPropsByCountryCode(countryCode: string): Record<string, any> {
-    switch (countryCode) {
-        // Finnish regulations state that no payment method can be open by default
-        case 'FI':
-            return {
-                openFirstPaymentMethod: false,
-                openFirstStoredPaymentMethod: false
-            };
-        default:
-            return {};
-    }
-}