diff --git a/devtools/projects/ng-devtools-backend/src/lib/component-tree/component-tree.ts b/devtools/projects/ng-devtools-backend/src/lib/component-tree/component-tree.ts
index 9e7a22eade4..9a24f08e3b3 100644
--- a/devtools/projects/ng-devtools-backend/src/lib/component-tree/component-tree.ts
+++ b/devtools/projects/ng-devtools-backend/src/lib/component-tree/component-tree.ts
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ const getDependenciesForDirective = (
 
 const valueToLabel = (value: any): string => {
   if (isInjectionToken(value)) {
-    return `InjectionToken(${value['_desc']})`;
+    return value.toString();
   }
 
   if (typeof value === 'object') {