diff --git a/application/startup.inc.php b/application/startup.inc.php
index ce83bf8ce..7bb5f0532 100644
--- a/application/startup.inc.php
+++ b/application/startup.inc.php
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ $oKPI = new ExecutionKPI();
 Session::Start();
 $oKPI->ComputeAndReport("Session Start");
 
-EventService::InitService();
-EventService::FireEvent(new EventData(ApplicationEvents::APPLICATION_EVENT_REQUEST_RECEIVED));
-
 $sSwitchEnv = utils::ReadParam('switch_env', null);
 $bAllowCache = true;
 if (($sSwitchEnv != null) && file_exists(APPCONF.$sSwitchEnv.'/'.ITOP_CONFIG_FILE) &&( Session::Get('itop_env') !== $sSwitchEnv))
@@ -106,4 +103,6 @@ else
 }
 $sConfigFile = APPCONF.$sEnv.'/'.ITOP_CONFIG_FILE;
 MetaModel::Startup($sConfigFile, false /* $bModelOnly */, $bAllowCache, false /* $bTraceSourceFiles */, $sEnv);
+// Event service must be initialized after the MetaModel startup, otherwise it cannot discover classes implementing the iEventServiceSetup interface
+EventService::InitService();
 EventService::FireEvent(new EventData(ApplicationEvents::APPLICATION_EVENT_METAMODEL_STARTED));
diff --git a/sources/Application/ApplicationEvents.php b/sources/Application/ApplicationEvents.php
index b2872a24b..b30fdcbbe 100644
--- a/sources/Application/ApplicationEvents.php
+++ b/sources/Application/ApplicationEvents.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use Combodo\iTop\Service\Events\iEventServiceSetup;
 class ApplicationEvents implements iEventServiceSetup
 {
 	// Startup events
-	const APPLICATION_EVENT_REQUEST_RECEIVED  = 'APPLICATION_EVENT_REQUEST_RECEIVED';
 	const APPLICATION_EVENT_METAMODEL_STARTED = 'APPLICATION_EVENT_METAMODEL_STARTED';
 
 	/**
@@ -21,13 +20,6 @@ class ApplicationEvents implements iEventServiceSetup
 	 */
 	public function RegisterEventsAndListeners()
 	{
-		EventService::RegisterEvent(new EventDescription(
-			self::APPLICATION_EVENT_REQUEST_RECEIVED,
-			null,
-			'A request was received from the network, at this point only the session is started, the configuration is not even loaded',
-			'',
-			[],
-			'application'));
 		EventService::RegisterEvent(new EventDescription(
 			self::APPLICATION_EVENT_METAMODEL_STARTED,
 			null,
diff --git a/sources/Application/Service/Events/EventService.php b/sources/Application/Service/Events/EventService.php
index d780b8925..a81a56826 100644
--- a/sources/Application/Service/Events/EventService.php
+++ b/sources/Application/Service/Events/EventService.php
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ class EventService
 	 */
 	public static function InitService()
 	{
-		self::$aEventListeners = [];
-		self::$iEventIdCounter = 0;
-		self::$aEventDescription = [];
-
 		$aEventServiceSetup = utils::GetClassesForInterface(iEventServiceSetup::class, '', ['[\\\\/]lib[\\\\/]', '[\\\\/]node_modules[\\\\/]', '[\\\\/]test[\\\\/]']);
 		foreach ($aEventServiceSetup as $sEventServiceSetupClass) {
 			/** @var \Combodo\iTop\Service\Events\iEventServiceSetup $oEventServiceSetup */