diff --git a/src/adapter/services/LegacyObjectAPIInterceptor.js b/src/adapter/services/LegacyObjectAPIInterceptor.js
index ac011e12e1..9f6aafcdc8 100644
--- a/src/adapter/services/LegacyObjectAPIInterceptor.js
+++ b/src/adapter/services/LegacyObjectAPIInterceptor.js
@@ -58,11 +58,8 @@ define([
 
         handleLegacyMutation = function (legacyObject) {
             var newStyleObject = utils.toNewFormat(legacyObject.getModel(), legacyObject.getId());
-
-            //Don't trigger self
-            this.eventEmitter.off('mutation', handleMutation);
             this.eventEmitter.emit(newStyleObject.identifier.key + ":*", newStyleObject);
-            this.eventEmitter.on('mutation', handleMutation);
+            this.eventEmitter.emit('mutation', newStyleObject);
         }.bind(this);
 
         this.eventEmitter.on('mutation', handleMutation);
diff --git a/src/api/composition/DefaultCompositionProvider.js b/src/api/composition/DefaultCompositionProvider.js
index 3399a7306d..fdb8dbb913 100644
--- a/src/api/composition/DefaultCompositionProvider.js
+++ b/src/api/composition/DefaultCompositionProvider.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ define([
     function DefaultCompositionProvider(publicAPI, compositionAPI) {
         this.publicAPI = publicAPI;
         this.listeningTo = {};
+        this.onMutation = this.onMutation.bind(this);
 
         this.cannotContainDuplicates = this.cannotContainDuplicates.bind(this);
         this.cannotContainItself = this.cannotContainItself.bind(this);
@@ -208,9 +209,10 @@ define([
         if (this.topicListener) {
             return;
         }
-        var topic = this.publicAPI.$injector.get('topic');
-        var mutation = topic('mutation');
-        this.topicListener = mutation.listen(this.onMutation.bind(this));
+        this.publicAPI.objects.eventEmitter.on('mutation', this.onMutation);
+        this.topicListener = () => {
+            this.publicAPI.objects.eventEmitter.off('mutation', this.onMutation)
+        };
     };
 
     /**
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ define([
      * @private
      */
     DefaultCompositionProvider.prototype.onMutation = function (oldDomainObject) {
-        var id = oldDomainObject.getId();
+        var id = objectUtils.makeKeyString(oldDomainObject.identifier);
         var listeners = this.listeningTo[id];
 
         if (!listeners) {
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ define([
         }
 
         var oldComposition = listeners.composition.map(objectUtils.makeKeyString);
-        var newComposition = oldDomainObject.getModel().composition.map(objectUtils.makeKeyString);
+        var newComposition = oldDomainObject.composition.map(objectUtils.makeKeyString);
 
         var added = _.difference(newComposition, oldComposition).map(objectUtils.parseKeyString);
         var removed = _.difference(oldComposition, newComposition).map(objectUtils.parseKeyString);
diff --git a/src/api/objects/MutableObject.js b/src/api/objects/MutableObject.js
index dd718d7975..110c256dbe 100644
--- a/src/api/objects/MutableObject.js
+++ b/src/api/objects/MutableObject.js
@@ -83,18 +83,15 @@ define([
             this.object = newObject;
         }.bind(this);
 
-        this.eventEmitter.on(qualifiedEventName(this.object, '*'), handleRecursiveMutation);
-
-        //Emit event specific to property
-        this.eventEmitter.emit(qualifiedEventName(this.object, path), value);
-
-        this.eventEmitter.off(qualifiedEventName(this.object, '*'), handleRecursiveMutation);
-
-        //Emit wildcare event
+        //Emit wildcard event
         this.eventEmitter.emit(qualifiedEventName(this.object, '*'), this.object);
-
         //Emit a general "any object" event
         this.eventEmitter.emit(ANY_OBJECT_EVENT, this.object);
+
+        this.eventEmitter.on(qualifiedEventName(this.object, '*'), handleRecursiveMutation);
+        //Emit event specific to property
+        this.eventEmitter.emit(qualifiedEventName(this.object, path), value);
+        this.eventEmitter.off(qualifiedEventName(this.object, '*'), handleRecursiveMutation);
     };
 
     return MutableObject;
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js
index 43d48c0d38..8672674e13 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ define([
 
         loadComposition() {
             this.tableComposition = this.openmct.composition.get(this.domainObject);
-            if (this.tableComposition !== undefined){
-                this.tableComposition.load().then((composition)=>{
+            if (this.tableComposition !== undefined) {
+                this.tableComposition.load().then((composition) => {
                     composition = composition.filter(this.isTelemetryObject);
 
                     this.configuration.addColumnsForAllObjects(composition);
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ define([
 
                     let telemetryRows = telemetryData.map(datum => new TelemetryTableRow(datum, columnMap, keyString, limitEvaluator));
                     this.boundedRows.add(telemetryRows);
-                    console.log('Loaded %i rows', telemetryRows.length);
                     this.decrementOutstandingRequests();
                 });
         }
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ define([
          * @private
          */
         incrementOutstandingRequests() {
-            if (this.outstandingRequests === 0){
+            if (this.outstandingRequests === 0) {
                 this.emit('outstanding-requests', true);
             }
             this.outstandingRequests++;
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ define([
         decrementOutstandingRequests() {
             this.outstandingRequests--;
 
-            if (this.outstandingRequests === 0){
+            if (this.outstandingRequests === 0) {
                 this.emit('outstanding-requests', false);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js
index f4df3dfc12..6dadb31558 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ define([
         objectMutated(object) {
             //Synchronize domain object reference. Duplicate object otherwise change detection becomes impossible.
             this.domainObject = object;
+            //Was it the configuration that changed?
             if (!_.eq(object.configuration, this.oldConfiguration)) {
                 //Make copy of configuration, otherwise change detection is impossible if shared instance is being modified.
                 this.oldConfiguration = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.getConfiguration()));
@@ -91,16 +92,19 @@ define([
             let columnsToRemove = this.columns[objectKeyString];
 
             delete this.columns[objectKeyString];
+
+            let configuration = this.domainObject.configuration;
+            let configurationChanged = false;
             columnsToRemove.forEach((column) => {
                 //There may be more than one column with the same key (eg. time system columns)
                 if (!this.hasColumnWithKey(column.getKey())) {
-                    let configuration = this.domainObject.configuration;
                     delete configuration.hiddenColumns[column.getKey()];
-                    // If there are no more columns with this key, delete any configuration, and trigger
-                    // a column refresh.
-                    this.openmct.objects.mutate(this.domainObject, 'configuration', configuration);
+                    configurationChanged = true;
                 }
             });
+            if (configurationChanged) {
+                this.updateConfiguration(configuration);
+            }
         }
 
         hasColumnWithKey(columnKey) {