diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-detail/host-summary/host-summary.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-detail/host-summary/host-summary.controller.js
index 496e7d76d7..903554617f 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-detail/host-summary/host-summary.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-detail/host-summary/host-summary.controller.js
@@ -48,22 +48,28 @@
                 $scope.status = res.results[0].status;
             });
         };
-        var socketListener = function(){
-            // emitted by the API in the same function used to persist host summary data
-            // JobEvent.update_host_summary_from_stats() from /awx/main.models.jobs.py
-            jobSocket.on('summary_complete', function(data) {
-                // discard socket msgs we don't care about in this context
-                if (parseInt($stateParams.id) === data.unified_job_id){
-                    init();
-                }
-            });
-            // UnifiedJob.def socketio_emit_status() from /awx/main.models.unified_jobs.py
-            jobSocket.on('status_changed', function(data) {
-                if (parseInt($stateParams.id) === data.unified_job_id){
-                    $scope.status = data.status;
-                }
-            });
-        };
+        if ($rootScope.removeJobStatusChange) {
+            $rootScope.removeJobStatusChange();
+        }
+        // emitted by the API in the same function used to persist host summary data
+        // JobEvent.update_host_summary_from_stats() from /awx/main.models.jobs.py
+        $rootScope.removeJobStatusChange = $rootScope.$on('JobSummaryComplete', function(e, data) {
+            // discard socket msgs we don't care about in this context
+            if (parseInt($stateParams.id) === data.unified_job_id){
+                init();
+            }
+        });
+
+        // UnifiedJob.def socketio_emit_status() from /awx/main.models.unified_jobs.py
+        if ($rootScope.removeJobSummaryComplete) {
+            $rootScope.removeJobSummaryComplete();
+        }
+        $rootScope.removeJobSummaryComplete = $rootScope.$on('JobStatusChange-jobDetails', function(e, data) {
+            if (parseInt($stateParams.id) === data.unified_job_id){
+                $scope.status = data.status;
+            }
+        });
+
 
         $scope.buildTooltip = function(n, status){
             var grammar = function(n, status){
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@
             };
             $scope.get = filter === 'all' ? getAll() : getFailed();
         };
-        socketListener();
+
         init();
         // calling the init routine twice will size the d3 chart correctly - no idea why
         // instantiating the graph inside a setTimeout() SHOULD have the same effect, but it doesn't
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-detail/job-detail.route.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-detail/job-detail.route.js
index 926b8f7306..dda2722511 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-detail/job-detail.route.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-detail/job-detail.route.js
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ export default {
             } else {
                 return true;
             }
-        }],
-        jobSocket: ['Socket', '$rootScope', function(Socket, $rootScope) {
-            var job_socket = Socket({
-                    scope: $rootScope,
-                    endpoint: "jobs"
-            });
-            job_socket.init();
-            return job_socket;
         }]
     },
     templateUrl: templateUrl('job-detail/job-detail'),