diff --git a/packages/alpinejs/src/lifecycle.js b/packages/alpinejs/src/lifecycle.js
index 81c1226d7..7511f8275 100644
--- a/packages/alpinejs/src/lifecycle.js
+++ b/packages/alpinejs/src/lifecycle.js
@@ -82,13 +82,18 @@ export function interceptInit(callback) { initInterceptors.push(callback) }
 export function initTree(el, walker = walk, intercept = () => {}) {
     deferHandlingDirectives(() => {
         walker(el, (el, skip) => {
-            intercept(el, skip)
-
-            initInterceptors.forEach(i => i(el, skip))
-
-            directives(el, el.attributes).forEach(handle => handle())
-
-            el._x_ignore && skip()
+            if (!el._x_isInit) {
+                intercept(el, skip)
+
+                initInterceptors.forEach(i => i(el, skip))
+                directives(el, el.attributes).forEach(handle => handle())
+            }
+
+            if (el._x_ignore) {
+                skip()
+            } else {
+                el._x_isInit = true
+            }
         })
     })
 }
@@ -97,5 +102,6 @@ export function destroyTree(root) {
     walk(root, el => {
         cleanupAttributes(el)
         cleanupElement(el)
+        delete el._x_isInit
     })
 }
diff --git a/packages/alpinejs/src/mutation.js b/packages/alpinejs/src/mutation.js
index 72905ec8b..29e396784 100644
--- a/packages/alpinejs/src/mutation.js
+++ b/packages/alpinejs/src/mutation.js
@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ function onMutate(mutations) {
         node._x_ignore = true
     })
     for (let node of addedNodes) {
-        // If an element gets moved on a page, it's registered
-        // as both an "add" and "remove", so we want to skip those.
-        if (removedNodes.includes(node)) continue
-
         // If the node was eventually removed as part of one of his
         // parent mutations, skip it
         if (! node.isConnected) continue