diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fac54537..d4fe9eae7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ locate('//table')
 * Added `event.test.finished` which fires synchronously for both failed and passed tests.
 * [WebDriverIO][Protractor][Nightmare][Puppeteer] Full page screenshots on failure disabled by default. See [issue #1600](https://github.com/Codeception/CodeceptJS/issues/1060). You can enabled them with `fullPageScreenshots: true`, however they may work unstable in Selenium.
 * `within` blocks can return values. See [updated documentation](https://codecept.io/basics/#within).
+* Removed doublt call to `_init` in helpers. Fixes issue [#1036](https://github.com/Codeception/CodeceptJS/issues/1036)
 * Added scenario and feature configuration via fluent API:
 
 ```js
diff --git a/lib/listener/helpers.js b/lib/listener/helpers.js
index dd2bf971e..1a3e7806a 100644
--- a/lib/listener/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/listener/helpers.js
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ module.exports = function () {
     });
   };
 
-  event.dispatcher.on(event.all.before, () => {
-    runHelpersHook('_init');
-  });
-
   event.dispatcher.on(event.suite.before, (suite) => {
     runAsyncHelpersHook('_beforeSuite', suite, true);
   });
diff --git a/test/data/helper.js b/test/data/helper.js
index 5cc650b5b..c426266ee 100644
--- a/test/data/helper.js
+++ b/test/data/helper.js
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ class MyHelper extends Helper {
     return 'hello world';
   }
 
+  _init() {
+    console.log('Helper: I\'m initialized');
+  }
+
   _beforeSuite() {
     console.log('Helper: I\'m simple BeforeSuite hook');
   }
diff --git a/test/runner/codecept_test.js b/test/runner/codecept_test.js
index b0478307f..a34f66d04 100644
--- a/test/runner/codecept_test.js
+++ b/test/runner/codecept_test.js
@@ -98,7 +98,12 @@ describe('CodeceptJS Runner', () => {
     exec(codecept_run_config('codecept.testhooks.json'), (err, stdout) => {
       const lines = stdout.match(/\S.+/g);
 
+      const uniqueLines = lines.filter((v, i, a) => a.indexOf(v) === i);
+
+      expect(uniqueLines.length).to.eql(lines.length, `No duplicates in output +${lines} \n\n -${uniqueLines}`);
+
       expect(lines).to.include.members([
+        'Helper: I\'m initialized',
         'Helper: I\'m simple BeforeSuite hook',
         'Test: I\'m simple BeforeSuite hook',
         'Test: I\'m generator BeforeSuite hook',
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ describe('CodeceptJS Runner', () => {
         'Test: I\'m async/await AfterSuite hook',
         'Helper: I\'m simple AfterSuite hook',
       ]);
+
       stdout.should.include('OK  | 1 passed');
       assert(!err);
       done();