diff --git a/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js b/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js
index e29eacd24f..c732dcc761 100644
--- a/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js
+++ b/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js
@@ -106,15 +106,9 @@ describe('Compound Container Tests', () => {
     });
 
     it('LuigiClient API - getSkipInitCheck', () => {
-      cy.on('window:alert', stub);
-
       cy.get(containerSelector)
-        .shadow()
-        .contains('getSkipInitCheck')
-        .click()
-        .then(() => {
-          expect(stub.getCall(0)).to.be.calledWith('LuigiClient.getSkipInitCheck()=true');
-        });
+        .invoke('attr', 'skip-init-check')
+        .should('eq', 'true');
     });
 
     it('LuigiClient API - getActiveFeatureToggles', () => {
diff --git a/container/src/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte b/container/src/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte
index d900f970aa..c6f36304b1 100644
--- a/container/src/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte
+++ b/container/src/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     }
     webcomponentService.renderWebComponentCompound(node, thisComponent.getNoShadow() ? thisComponent : mainComponent, ctx).then(compCnt => {
       eventBusElement = compCnt as HTMLElement;
-      if (thisComponent.hasAttribute('skip-init-check') || !node.viewUrl) {
+      if (skipInitCheck || !node.viewUrl) {
         thisComponent.initialized = true;
         setTimeout(() => {
           webcomponentService.dispatchLuigiEvent(Events.INITIALIZED, {});
diff --git a/container/src/services/webcomponents.service.ts b/container/src/services/webcomponents.service.ts
index e285274d30..0461c1f6b6 100644
--- a/container/src/services/webcomponents.service.ts
+++ b/container/src/services/webcomponents.service.ts
@@ -332,9 +332,6 @@ export class WebComponentService {
       getUserSettings: (): Object => {
         return this.thisComponent.userSettings || {};
       },
-      getSkipInitCheck: (): boolean => {
-        return !!this.thisComponent.skipInitCheck;
-      },
       setViewGroupData: data => {
         this.dispatchLuigiEvent(Events.SET_VIEW_GROUP_DATA_REQUEST, data);
       }
diff --git a/container/test-app/compound/helloWorldWC.js b/container/test-app/compound/helloWorldWC.js
index b5e7dc5050..0598bdd4df 100644
--- a/container/test-app/compound/helloWorldWC.js
+++ b/container/test-app/compound/helloWorldWC.js
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ export default class extends HTMLElement {
     const getAnchorBtn = document.createElement('template');
     getAnchorBtn.innerHTML = '<button id="getAnchor">getAnchor</button>';
 
-    const getSkipInitCheckBtn = document.createElement('template');
-    getSkipInitCheckBtn.innerHTML = '<button id="getSkipInitCheck">getSkipInitCheck</button>';
-
     const getFeatureToggleListBtn = document.createElement('template');
     getFeatureToggleListBtn.innerHTML = '<button id="getFeatureToggleList">getFeatureToggleList</button>';
 
@@ -106,7 +103,6 @@ export default class extends HTMLElement {
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(getClientPermissionsBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(getUserSettingsBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(getAnchorBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
-    this._shadowRoot.appendChild(getSkipInitCheckBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(getFeatureToggleListBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(getThemeBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(getDirtyStatusBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
@@ -210,16 +206,6 @@ export default class extends HTMLElement {
       });
     });
 
-    this.$getSkipInitCheckBtn = this._shadowRoot.querySelector('#getSkipInitCheck');
-    this.$getSkipInitCheckBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
-      const skipInitCheck = this.LuigiClient.getSkipInitCheck();
-
-      this.LuigiClient.uxManager().showAlert({
-        text: 'LuigiClient.getSkipInitCheck()=' + JSON.stringify(skipInitCheck),
-        type: 'info'
-      });
-    });
-
     this.$getFeatureToggleListBtn = this._shadowRoot.querySelector('#getFeatureToggleList');
     this.$getFeatureToggleListBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
       const activeFeatureToggleList = this.LuigiClient.getActiveFeatureToggles();
diff --git a/container/test/services/webcomponents.service.spec.ts b/container/test/services/webcomponents.service.spec.ts
index 58223ee9fe..8f68f146e4 100644
--- a/container/test/services/webcomponents.service.spec.ts
+++ b/container/test/services/webcomponents.service.spec.ts
@@ -1144,19 +1144,6 @@ describe('createClientAPI', () => {
     // assert
     expect(result).toEqual({});
   });
-
-  it.each([true, false])('test getSkipInitCheck attribute', value => {
-    // mock and spy on data/functions
-    service.thisComponent = document.createElement('div');
-    service.thisComponent.skipInitCheck = value;
-
-    // act
-    const clientAPI = service.createClientAPI(undefined, 'nodeId', 'wc_id', 'component', false);
-    const result = clientAPI.getSkipInitCheck();
-
-    // assert
-    expect(result).toBe(value);
-  });
 });
 
 describe('initWC', () => {