diff --git a/src/app/access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts b/src/app/access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts
index 1fd0e05ccb..d009d56058 100644
--- a/src/app/access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/access-control/epeople-registry/eperson-form/eperson-form.component.ts
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ export class EPersonFormComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     ).subscribe(({ restResponse, eperson }: { restResponse: RemoteData<NoContent> | null, eperson: EPerson }) => {
       if (restResponse?.hasSucceeded) {
         this.notificationsService.success(this.translateService.get(this.labelPrefix + 'notification.deleted.success', { name: this.dsoNameService.getName(eperson) }));
-        this.submitForm.emit();
       } else {
         this.notificationsService.error(`Error occurred when trying to delete EPerson with id: ${eperson?.id} with code: ${restResponse?.statusCode} and message: ${restResponse?.errorMessage}`);
       }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
index 8509f60eb7..108a588881 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts
@@ -627,8 +627,11 @@ describe('RequestService', () => {
 
     it('should return an Observable that emits true as soon as the request is stale', fakeAsync(() => {
       dispatchSpy.and.callFake(() => { /* empty */ });   // don't actually set as stale
-      getByUUIDSpy.and.returnValue(cold('-----(a|)', {  // but fake the state in the cache
-        a: { state: RequestEntryState.SuccessStale },
+      getByUUIDSpy.and.returnValue(cold('a-b--c--d-', {  // but fake the state in the cache
+        a: { state: RequestEntryState.ResponsePending },
+        b: { state: RequestEntryState.Success },
+        c: { state: RequestEntryState.SuccessStale },
+        d: { state: RequestEntryState.Error },
       }));
 
       const done$ = service.setStaleByUUID('something');
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
index 78f53ffe3a..1f6680203e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
@@ -328,9 +328,9 @@ export class RequestService {
     this.store.dispatch(new RequestStaleAction(uuid));
 
     return this.getByUUID(uuid).pipe(
-      take(1),
       map((request: RequestEntry) => isStale(request.state)),
       filter((stale: boolean) => stale),
+      take(1),
       );
   }