diff --git a/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts b/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts
index efd76ace4a..e7165aac92 100644
--- a/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/__tests__/event-bus.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe("event bus tests", () => {
         event = data;
       });
 
-      appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "foo", action: "bar" });
+      appEventBus.emit({ name: "foo", action: "bar" });
       expect(event.name).toBe("foo");
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/common/app-event-bus/event-bus.ts b/src/common/app-event-bus/event-bus.ts
index fc481be0b9..c66397f801 100644
--- a/src/common/app-event-bus/event-bus.ts
+++ b/src/common/app-event-bus/event-bus.ts
@@ -5,30 +5,15 @@
 
 import { EventEmitter } from "../event-emitter";
 
-export interface Keyable { [key: string]: any }
-export interface LensAppEvent {
-  type: "APP_EVENT";
+interface AppEventParams {
+  [key: string]: any;
+}
+
+export interface AppEvent {
   name: string;
   action: string;
-  params?: Keyable;
+  destination?: string;
+  params?: AppEventParams;
 }
 
-export interface TelemetryEvent {
-  type: "TELEMETRY_EVENT";
-  name: string;
-  credentials: Keyable;
-  event: Keyable;
-}
-
-export interface LensProxyEvent {
-  type: "LENS_PROXY_EVENT";
-  name: string;
-  action: string;
-  params: {
-    port: number;
-  };
-}
-
-export type AppEvent = LensAppEvent | TelemetryEvent | LensProxyEvent;
-
 export const appEventBus = new EventEmitter<[AppEvent]>();
diff --git a/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.ts b/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.ts
index bed3259615..901f340bda 100644
--- a/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/cluster-store/cluster-store.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class ClusterStore extends BaseStore<ClusterStoreModel> {
   }
 
   addCluster(clusterOrModel: ClusterModel | Cluster): Cluster {
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "cluster", action: "add" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "add" });
 
     const cluster = clusterOrModel instanceof Cluster
       ? clusterOrModel
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.ts
index 999e0b313f..e511dd8454 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/api-base.ts
@@ -5,36 +5,27 @@
 
 import { JsonApi } from "./json-api";
 import { apiPrefix, isDebugging, isDevelopment } from "../vars";
-import type { AppEvent, LensProxyEvent } from "../app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import { appEventBus } from "../app-event-bus/event-bus";
 
 export let apiBase: JsonApi;
 
-const isProxyEvent = (event: AppEvent): event is LensProxyEvent => {
-  return event.type === "LENS_PROXY_EVENT";
-};
-
 if (typeof window === "undefined") {
   appEventBus.addListener((event) => {
-    if (isProxyEvent(event)) {
-      if(event.name !== "lens-proxy" && event.action !== "listen") {
-        return;
-      }
+    if (event.name !== "lens-proxy" && event.action !== "listen") return;
 
-      if (!event.params.port) {
-        return;
-      }
+    const params = event.params as { port?: number };
 
-      apiBase = new JsonApi({
-        serverAddress: `http://127.0.0.1:${event.params.port}`,
-        apiBase: apiPrefix,
-        debug: isDevelopment || isDebugging,
-      }, {
-        headers: {
-          "Host": `localhost:${event.params.port}`,
-        },
-      });
-    }
+    if (!params.port) return;
+
+    apiBase = new JsonApi({
+      serverAddress: `http://127.0.0.1:${params.port}`,
+      apiBase: apiPrefix,
+      debug: isDevelopment || isDebugging,
+    }, {
+      headers: {
+        "Host": `localhost:${params.port}`,
+      },
+    });
   });
 } else {
   apiBase = new JsonApi({
diff --git a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
index 8da98e6d6d..a948def9d8 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> /* implements UserStore
   startMainReactions() {
     // track telemetry availability
     reaction(() => this.allowTelemetry, allowed => {
-      appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "telemetry", action: allowed ? "enabled" : "disabled" });
+      appEventBus.emit({ name: "telemetry", action: allowed ? "enabled" : "disabled" });
     });
 
     // open at system start-up
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> /* implements UserStore
 
   @action
   saveLastSeenAppVersion() {
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "app", action: "whats-new-seen" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "app", action: "whats-new-seen" });
     this.lastSeenAppVersion = getAppVersion();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/exit-app.ts b/src/main/exit-app.ts
index 25583a8f57..c9a5bc5bf1 100644
--- a/src/main/exit-app.ts
+++ b/src/main/exit-app.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function exitApp() {
   const windowManager = WindowManager.getInstance(false);
   const clusterManager = ClusterManager.getInstance(false);
 
-  appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "service", action: "close" });
+  appEventBus.emit({ name: "service", action: "close" });
   windowManager?.hide();
   clusterManager?.stop();
   logger.info("SERVICE:QUIT");
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 5745db0200..4162b30bcd 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ async function main(di: DiContainer) {
 
 
     logger.info("APP:QUIT");
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "app", action: "close" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "app", action: "close" });
     ClusterManager.getInstance(false)?.stop(); // close cluster connections
 
     const kubeConfigSyncManager = di.inject(kubeconfigSyncManagerInjectable);
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ async function main(di: DiContainer) {
   }
 
   setTimeout(() => {
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "service", action: "start" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "service", action: "start" });
   }, 1000);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/initializers/init-ipc-main-handlers/init-ipc-main-handlers.ts b/src/main/initializers/init-ipc-main-handlers/init-ipc-main-handlers.ts
index 51222666ba..1a657b78be 100644
--- a/src/main/initializers/init-ipc-main-handlers/init-ipc-main-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/main/initializers/init-ipc-main-handlers/init-ipc-main-handlers.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const initIpcMainHandlers = ({ applicationMenuItems, directoryForLensLoca
   });
 
   ipcMainHandle(clusterDisconnectHandler, (event, clusterId: ClusterId) => {
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "cluster", action: "stop" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "stop" });
     const cluster = ClusterStore.getInstance().getById(clusterId);
 
     if (cluster) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const initIpcMainHandlers = ({ applicationMenuItems, directoryForLensLoca
   });
 
   ipcMainHandle(clusterDeleteHandler, async (event, clusterId: ClusterId) => {
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "cluster", action: "remove" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "remove" });
 
     const clusterStore = ClusterStore.getInstance();
     const cluster = clusterStore.getById(clusterId);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export const initIpcMainHandlers = ({ applicationMenuItems, directoryForLensLoca
   });
 
   ipcMainHandle(clusterKubectlApplyAllHandler, async (event, clusterId: ClusterId, resources: string[], extraArgs: string[]) => {
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "cluster", action: "kubectl-apply-all" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "kubectl-apply-all" });
     const cluster = ClusterStore.getInstance().getById(clusterId);
 
     if (cluster) {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export const initIpcMainHandlers = ({ applicationMenuItems, directoryForLensLoca
   });
 
   ipcMainHandle(clusterKubectlDeleteAllHandler, async (event, clusterId: ClusterId, resources: string[], extraArgs: string[]) => {
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "cluster", action: "kubectl-delete-all" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster", action: "kubectl-delete-all" });
     const cluster = ClusterStore.getInstance().getById(clusterId);
 
     if (cluster) {
diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
index f7970275fa..f37b7a087c 100644
--- a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class LensProxy extends Singleton {
           });
 
           this.port = port;
-          appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "lens-proxy", action: "listen", params: { port }});
+          appEventBus.emit({ name: "lens-proxy", action: "listen", params: { port }});
           resolve(port);
         })
         .once("error", (error) => {
diff --git a/src/main/resource-applier.ts b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
index c445c8a7f8..11c26ad171 100644
--- a/src/main/resource-applier.ts
+++ b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class ResourceApplier {
    * @param ns The optional namespace of the kube resource
    */
   async patch(name: string, kind: string, patch: Patch, ns?: string): Promise<string> {
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "resource", action: "patch" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "resource", action: "patch" });
 
     const kubectl = await this.cluster.ensureKubectl();
     const kubectlPath = await kubectl.getPath();
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class ResourceApplier {
 
   async apply(resource: KubernetesObject | any): Promise<string> {
     resource = this.sanitizeObject(resource);
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "resource", action: "apply" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "resource", action: "apply" });
 
     return this.kubectlApply(yaml.dump(resource));
   }
diff --git a/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts b/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts
index 43e36186cc..831c24bc02 100644
--- a/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/shell-session/shell-session.ts
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ export abstract class ShellSession {
         }
       });
 
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: this.ShellType, action: "open" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: this.ShellType, action: "open" });
   }
 
   protected getPathEntries(): string[] {
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index 805e5c8964..260a82ccc0 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ export class WindowManager extends Singleton {
       // open external links in default browser (target=_blank, window.open)
       this.mainWindow
         .on("focus", () => {
-          appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "app", action: "focus" });
+          appEventBus.emit({ name: "app", action: "focus" });
         })
         .on("blur", () => {
-          appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "app", action: "blur" });
+          appEventBus.emit({ name: "app", action: "blur" });
         })
         .on("closed", () => {
           // clean up
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class WindowManager extends Singleton {
         })
         .webContents
         .on("dom-ready", () => {
-          appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "app", action: "dom-ready" });
+          appEventBus.emit({ name: "app", action: "dom-ready" });
         })
         .on("did-fail-load", (_event, code, desc) => {
           logger.error(`[WINDOW-MANAGER]: Failed to load Main window`, { code, desc });
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export class WindowManager extends Singleton {
       this.splashWindow?.close();
       this.splashWindow = undefined;
       setTimeout(() => {
-        appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "app", action: "start" });
+        appEventBus.emit({ name: "app", action: "start" });
       }, 1000);
     } catch (error) {
       logger.error(`Showing main window failed: ${error.stack || error}`);
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+add-cluster/add-cluster.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+add-cluster/add-cluster.tsx
index 5ee6d36a82..ce53440966 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+add-cluster/add-cluster.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+add-cluster/add-cluster.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class NonInjectedAddCluster extends React.Component<Dependencies> {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "cluster-add", action: "start" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster-add", action: "start" });
   }
 
   @computed get allErrors(): string[] {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class NonInjectedAddCluster extends React.Component<Dependencies> {
 
   addClusters = action(async () => {
     this.isWaiting = true;
-    appEventBus.emit({ type: "APP_EVENT", name: "cluster-add", action: "click" });
+    appEventBus.emit({ name: "cluster-add", action: "click" });
 
     try {
       const absPath = this.props.getCustomKubeConfigDirectory(uuid.v4());
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.test.tsx
index 4754ce7264..9a481d9535 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.test.tsx
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ describe("<Catalog />", () => {
     );
 
     expect(emitEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith( {
-      type: "APP_EVENT",
       action: "open",
       name: "catalog",
     });
@@ -300,7 +299,6 @@ describe("<Catalog />", () => {
     userEvent.click(screen.getByText("Web Links"));
 
     expect(emitEvent).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
-      type: "APP_EVENT",
       action: "change-category",
       name: "catalog",
       params: {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.tsx
index 65f539844d..78456761a3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/catalog.tsx
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ class NonInjectedCatalog extends React.Component<Dependencies> {
     }));
 
     this.props.emitEvent({
-      type: "APP_EVENT",
       name: "catalog",
       action: "open",
     });
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ class NonInjectedCatalog extends React.Component<Dependencies> {
     const activeCategory = this.categories.find(category => category.getId() === tabId);
 
     this.props.emitEvent({
-      type: "APP_EVENT",
       name: "catalog",
       action: "change-category",
       params: {
diff --git a/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.ts b/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.ts
index 4cf9b88e22..4fe1081c02 100644
--- a/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/frames/cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame/init-cluster-frame.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export const initClusterFrame =
 
       setTimeout(() => {
         emitEvent({
-          type: "APP_EVENT",
           name: "cluster",
           action: "open",
           params: {