diff --git a/src/lib/services/feature-toggle-service.ts b/src/lib/services/feature-toggle-service.ts
index b7baef6253..71d7315291 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/feature-toggle-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/feature-toggle-service.ts
@@ -834,28 +834,6 @@ class FeatureToggleService {
         return { ...legacyFeature, enabled, strategies };
     }
 
-    async changeProject(
-        featureName: string,
-        newProject: string,
-        createdBy: string,
-    ): Promise<void> {
-        const feature = await this.featureToggleStore.get(featureName);
-        const oldProject = feature.project;
-        feature.project = newProject;
-        await this.featureToggleStore.update(newProject, feature);
-
-        const tags = await this.tagStore.getAllTagsForFeature(featureName);
-        await this.eventStore.store(
-            new FeatureChangeProjectEvent({
-                createdBy,
-                oldProject,
-                newProject,
-                featureName,
-                tags,
-            }),
-        );
-    }
-
     async getArchivedFeatures(): Promise<FeatureToggle[]> {
         return this.getFeatureToggles({}, true);
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/services/project-service.ts b/src/lib/services/project-service.ts
index 4b641c0f05..fc33379401 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/project-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/project-service.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { nameType } from '../routes/util';
 import { projectSchema } from './project-schema';
 import NotFoundError from '../error/notfound-error';
 import {
+    FeatureChangeProjectEvent,
     PROJECT_CREATED,
     PROJECT_DELETED,
     PROJECT_UPDATED,
@@ -28,14 +29,11 @@ import { IProjectQuery, IProjectStore } from '../types/stores/project-store';
 import { IRoleDescriptor } from '../types/stores/access-store';
 import { IEventStore } from '../types/stores/event-store';
 import FeatureToggleService from './feature-toggle-service';
-import {
-    CREATE_FEATURE,
-    MOVE_FEATURE_TOGGLE,
-    UPDATE_FEATURE,
-} from '../types/permissions';
+import { MOVE_FEATURE_TOGGLE } from '../types/permissions';
 import NoAccessError from '../error/no-access-error';
 import IncompatibleProjectError from '../error/incompatible-project-error';
 import { DEFAULT_PROJECT } from '../types/project';
+import { IFeatureTagStore } from 'lib/types/stores/feature-tag-store';
 
 const getCreatedBy = (user: User) => user.email || user.username;
 
@@ -63,6 +61,8 @@ export default class ProjectService {
 
     private featureToggleService: FeatureToggleService;
 
+    private tagStore: IFeatureTagStore;
+
     constructor(
         {
             projectStore,
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export default class ProjectService {
             featureTypeStore,
             environmentStore,
             featureEnvironmentStore,
+            featureTagStore,
         }: Pick<
             IUnleashStores,
             | 'projectStore'
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export default class ProjectService {
             | 'featureTypeStore'
             | 'environmentStore'
             | 'featureEnvironmentStore'
+            | 'featureTagStore'
         >,
         config: IUnleashConfig,
         accessService: AccessService,
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ export default class ProjectService {
         this.featureToggleStore = featureToggleStore;
         this.featureTypeStore = featureTypeStore;
         this.featureToggleService = featureToggleService;
+        this.tagStore = featureTagStore;
         this.logger = config.getLogger('services/project-service.js');
     }
 
@@ -224,6 +227,17 @@ export default class ProjectService {
             newProjectId,
         );
 
+        const tags = await this.tagStore.getAllTagsForFeature(featureName);
+        await this.eventStore.store(
+            new FeatureChangeProjectEvent({
+                createdBy: user.username,
+                oldProject: currentProjectId,
+                newProject: newProjectId,
+                featureName,
+                tags,
+            }),
+        );
+
         return updatedFeature;
     }