diff --git a/src/js/component.js b/src/js/component.js
index e6188a1192..1951f9ac23 100644
--- a/src/js/component.js
+++ b/src/js/component.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import window from 'global/window';
 import evented from './mixins/evented';
 import stateful from './mixins/stateful';
 import * as Dom from './utils/dom.js';
-import DomData from './utils/dom-data';
 import * as Fn from './utils/fn.js';
 import * as Guid from './utils/guid.js';
 import {toTitleCase, toLowerCase} from './utils/string-cases.js';
@@ -178,9 +177,6 @@ class Component {
         this.el_.parentNode.removeChild(this.el_);
       }
 
-      if (DomData.has(this.el_)) {
-        DomData.delete(this.el_);
-      }
       this.el_ = null;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/js/mixins/evented.js b/src/js/mixins/evented.js
index 045493d370..c03273cebc 100644
--- a/src/js/mixins/evented.js
+++ b/src/js/mixins/evented.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import * as Events from '../utils/events';
 import * as Fn from '../utils/fn';
 import * as Obj from '../utils/obj';
 import EventTarget from '../event-target';
+import DomData from '../utils/dom-data';
 import log from '../utils/log';
 
 const objName = (obj) => {
@@ -499,6 +500,11 @@ function evented(target, options = {}) {
   // When any evented object is disposed, it removes all its listeners.
   target.on('dispose', () => {
     target.off();
+    [target, target.el_, target.eventBusEl_].forEach(function(val) {
+      if (val && DomData.has(val)) {
+        DomData.delete(val);
+      }
+    });
     window.setTimeout(() => {
       target.eventBusEl_ = null;
     }, 0);
diff --git a/test/unit/mixins/evented.test.js b/test/unit/mixins/evented.test.js
index 54d3e30b2f..0e392f6fe0 100644
--- a/test/unit/mixins/evented.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/mixins/evented.test.js
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 import evented from '../../../src/js/mixins/evented';
 import log from '../../../src/js/utils/log';
+import DomData from '../../../src/js/utils/dom-data';
 import * as Dom from '../../../src/js/utils/dom';
 import * as Obj from '../../../src/js/utils/obj';
+import * as Events from '../../../src/js/utils/events.js';
 
 // Common errors thrown by evented objects.
 const errors = {
@@ -569,3 +571,31 @@ QUnit.test('off() can remove a listener from an array of events on a different t
     target: b.eventBusEl_
   });
 });
+
+QUnit.test('Removes DomData on dispose', function(assert) {
+  const el_ = Dom.createEl('div');
+  const eventBusEl_ = Dom.createEl('span', {className: 'vjs-event-bus'});
+  const target = evented({el_, eventBusEl_}, {eventBusKey: 'eventBusEl_'});
+
+  assert.equal(DomData.get(eventBusEl_).handlers.dispose.length, 1, 'event bus has dispose handler');
+  assert.notOk(DomData.get(target), 'evented obj has no handlers');
+  assert.notOk(DomData.get(el_), 'evented el_ has handlers');
+
+  target.on('foo', () => {});
+
+  assert.equal(DomData.get(eventBusEl_).handlers.foo.length, 1, 'foo handler added to bus');
+
+  Events.on(eventBusEl_, 'bar', () => {});
+  assert.equal(DomData.get(eventBusEl_).handlers.bar.length, 1, 'bar handler added to bus');
+
+  Events.on(el_, 'foo', () => {});
+  assert.equal(DomData.get(el_).handlers.foo.length, 1, 'foo handler added to el_');
+
+  Events.on(target, 'foo', () => {});
+  assert.equal(DomData.get(target).handlers.foo.length, 1, 'foo handler added to evented object');
+
+  target.trigger('dispose');
+  assert.notOk(DomData.get(eventBusEl_), 'eventBusEl_ DomData deleted');
+  assert.notOk(DomData.get(target), 'evented object DomData deleted');
+  assert.notOk(DomData.get(el_), 'el_ DomData deleted');
+});