diff --git a/packages/core/content-manager/server/bootstrap.js b/packages/core/content-manager/server/bootstrap.js
index 5d12cbc871..30712ea3ba 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-manager/server/bootstrap.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-manager/server/bootstrap.js
@@ -6,4 +6,12 @@ module.exports = async () => {
   await getService('components').syncConfigurations();
   await getService('content-types').syncConfigurations();
   await getService('permission').registerPermissions();
+
+  // TODO: V5, remove this warning
+  if (strapi.config.get('server.webhooks.populateRelations', true)) {
+    process.emitWarning(
+      '[deprecated] Relations population in webhooks is enabled. This is not recommended for production and will degrade performance. ' +
+        'Please set `server.webhooks.populateRelations` to `false` in your `config/server.js` file.'
+    );
+  }
 };
diff --git a/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js b/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js
index 4789072be6..0f55e558f6 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-manager/server/services/entity-manager.js
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ const isRelationsPopulateEnabled = () => {
   return strapi.config.get('server.webhooks.populateRelations', true);
 };
 
-if (isRelationsPopulateEnabled()) {
-  process.emitWarning(
-    '[deprecated] Relations population in webhooks is enabled. This is not recommended for production and will degrade performance. ' +
-      'Please set `server.webhooks.populateRelations` to `false` in your `config/server.js` file.'
-  );
-}
-
 const getCountDeepPopulate = (uid) => getDeepPopulate(uid, { countMany: true, countOne: true });
 
 /**