diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/network/network-controller.js b/app/scripts/controllers/network/network-controller.js
index 6cf66f5ddb2e..6f0e08cbe43c 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/network/network-controller.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/network/network-controller.js
@@ -2,18 +2,13 @@ import { strict as assert } from 'assert';
 import EventEmitter from 'events';
 import { ComposedStore, ObservableStore } from '@metamask/obs-store';
 import { JsonRpcEngine } from 'json-rpc-engine';
-import {
-  providerFromEngine,
-  providerFromMiddleware,
-} from '@metamask/eth-json-rpc-middleware';
+import { providerFromEngine } from '@metamask/eth-json-rpc-middleware';
 import log from 'loglevel';
 import {
   createSwappableProxy,
   createEventEmitterProxy,
 } from 'swappable-obj-proxy';
 import EthQuery from 'eth-query';
-import createFilterMiddleware from 'eth-json-rpc-filters';
-import createSubscriptionManager from 'eth-json-rpc-filters/subscriptionManager';
 import { v4 as random } from 'uuid';
 import {
   INFURA_PROVIDER_TYPES,
@@ -460,26 +455,9 @@ export default class NetworkController extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   _setNetworkClient({ networkMiddleware, blockTracker }) {
-    const networkProvider = providerFromMiddleware(networkMiddleware);
-    const filterMiddleware = createFilterMiddleware({
-      provider: networkProvider,
-      blockTracker,
-    });
-    const subscriptionManager = createSubscriptionManager({
-      provider: networkProvider,
-      blockTracker,
-    });
-
     const engine = new JsonRpcEngine();
-    subscriptionManager.events.on('notification', (message) =>
-      engine.emit('notification', message),
-    );
-    engine.push(filterMiddleware);
-    engine.push(subscriptionManager.middleware);
     engine.push(networkMiddleware);
-
     const provider = providerFromEngine(engine);
-
     this._setProviderAndBlockTracker({ provider, blockTracker });
   }
 
diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/permissions/specifications.js b/app/scripts/controllers/permissions/specifications.js
index 3779a904a232..4072398d12b9 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/permissions/specifications.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/permissions/specifications.js
@@ -260,12 +260,10 @@ export const unrestrictedMethods = Object.freeze([
   'eth_signTypedData_v1',
   'eth_signTypedData_v3',
   'eth_signTypedData_v4',
-  'eth_subscribe',
   'eth_submitHashrate',
   'eth_submitWork',
   'eth_syncing',
   'eth_uninstallFilter',
-  'eth_unsubscribe',
   'metamask_getProviderState',
   'metamask_watchAsset',
   'net_listening',
diff --git a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
index 9c496fd8ba12..61f52a635363 100644
--- a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
+++ b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import {
   KeyringController,
   keyringBuilderFactory,
 } from '@metamask/eth-keyring-controller';
+import createFilterMiddleware from 'eth-json-rpc-filters';
+import createSubscriptionManager from 'eth-json-rpc-filters/subscriptionManager';
 import {
   errorCodes as rpcErrorCodes,
   EthereumRpcError,
@@ -3898,19 +3900,21 @@ export default class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
    * @param {tabId} [options.tabId] - The tab ID of the sender - if the sender is within a tab
    */
   setupProviderEngine({ origin, subjectType, sender, tabId }) {
-    const { provider } = this;
-
     // setup json rpc engine stack
     const engine = new JsonRpcEngine();
+    const { blockTracker, provider } = this;
 
-    // forward notifications from network provider
-    provider.on('data', (error, message) => {
-      if (error) {
-        // This should never happen, this error parameter is never set
-        throw error;
-      }
-      engine.emit('notification', message);
+    // create filter polyfill middleware
+    const filterMiddleware = createFilterMiddleware({ provider, blockTracker });
+
+    // create subscription polyfill middleware
+    const subscriptionManager = createSubscriptionManager({
+      provider,
+      blockTracker,
     });
+    subscriptionManager.events.on('notification', (message) =>
+      engine.emit('notification', message),
+    );
 
     if (isManifestV3) {
       engine.push(createDupeReqFilterMiddleware());
@@ -4063,6 +4067,9 @@ export default class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
     );
     ///: END:ONLY_INCLUDE_IN
 
+    // filter and subscription polyfills
+    engine.push(filterMiddleware);
+    engine.push(subscriptionManager.middleware);
     if (subjectType !== SubjectType.Internal) {
       // permissions
       engine.push(
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/eth-subscribe.spec.js b/test/e2e/tests/eth-subscribe.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7713516459c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/eth-subscribe.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+const { convertToHexValue, withFixtures } = require('../helpers');
+const FixtureBuilder = require('../fixture-builder');
+
+describe('eth_subscribe', function () {
+  const ganacheOptions = {
+    accounts: [
+      {
+        secretKey:
+          '0x7C9529A67102755B7E6102D6D950AC5D5863C98713805CEC576B945B15B71EAC',
+        balance: convertToHexValue(25000000000000000000),
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+
+  it('only broadcasts subscription notifications on the page that registered the subscription', async function () {
+    await withFixtures(
+      {
+        dapp: true,
+        fixtures: new FixtureBuilder()
+          .withPermissionControllerConnectedToTestDapp()
+          .build(),
+        ganacheOptions,
+        dappOptions: { numberOfDapps: 2 },
+        title: this.test.title,
+      },
+      async ({ driver }) => {
+        await driver.navigate();
+        await driver.fill('#password', 'correct horse battery staple');
+        await driver.press('#password', driver.Key.ENTER);
+
+        await driver.openNewPage('http://127.0.0.1:8080/');
+
+        const setupSubscriptionListener = `
+          const responseContainer = document.createElement('div');
+          responseContainer.setAttribute('id', 'eth-subscribe-responses');
+
+          const body = window.document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
+          body.appendChild(responseContainer);
+
+          window.ethereum.addListener('message', (message) => {
+            if (message.type === 'eth_subscription') {
+              const response = document.createElement('p');
+              response.setAttribute('data-testid', 'eth-subscribe-response');
+              response.append(JSON.stringify(message.data.result));
+
+              const responses = window.document.getElementById('eth-subscribe-responses');
+              responses.appendChild(response)
+            }
+          });
+        `;
+
+        await driver.executeScript(setupSubscriptionListener);
+        // A `newHeads` subscription will emit a notification for each new block
+        // See here for more information: https://docs.infura.io/infura/networks/ethereum/json-rpc-methods/subscription-methods/eth_subscribe
+        await driver.executeScript(`
+          window.ethereum.request({
+            method: 'eth_subscribe',
+            params: ['newHeads']
+          });
+        `);
+
+        // Verify that the new block is seen on the first dapp
+        await driver.findElement('[data-testid="eth-subscribe-response"]');
+
+        // Switch to the second dapp
+        await driver.openNewPage('http://127.0.0.1:8081/');
+
+        // Setup the same subscription listener as on the first dapp, but without registering a new subscription
+        await driver.executeScript(setupSubscriptionListener);
+
+        // Verify that the new block is not seen on the second dapp
+        await driver.assertElementNotPresent(
+          '[data-testid="eth-subscribe-response"]',
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  });
+});