diff --git a/app/registries/foreman/settings.rb b/app/registries/foreman/settings.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 45cace1de57..00000000000
--- a/app/registries/foreman/settings.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-require_relative 'setting_manager'
-
-require_relative 'settings/general'
-require_relative 'settings/auth'
-require_relative 'settings/email'
-require_relative 'settings/notification'
-require_relative 'settings/provisioning'
-require_relative 'settings/facts'
-require_relative 'settings/cfgmgmt'
diff --git a/config/initializers/6_zeitwerk.rb b/config/initializers/6_zeitwerk.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3b31717463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/6_zeitwerk.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Rails.autoloaders.main.ignore(
+  Rails.root.join('lib/generators'),
+  Rails.root.join('lib/tasks')
+)
diff --git a/app/registries/foreman/access_permissions.rb b/config/initializers/f_foreman_permissions.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/registries/foreman/access_permissions.rb
rename to config/initializers/f_foreman_permissions.rb
diff --git a/app/registries/foreman/settings/auth.rb b/config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_auth.rb
similarity index 99%
rename from app/registries/foreman/settings/auth.rb
rename to config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_auth.rb
index 0db7b257041..2d6a76f95b1 100644
--- a/app/registries/foreman/settings/auth.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_auth.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     setting('websockets_encrypt',
       type: :boolean,
       description: N_("VNC/SPICE websocket proxy console access encryption (websockets_ssl_key/cert setting required)"),
-      default: !!SETTINGS[:require_ssl],
+      default: !!SETTINGS[:require_ssl], # rubocop:disable Style/DoubleNegation
       full_name: N_('Websockets encryption'))
     validates('websockets_encrypt', ->(value) { !value || !(Setting["websockets_ssl_key"].empty? || Setting["websockets_ssl_cert"].empty?) }, message: N_("Unable to turn on websockets_encrypt, either websockets_ssl_key or websockets_ssl_cert is missing"))
     validates('websockets_ssl_key', ->(value) { !Setting["websockets_encrypt"] || !value.empty? }, message: N_("Unable to unset websockets_ssl_key when websockets_encrypt is on"))
diff --git a/app/registries/foreman/settings/cfgmgmt.rb b/config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_cfgmgmt.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/registries/foreman/settings/cfgmgmt.rb
rename to config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_cfgmgmt.rb
diff --git a/app/registries/foreman/settings/email.rb b/config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_email.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/registries/foreman/settings/email.rb
rename to config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_email.rb
diff --git a/app/registries/foreman/settings/facts.rb b/config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_facts.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/registries/foreman/settings/facts.rb
rename to config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_facts.rb
diff --git a/app/registries/foreman/settings/general.rb b/config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_general.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/registries/foreman/settings/general.rb
rename to config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_general.rb
diff --git a/app/registries/foreman/settings/notification.rb b/config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_notification.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/registries/foreman/settings/notification.rb
rename to config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_notification.rb
diff --git a/app/registries/foreman/settings/provisioning.rb b/config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_provisioning.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/registries/foreman/settings/provisioning.rb
rename to config/initializers/f_foreman_settings_provisioning.rb
diff --git a/config/initializers/foreman.rb b/config/initializers/foreman.rb
index 66eb1d86dff..868b00deaf4 100644
--- a/config/initializers/foreman.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/foreman.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 # stdlib dependencies
 require 'English'
 
-# Registries from app/registries/ that do not create a namespace
-# should be loaded manually due to Zeitwerk
-require 'foreman/access_permissions'
-require 'foreman/settings'
-
 Rails.application.config.before_initialize do
   # load topbar
   Menu::Loader.load
diff --git a/config/initializers/zeitwerk.rb b/config/initializers/zeitwerk.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f8bcd75b14d..00000000000
--- a/config/initializers/zeitwerk.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Rails.autoloaders.main.ignore(
-  Rails.root.join('lib/generators'),
-  Rails.root.join('lib/tasks')
-)
-Rails.autoloaders.once.ignore(
-  Rails.root.join('app/registries/foreman/access_permissions.rb'),
-  Rails.root.join('app/registries/foreman/settings.rb'),
-  Rails.root.join('app/registries/foreman/settings')
-)
diff --git a/test/unit/shared/access_permissions_test_base.rb b/test/unit/shared/access_permissions_test_base.rb
index 319ea2dead3..5f697389ae8 100644
--- a/test/unit/shared/access_permissions_test_base.rb
+++ b/test/unit/shared/access_permissions_test_base.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'foreman/access_control'
-require 'foreman/access_permissions'
 
 module AccessPermissionsTestBase
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern