diff --git a/administrator/components/com_contact/models/contacts.php b/administrator/components/com_contact/models/contacts.php
index 1cb80637092d2..b767d5a75daa5 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_contact/models/contacts.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_contact/models/contacts.php
@@ -214,46 +214,18 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 
 		if ($assoc)
 		{
-			$query->select('COUNT(' . $db->quoteName('asso2.id') . ') > 1 as ' . $db->quoteName('association'))
-				->join(
-					'LEFT',
-					$db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso') . ' ON ' . $db->quoteName('asso.id') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('a.id')
-					. ' AND ' . $db->quoteName('asso.context') . ' = ' . $db->quote('com_contact.item')
-				)
-				->join(
-					'LEFT',
-					$db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso2') . ' ON ' . $db->quoteName('asso2.key') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('asso.key')
-				)
-				->group(
-					$db->quoteName(
-						array(
-							'a.id',
-							'a.name',
-							'a.alias',
-							'a.checked_out',
-							'a.checked_out_time',
-							'a.catid',
-							'a.user_id',
-							'a.published',
-							'a.access',
-							'a.created',
-							'a.created_by',
-							'a.ordering',
-							'a.featured',
-							'a.language',
-							'a.publish_up',
-							'a.publish_down',
-							'ul.name' ,
-							'ul.email',
-							'l.title' ,
-							'l.image' ,
-							'uc.name' ,
-							'ag.title' ,
-							'c.title',
-							'c.level'
-						)
+			$subQuery = $db->getQuery(true)
+				->select('COUNT(' . $db->quoteName('asso1.id') . ') > 1')
+				->from($db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso1'))
+				->join('INNER', $db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso2') . ' ON ' . $db->quoteName('asso1.key') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('asso2.key'))
+				->where(
+					array(
+						$db->quoteName('asso1.id') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('a.id'),
+						$db->quoteName('asso1.context') . ' = ' . $db->quote('com_contact.item'),
 					)
 				);
+
+			$query->select('(' . $subQuery . ') AS ' . $db->quoteName('association'));
 		}
 
 		// Filter by access level.
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php b/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php
index 108bb65c19200..bf1208b2faf1f 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php
@@ -219,11 +219,8 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 			->join('LEFT', '#__users AS ua ON ua.id = a.created_by');
 
 		// Join on voting table
-		$assogroup = 'a.id, l.title, l.image, uc.name, ag.title, c.title, ua.name, c.created_user_id, c.level, parent.id';
-
 		if (JPluginHelper::isEnabled('content', 'vote'))
 		{
-			$assogroup .= ', v.rating_sum, v.rating_count';
 			$query->select('COALESCE(NULLIF(ROUND(v.rating_sum  / v.rating_count, 0), 0), 0) AS rating,
 					COALESCE(NULLIF(v.rating_count, 0), 0) as rating_count')
 				->join('LEFT', '#__content_rating AS v ON a.id = v.content_id');
@@ -232,10 +229,18 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 		// Join over the associations.
 		if (JLanguageAssociations::isEnabled())
 		{
-			$query->select('CASE WHEN COUNT(asso2.id)>1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END as association')
-				->join('LEFT', '#__associations AS asso ON asso.id = a.id AND asso.context=' . $db->quote('com_content.item'))
-				->join('LEFT', '#__associations AS asso2 ON ' . $db->quoteName('asso2.key') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('asso.key'))
-				->group($assogroup);
+			$subQuery = $db->getQuery(true)
+				->select('COUNT(' . $db->quoteName('asso1.id') . ') > 1')
+				->from($db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso1'))
+				->join('INNER', $db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso2') . ' ON ' . $db->quoteName('asso1.key') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('asso2.key'))
+				->where(
+					array(
+						$db->quoteName('asso1.id') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('a.id'),
+						$db->quoteName('asso1.context') . ' = ' . $db->quote('com_content.item'),
+					)
+				);
+
+			$query->select('(' . $subQuery . ') AS ' . $db->quoteName('association'));
 		}
 
 		// Filter by access level.
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_menus/models/items.php b/administrator/components/com_menus/models/items.php
index 2681d182e97ab..554bc63e52996 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_menus/models/items.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_menus/models/items.php
@@ -304,10 +304,18 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 
 		if ($assoc)
 		{
-			$query->select('COUNT(asso2.id)>1 as association')
-				->join('LEFT', '#__associations AS asso ON asso.id = a.id AND asso.context=' . $db->quote('com_menus.item'))
-				->join('LEFT', '#__associations AS asso2 ON asso2.key = asso.key')
-				->group('a.id, e.enabled, l.title, l.image, u.name, c.element, ag.title, e.name, mt.id, mt.title, l.sef');
+			$subQuery = $db->getQuery(true)
+				->select('COUNT(' . $db->quoteName('asso1.id') . ') > 1')
+				->from($db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso1'))
+				->join('INNER', $db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso2') . ' ON ' . $db->quoteName('asso1.key') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('asso2.key'))
+				->where(
+					array(
+						$db->quoteName('asso1.id') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('a.id'),
+						$db->quoteName('asso1.context') . ' = ' . $db->quote('com_menus.item'),
+					)
+				);
+
+			$query->select('(' . $subQuery . ') AS ' . $db->quoteName('association'));
 		}
 
 		// Join over the extensions
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/models/newsfeeds.php b/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/models/newsfeeds.php
index 10ff37167345b..ecfc7df70943a 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/models/newsfeeds.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/models/newsfeeds.php
@@ -186,10 +186,18 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 
 		if ($assoc)
 		{
-			$query->select('COUNT(asso2.id)>1 AS association')
-				->join('LEFT', $db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso') . ' ON asso.id = a.id AND asso.context = ' . $db->quote('com_newsfeeds.item'))
-				->join('LEFT', $db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso2') . ' ON asso2.key = asso.key')
-				->group('a.id, l.title, l.image, uc.name, ag.title, c.title');
+			$subQuery = $db->getQuery(true)
+				->select('COUNT(' . $db->quoteName('asso1.id') . ') > 1')
+				->from($db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso1'))
+				->join('INNER', $db->quoteName('#__associations', 'asso2') . ' ON ' . $db->quoteName('asso1.key') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('asso2.key'))
+				->where(
+					array(
+						$db->quoteName('asso1.id') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('a.id'),
+						$db->quoteName('asso1.context') . ' = ' . $db->quote('com_newsfeeds.item'),
+					)
+				);
+
+			$query->select('(' . $subQuery . ') AS ' . $db->quoteName('association'));
 		}
 
 		// Filter by access level.