diff --git a/components/com_finder/views/search/view.html.php b/components/com_finder/views/search/view.html.php
index 10631a78e3096..187e5b868851d 100644
--- a/components/com_finder/views/search/view.html.php
+++ b/components/com_finder/views/search/view.html.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 		if (strpos($this->query->input, '"'))
 		{
 			// Get the application router.
-			$router =& $app->getRouter();
+			$router =& $app::getRouter();
 
 			// Fix the q variable in the URL.
 			if ($router->getVar('q') !== $this->query->input)
diff --git a/libraries/cms/application/cms.php b/libraries/cms/application/cms.php
index ee06eb6fc3d4b..c06caf434b545 100644
--- a/libraries/cms/application/cms.php
+++ b/libraries/cms/application/cms.php
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ protected function route()
 		// Get the full request URI.
 		$uri = clone JUri::getInstance();
 
-		$router = $this->getRouter();
+		$router = static::getRouter();
 		$result = $router->parse($uri);
 
 		foreach ($result as $key => $value)
diff --git a/libraries/joomla/application/route.php b/libraries/joomla/application/route.php
index e597ae66b0919..42765afbf5663 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/application/route.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/application/route.php
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ public static function _($url, $xhtml = true, $ssl = null)
 		if (!self::$_router)
 		{
 			// Get the router.
-			self::$_router = JFactory::getApplication()->getRouter();
+			$app = JFactory::getApplication();
+			self::$_router = $app::getRouter();
 
 			// Make sure that we have our router
 			if (!self::$_router)
diff --git a/modules/mod_login/helper.php b/modules/mod_login/helper.php
index d3c88ec254743..af1366090a733 100644
--- a/modules/mod_login/helper.php
+++ b/modules/mod_login/helper.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ModLoginHelper
 	public static function getReturnURL($params, $type)
 	{
 		$app	= JFactory::getApplication();
-		$router = $app->getRouter();
+		$router = $app::getRouter();
 		$url = null;
 
 		if ($itemid = $params->get($type))
diff --git a/plugins/system/languagefilter/languagefilter.php b/plugins/system/languagefilter/languagefilter.php
index 4ffd0b3b74a8e..4cca7d0cd4145 100644
--- a/plugins/system/languagefilter/languagefilter.php
+++ b/plugins/system/languagefilter/languagefilter.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function __construct(&$subject, $config)
 		if (!self::$default_lang)
 		{
 			$app = JFactory::getApplication();
-			$router = $app->getRouter();
+			$router = $app::getRouter();
 
 			if ($app->isSite())
 			{
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public function onAfterInitialise()
 		{
 			self::$tag = JFactory::getLanguage()->getTag();
 
-			$router = $app->getRouter();
+			$router = $app::getRouter();
 
 			// Attach build rules for language SEF.
 			$router->attachBuildRule(array($this, 'buildRule'));
diff --git a/plugins/system/sef/sef.php b/plugins/system/sef/sef.php
index 580150049782a..cf73cb42ea918 100644
--- a/plugins/system/sef/sef.php
+++ b/plugins/system/sef/sef.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public function onAfterRoute()
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		$router = $app->getRouter();
+		$router = $app::getRouter();
 
 		$uri     = clone JUri::getInstance();
 		$domain  = $this->params->get('domain');