diff --git a/phpBB/common.php b/phpBB/common.php
index 799c1162b1..2d2b31df83 100644
--- a/phpBB/common.php
+++ b/phpBB/common.php
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ if (!empty($load_extensions) && function_exists('dl'))
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/class_loader.' . $phpEx);
 
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions.' . $phpEx);
-require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_admin.' . $phpEx);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_content.' . $phpEx);
 
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/constants.' . $phpEx);
@@ -119,6 +118,8 @@ $config = new phpbb_config_db($db, $cache->get_driver(), CONFIG_TABLE);
 set_config(null, null, null, $config);
 set_config_count(null, null, null, $config);
 
+$phpbb_log = new phpbb_log(LOG_TABLE);
+
 // load extensions
 $phpbb_extension_manager = new phpbb_extension_manager($db, EXT_TABLE, $phpbb_root_path, ".$phpEx", $cache->get_driver());
 
@@ -140,14 +141,6 @@ foreach ($cache->obtain_hooks() as $hook)
 	@include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/hooks/' . $hook . '.' . $phpEx);
 }
 
-// make sure add_log uses this log instance
-$phpbb_log = new phpbb_log(LOG_TABLE);
-add_log($phpbb_log); // "dependency injection" for a function
-// Parameter 2 and 3 are passed by reference, so we need to create a variable for it.
-$tmp_var = '';
-view_log($phpbb_log, $tmp_var, $tmp_var); // "dependency injection" for a function
-unset($tmp_var);
-
 if (!$config['use_system_cron'])
 {
 	$cron = new phpbb_cron_manager(new phpbb_cron_task_provider($phpbb_extension_manager), $cache->get_driver());
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
index b5d0c4d62f..e202273204 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
@@ -3357,29 +3357,20 @@ function parse_cfg_file($filename, $lines = false)
 */
 function add_log()
 {
-	// This is all just an ugly hack to add "Dependency Injection" to a function
-	// the only real code is the function call which maps this function to a method.
-	static $static_log = null;
+	global $phpbb_log;
 
 	$args = func_get_args();
 	$log = (isset($args[0])) ? $args[0] : false;
 
-	if ($log instanceof phpbb_log_interface)
-	{
-		$static_log = $log;
-		return true;
-	}
-	else if ($log === false)
+	if ($log === false)
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	$tmp_log = $static_log;
-
 	// no log class set, create a temporary one ourselves to keep backwards compatability
-	if ($tmp_log === null)
+	if ($phpbb_log === null)
 	{
-		$tmp_log = new phpbb_log(LOG_TABLE);
+		$phpbb_log = new phpbb_log(LOG_TABLE);
 	}
 
 	$mode = array_shift($args);
@@ -3407,7 +3398,7 @@ function add_log()
 	$user_id = (empty($user->data)) ? ANONYMOUS : $user->data['user_id'];
 	$user_ip = (empty($user->ip)) ? '' : $user->ip;
 
-	return $tmp_log->add($mode, $user_id, $user_ip, $log_operation, time(), $additional_data);
+	return $phpbb_log->add($mode, $user_id, $user_ip, $log_operation, time(), $additional_data);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php
index e7aed85e15..2a87feed51 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_admin.php
@@ -2488,34 +2488,20 @@ function cache_moderators()
 */
 function view_log($mode, &$log, &$log_count, $limit = 0, $offset = 0, $forum_id = 0, $topic_id = 0, $user_id = 0, $limit_days = 0, $sort_by = 'l.log_time DESC', $keywords = '')
 {
-	// This is all just an ugly hack to add "Dependency Injection" to a function
-	// the only real code is the function call which maps this function to a method.
-	static $static_log = null;
-
-	if ($mode instanceof phpbb_log_interface)
-	{
-		$static_log = $mode;
-		return true;
-	}
-	else if ($mode === false)
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	$tmp_log = $static_log;
+	global $phpbb_log;
 
 	// no log class set, create a temporary one ourselves to keep backwards compatability
-	if ($tmp_log === null)
+	if ($phpbb_log === null)
 	{
-		$tmp_log = new phpbb_log(LOG_TABLE);
+		$phpbb_log = new phpbb_log(LOG_TABLE);
 	}
 
 	$count_logs = ($log_count !== false);
 
-	$log = $tmp_log->get_logs($mode, $count_logs, $limit, $offset, $forum_id, $topic_id, $user_id, $limit_days, $sort_by, $keywords);
-	$log_count = $tmp_log->get_log_count();
+	$log = $phpbb_log->get_logs($mode, $count_logs, $limit, $offset, $forum_id, $topic_id, $user_id, $limit_days, $sort_by, $keywords);
+	$log_count = $phpbb_log->get_log_count();
 
-	return $tmp_log->get_valid_offset();
+	return $phpbb_log->get_valid_offset();
 }
 
 /**