diff --git a/phpBB/config/default/container/services.yml b/phpBB/config/default/container/services.yml
index 29774211ff..9e2af7df23 100644
--- a/phpBB/config/default/container/services.yml
+++ b/phpBB/config/default/container/services.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ services:
             - '@dbal.conn'
             - '@config'
             - '@filesystem'
-            - '@router'
             - '%tables.ext%'
             - '%core.root_path%'
             - '%core.php_ext%'
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/extension/manager.php b/phpBB/phpbb/extension/manager.php
index b60b65dbe2..1ce8425fff 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/extension/manager.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/extension/manager.php
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class manager
 	protected $extension_table;
 	protected $phpbb_root_path;
 	protected $cache_name;
-	protected $router;
 
 	/**
 	* Creates a manager and loads information from database
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ class manager
 	* @param \phpbb\cache\service $cache A cache instance or null
 	* @param string $cache_name The name of the cache variable, defaults to _ext
 	*/
-	public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container, \phpbb\db\driver\driver_interface $db, \phpbb\config\config $config, \phpbb\filesystem\filesystem_interface $filesystem, \phpbb\routing\router $router, $extension_table, $phpbb_root_path, $php_ext = 'php', \phpbb\cache\service $cache = null, $cache_name = '_ext')
+	public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container, \phpbb\db\driver\driver_interface $db, \phpbb\config\config $config, \phpbb\filesystem\filesystem_interface $filesystem, $extension_table, $phpbb_root_path, $php_ext = 'php', \phpbb\cache\service $cache = null, $cache_name = '_ext')
 	{
 		$this->cache = $cache;
 		$this->cache_name = $cache_name;
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ class manager
 		$this->db = $db;
 		$this->extension_table = $extension_table;
 		$this->filesystem = $filesystem;
-		$this->router = $router;
 		$this->phpbb_root_path = $phpbb_root_path;
 		$this->php_ext = $php_ext;
 
@@ -240,11 +238,6 @@ class manager
 			'ext_state'		=> serialize($state),
 		);
 
-		if ($active)
-		{
-			$this->router->without_cache();
-		}
-
 		$this->update_state($name, $extension_data, $this->is_configured($name) ? 'update' : 'insert');
 
 		if ($active)
@@ -294,11 +287,6 @@ class manager
 		$state = $extension->disable_step($old_state);
 		$active = ($state !== false);
 
-		if (!$active)
-		{
-			$this->router->without_cache();
-		}
-
 		$extension_data = array(
 			'ext_active'	=> $active,
 			'ext_state'		=> serialize($state),
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/routing/router.php b/phpBB/phpbb/routing/router.php
index 45c1aadcf8..f19886fb0b 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/routing/router.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/routing/router.php
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ class router implements RouterInterface
 	 */
 	protected $cache_dir;
 
-	/**
-	 * @var bool
-	 */
-	protected $use_cache;
-
 	/**
 	 * Construct method
 	 *
@@ -102,7 +97,6 @@ class router implements RouterInterface
 		$this->php_ext				= $php_ext;
 		$this->context				= new RequestContext();
 		$this->cache_dir			= $cache_dir;
-		$this->use_cache			= true;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -182,22 +176,6 @@ class router implements RouterInterface
 		return $this->get_matcher()->match($pathinfo);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Enables the use of a cached URL generator and matcher
-	 */
-	public function with_cache()
-	{
-		$this->use_cache = true;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Disables the use of a cached URL generator and matcher
-	 */
-	public function without_cache()
-	{
-		$this->use_cache = false;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Gets the UrlMatcher instance associated with this Router.
 	 *
@@ -220,12 +198,6 @@ class router implements RouterInterface
 	 */
 	protected function create_dumped_url_matcher()
 	{
-		if (!$this->use_cache)
-		{
-			$this->create_new_url_matcher();
-			return;
-		}
-
 		try
 		{
 			$cache = new ConfigCache("{$this->cache_dir}url_matcher.{$this->php_ext}", defined('DEBUG'));
@@ -281,12 +253,6 @@ class router implements RouterInterface
 	 */
 	protected function create_dumped_url_generator()
 	{
-		if (!$this->use_cache)
-		{
-			$this->create_new_url_generator();
-			return;
-		}
-
 		try
 		{
 			$cache = new ConfigCache("{$this->cache_dir}url_generator.{$this->php_ext}", defined('DEBUG'));
diff --git a/tests/dbal/migrator_test.php b/tests/dbal/migrator_test.php
index a383ec3ab0..df0c2506ed 100644
--- a/tests/dbal/migrator_test.php
+++ b/tests/dbal/migrator_test.php
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ class phpbb_dbal_migrator_test extends phpbb_database_test_case
 			$this->db,
 			$this->config,
 			new phpbb\filesystem\filesystem(),
-			new phpbb_mock_dummy_router(),
 			'phpbb_ext',
 			__DIR__ . '/../../phpBB/',
 			'php',
diff --git a/tests/extension/manager_test.php b/tests/extension/manager_test.php
index 4bd1c2b001..86e42b1794 100644
--- a/tests/extension/manager_test.php
+++ b/tests/extension/manager_test.php
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ class phpbb_extension_manager_test extends phpbb_database_test_case
 			$db,
 			$config,
 			new \phpbb\filesystem\filesystem(),
-			new phpbb_mock_dummy_router(),
 			'phpbb_ext',
 			__DIR__ . '/',
 			$php_ext,
diff --git a/tests/extension/metadata_manager_test.php b/tests/extension/metadata_manager_test.php
index 6aafb5dd65..682882c3fc 100644
--- a/tests/extension/metadata_manager_test.php
+++ b/tests/extension/metadata_manager_test.php
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class phpbb_extension_metadata_manager_test extends phpbb_database_test_case
 			$this->db,
 			$this->config,
 			new \phpbb\filesystem\filesystem(),
-			new phpbb_mock_dummy_router(),
 			'phpbb_ext',
 			$this->phpbb_root_path,
 			$this->phpEx,
diff --git a/tests/mock/extension_manager.php b/tests/mock/extension_manager.php
index 8d6d4469bb..01cd406b5d 100644
--- a/tests/mock/extension_manager.php
+++ b/tests/mock/extension_manager.php
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@ class phpbb_mock_extension_manager extends \phpbb\extension\manager
 		$this->container = $container;
 		$this->config = new \phpbb\config\config(array());
 		$this->user = new \phpbb\user($lang,'\phpbb\datetime');
-		$this->router = new phpbb_mock_dummy_router();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
index ae509475c9..7af65b5d5b 100644
--- a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
+++ b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ class phpbb_functional_test_case extends phpbb_test_case
 			$db,
 			$config,
 			new phpbb\filesystem\filesystem(),
-			new phpbb_mock_dummy_router(),
 			self::$config['table_prefix'] . 'ext',
 			__DIR__ . '/',
 			$phpEx,