diff --git a/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php b/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
index 33ab868522..177ecaacbf 100755
--- a/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
+++ b/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ $user = $phpbb_container->get('user');
 $user->data['user_id'] = ANONYMOUS;
 $user->ip = '127.0.0.1';
 
-$application = new \phpbb\console\application('phpBB Console', PHPBB_VERSION, $language);
+$application = new \phpbb\console\application('phpBB Console', PHPBB_VERSION, $language, $config);
 $application->setDispatcher($phpbb_container->get('dispatcher'));
 $application->register_container_commands($phpbb_container->get('console.command_collection'));
 $application->run($input);
diff --git a/phpBB/install/phpbbcli.php b/phpBB/install/phpbbcli.php
index b76f844005..a90762ec85 100755
--- a/phpBB/install/phpbbcli.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/phpbbcli.php
@@ -42,11 +42,14 @@ $phpbb_installer_container->get('request')->enable_super_globals();
 /** @var \phpbb\filesystem\filesystem $phpbb_filesystem */
 $phpbb_filesystem = $phpbb_installer_container->get('filesystem');
 
+/** @var \phpbb\config\config $config */
+$config = $phpbb_installer_container->get('config');
+
 /** @var \phpbb\language\language $language */
 $language = $phpbb_installer_container->get('language');
 $language->add_lang(array('common', 'acp/common', 'acp/board', 'install', 'posting', 'cli'));
 
-$application = new \phpbb\console\application('phpBB Installer', PHPBB_VERSION, $language);
+$application = new \phpbb\console\application('phpBB Installer', PHPBB_VERSION, $language, $config);
 $application->setDispatcher($phpbb_installer_container->get('dispatcher'));
 $application->register_container_commands($phpbb_installer_container->get('console.installer.command_collection'));
 $application->run($input);
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/console/application.php b/phpBB/phpbb/console/application.php
index dc9b8016b2..830ed1b2c1 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/console/application.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/console/application.php
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ class application extends \Symfony\Component\Console\Application
 	protected $in_shell = false;
 
 	/**
-	* @var \phpbb\language\language User object
+	* @var \phpbb\config\config Config object
+	*/
+	protected $config;
+
+	/**
+	* @var \phpbb\language\language Language object
 	*/
 	protected $language;
 
@@ -35,10 +40,12 @@ class application extends \Symfony\Component\Console\Application
 	* @param string						$name		The name of the application
 	* @param string						$version	The version of the application
 	* @param \phpbb\language\language	$language	The user which runs the application (used for translation)
+	* @param \phpbb\config\config		$config		Config object
 	*/
-	public function __construct($name, $version, \phpbb\language\language $language)
+	public function __construct($name, $version, \phpbb\language\language $language, \phpbb\config\config $config)
 	{
 		$this->language = $language;
+		$this->config = $config;
 
 		parent::__construct($name, $version);
 	}
@@ -97,9 +104,17 @@ class application extends \Symfony\Component\Console\Application
 	*/
 	public function register_container_commands(\phpbb\di\service_collection $command_collection)
 	{
-		foreach ($command_collection as $service_command)
+		$commands_list = array_keys($command_collection->getArrayCopy());
+		foreach ($commands_list as $service_command)
 		{
-			$this->add($service_command);
+			// config_text DB table does not exist in phpBB prior to 3.1
+			// Hence skip cron tasks as they include reparser cron as it uses config_text table
+			if (phpbb_version_compare($this->config['version'], '3.1.0', '<') && strpos($service_command, 'cron') !== false)
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+			$this->add($command_collection[$service_command]);
+
 		}
 	}