diff --git a/web/classes/contentcache.class.php b/web/classes/contentcache.class.php
index 7272a4cc71..d7e83b1bbb 100644
--- a/web/classes/contentcache.class.php
+++ b/web/classes/contentcache.class.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public function store($file, $content)
            !isset($content) || $content == '')
             return false;
 
-        $file = FrontController::absolutePath($this->_docRoot.'/'.$file);
+        $file = absolutePath($this->_docRoot.'/'.$file);
 
         /*try
         {*/
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public function store($file, $content)
      */
     public function has($relPath)
     {
-        return (bool) file_exists(FrontController::nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath"));
+        return (bool) file_exists(nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath"));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public function has($relPath)
      */
     public function retrieve($relPath)
     {
-        $path = FrontController::nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath");
+        $path = nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath");
 
         if(!$path || !file_exists($path))
             throw new Exception(sprintf('file %s not present in content cache.', $relPath));
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public function info($relPath, &$info)
     {
         if(!$info instanceof ContentInfo) return FALSE;
 
-        $path = FrontController::nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath");
+        $path = nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath");
         if(!$path || !file_exists($path)) return FALSE;
 
         $info->modifiedTime = filemtime($path);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public function info($relPath, &$info)
      */
     public function touch($relPath)
     {
-        $path = FrontController::nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath");
+        $path = nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath");
         if(!$path || !file_exists($path)) return FALSE;
 
         touch($path);
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public function touch($relPath)
      */
     public function import($relPath)
     {
-        $path = FrontController::nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath");
+        $path = nativePath($this->_docRoot."/$relPath");
 
         if(!$path || !file_exists($path))
             throw new Exception(sprintf('file %s not present in content cache.', $relPath));
diff --git a/web/classes/frontcontroller.class.php b/web/classes/frontcontroller.class.php
index 7a451eb856..784b99eb0e 100644
--- a/web/classes/frontcontroller.class.php
+++ b/web/classes/frontcontroller.class.php
@@ -651,44 +651,6 @@ public static function &contentCache()
         return self::fc()->getContentCache();
     }
 
-    public static function absolutePath($path)
-    {
-        return $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . self::nativePath('/'.$path);
-    }
-
-    public static function nativePath($path)
-    {
-        $path = str_replace(array('/', '\\'), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path);
-
-        $result = array();
-        $pathA = explode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path);
-        if(!$pathA[0])
-            $result[] = '';
-        foreach($pathA AS $key => $dir)
-        {
-            if($dir == '..')
-            {
-                if(end($result) == '..')
-                {
-                    $result[] = '..';
-                }
-                else if(!array_pop($result))
-                {
-                    $result[] = '..';
-                }
-            }
-            else if($dir && $dir != '.')
-            {
-                $result[] = $dir;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if(!end($pathA))
-            $result[] = '';
-
-        return implode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $result);
-    }
-
     public static function ErrorHandler($errno, $errmsg, $filename, $linenum, $vars)
     {
         $errortype = array (
diff --git a/web/includes/utilities.inc.php b/web/includes/utilities.inc.php
index 15194be301..53cfa28866 100644
--- a/web/includes/utilities.inc.php
+++ b/web/includes/utilities.inc.php
@@ -27,6 +27,44 @@
 
 includeGuard('Utils');
 
+function nativePath($path)
+{
+    $path = str_replace(array('/', '\\'), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path);
+
+    $result = array();
+    $pathA = explode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path);
+    if(!$pathA[0])
+        $result[] = '';
+    foreach($pathA AS $key => $dir)
+    {
+        if($dir == '..')
+        {
+            if(end($result) == '..')
+            {
+                $result[] = '..';
+            }
+            else if(!array_pop($result))
+            {
+                $result[] = '..';
+            }
+        }
+        else if($dir && $dir != '.')
+        {
+            $result[] = $dir;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if(!end($pathA))
+        $result[] = '';
+
+    return implode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $result);
+}
+
+function absolutePath($path)
+{
+    return $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . nativePath('/'.$path);
+}
+
 function checkImagePath($path, $formats)
 {
     if(!isset($path) || !isset($formats) || !is_array($formats))
diff --git a/web/plugins/addonrepository/addonrepository.php b/web/plugins/addonrepository/addonrepository.php
index 2a10173ef8..a669e27a1b 100644
--- a/web/plugins/addonrepository/addonrepository.php
+++ b/web/plugins/addonrepository/addonrepository.php
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public function execute($args=NULL)
         $fc = &FrontController::fc();
 
         // Build the add-ons collection.
-        $addonListXml = file_get_contents(FrontController::nativePath("plugins/addonrepository/addons.xml"));
+        $addonListXml = file_get_contents(nativePath("plugins/addonrepository/addons.xml"));
 
         $this->addons = array();
         AddonsParser::parse($addonListXml, $this->addons);
diff --git a/web/plugins/disabled.screens/screens.php b/web/plugins/disabled.screens/screens.php
index fc7d12cdf7..f0f8e751b1 100644
--- a/web/plugins/disabled.screens/screens.php
+++ b/web/plugins/disabled.screens/screens.php
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ public function title()
      */
     public function InterpretRequest($request)
     {
-        global $FrontController;
-
         $url = urldecode($request->url()->path());
 
         // @kludge skip over the first '/' in the home URL.
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ public function InterpretRequest($request)
 
         if(count($tokens) && !strcasecmp(self::$baseRequestName, $tokens[0]))
         {
-            $FrontController->enqueueAction($this, NULL);
+            FrontController::fc()->enqueueAction($this, NULL);
             return true; // Eat the request.
         }
 
@@ -170,6 +168,6 @@ public function execute($args=NULL)
 
 ?></div><?php
 
-        $FrontController->endPage();
+        $fc->endPage();
     }
 }