diff --git a/core/FrontController.php b/core/FrontController.php
index 74348d05687decbcdd152d8b26a9e3df2b34c712..6fb08f158d3e80794a5b646cd2c499612dc5e7b4 100644
--- a/core/FrontController.php
+++ b/core/FrontController.php
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class Piwik_FrontController
 
     protected function createAccessObject()
     {
-        Piwik::createAccessObject();
+        Piwik_Access::getInstance();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/Piwik.php b/core/Piwik.php
index a64999891abd9bbb7cfe3432f17ff108f16cfc5d..84ba32449c6eecf76bc93c85c29f46bb6aedc5a2 100644
--- a/core/Piwik.php
+++ b/core/Piwik.php
@@ -2007,19 +2007,6 @@ class Piwik
         }
     }
 
-    /*
- * Global access object
- */
-
-    /**
-     * Create access object
-     */
-    static public function createAccessObject()
-    {
-        Piwik_Access::getInstance();
-        //Zend_Registry::set('access', new Piwik_Access());
-    }
-
     /*
  * User input validation
  */
diff --git a/plugins/Installation/Controller.php b/plugins/Installation/Controller.php
index ba556775bcd7468f0cb9260a6a7ccfa70f8f8fd6..443baaaa12a793e141b1d3bfe4b5a8f3ace3de41 100644
--- a/plugins/Installation/Controller.php
+++ b/plugins/Installation/Controller.php
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class Piwik_Installation_Controller extends Piwik_Controller_Admin
             $baseTablesInstalled = count($tablesInstalled) - count($archiveTables);
             $minimumCountPiwikTables = 17;
 
-            Piwik::createAccessObject();
+            Piwik_Access::getInstance();
             Piwik::setUserIsSuperUser();
             if ($baseTablesInstalled >= $minimumCountPiwikTables &&
                 count(Piwik_SitesManager_API::getInstance()->getAllSitesId()) > 0 &&
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/IntegrationTestCase.php b/tests/PHPUnit/IntegrationTestCase.php
index 6772f84820f054912597f348758a3e9b3a7a3741..58f75dd5be6b64ee1f0916fa1ea78b47030e7477 100755
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/IntegrationTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/IntegrationTestCase.php
@@ -150,8 +150,9 @@ abstract class IntegrationTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         include "DataFiles/Currencies.php";
         include "DataFiles/LanguageToCountry.php";
         include "DataFiles/Providers.php";
-
-        Piwik::createAccessObject();
+        
+        Piwik_Access::setSingletonInstance(null);
+        Piwik_Access::getInstance();
         Piwik_PostEvent('FrontController.initAuthenticationObject');
 
         // We need to be SU to create websites for tests
@@ -225,8 +226,6 @@ abstract class IntegrationTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] = 'en';
 
         $this->changeLanguage('en');
-        
-        Piwik::$cachedKnownSegmentsToArchive = null;
     }
 
     protected static $apiToCall = array();