diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Controller/ControllerBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Controller/ControllerBase.php
index aaa6b33..bffc23f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Controller/ControllerBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Controller/ControllerBase.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Core\Controller;
 
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerAware;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse;
 
 /**
@@ -29,7 +28,70 @@
  *
  * @see \Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerInjectionInterface
  */
-abstract class ControllerBase extends ContainerAware {
+abstract class ControllerBase {
+
+  /**
+   * The entity manager.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManager
+   */
+  protected $entityManager;
+
+  /**
+   * The language manager.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageManager
+   */
+  protected $languageManager;
+
+  /**
+   * The translation manager.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationInterface
+   */
+  protected $translationManager;
+
+  /**
+   * The configuration factory.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Config\Config
+   */
+  protected $configFactory;
+
+  /**
+   * The key-value storage.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\KeyValueStoreInterface
+   */
+  protected $keyValue;
+
+  /**
+   * The url generator.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface
+   */
+  protected $urlGenerator;
+
+  /**
+   * The current user service.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface
+   */
+  protected $currentUser;
+
+  /**
+   * The state service.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\KeyValueStoreInterface
+   */
+  protected $stateService;
+
+  /**
+   * The module handler.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface
+   */
+  protected $moduleHandler;
 
   /**
    * Retrieves the entity manager service.
@@ -38,7 +100,10 @@
    *   The entity manager service.
    */
   protected function entityManager() {
-    return $this->container->get('entity.manager');
+    if (!$this->entityManager) {
+      $this->entityManager = $this->container()->get('entity.manager');
+    }
+    return $this->entityManager;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -52,7 +117,7 @@ protected function entityManager() {
    *   The cache object associated with the specified bin.
    */
   protected function cache($bin = 'cache') {
-    return $this->container->get('cache.' . $bin);
+    return $this->container()->get('cache.' . $bin);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -72,7 +137,10 @@ protected function cache($bin = 'cache') {
    *   A configuration object.
    */
   protected function config($name) {
-    return $this->container->get('config.factory')->get($name);
+    if (!$this->configFactory) {
+      $this->configFactory = $this->container()->get('config.factory')->get($name);
+    }
+    return $this->configFactory;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -84,7 +152,10 @@ protected function config($name) {
    * @return \Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\KeyValueStoreInterface
    */
   protected function keyValue($collection) {
-    return $this->container->get('keyvalue')->get($collection);
+    if (!$this->keyValue) {
+      $this->keyValue = $this->container()->get('keyvalue')->get($collection);
+    }
+    return $this->keyValue;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -99,7 +170,10 @@ protected function keyValue($collection) {
    * @return \Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\KeyValueStoreInterface
    */
   protected function state() {
-    return $this->container->get('state');
+    if (!$this->stateService) {
+      $this->stateService = $this->container()->get('state');
+    }
+    return $this->stateService;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -108,7 +182,10 @@ protected function state() {
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface
    */
   protected function moduleHandler() {
-    return $this->container->get('module_handler');
+    if (!$this->moduleHandler) {
+      $this->moduleHandler = $this->container()->get('module_handler');
+    }
+    return $this->moduleHandler;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -118,20 +195,23 @@ protected function moduleHandler() {
    *   The URL generator service.
    */
   protected function urlGenerator() {
-    return $this->container->get('url_generator');
+    if (!$this->urlGenerator) {
+      $this->urlGenerator = $this->container()->get('url_generator');
+    }
+    return $this->urlGenerator;
   }
 
   /**
    * Renders a link to a route given a route name and its parameters.
    *
-   * @see  \Drupal\Core\Utility\LinkGeneratorInterface::generate() for details
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\Utility\LinkGeneratorInterface::generate() for details
    *   on the arguments, usage, and possible exceptions.
    *
    * @return string
    *   An HTML string containing a link to the given route and parameters.
    */
   public function l($text, $route_name, array $parameters = array(), array $options = array()) {
-    return $this->container->get('link_generator')->generate($text, $route_name, $parameters, $options);
+    return $this->container()->get('link_generator')->generate($text, $route_name, $parameters, $options);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -141,7 +221,10 @@ public function l($text, $route_name, array $parameters = array(), array $option
    *   The current user.
    */
   protected function currentUser() {
-    return $this->container->get('current_user');
+    if (!$this->currentUser) {
+      $this->currentUser = $this->container()->get('current_user');
+    }
+    return $this->currentUser;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -150,7 +233,20 @@ protected function currentUser() {
    * See the t() documentation for details.
    */
   protected function t($string, array $args = array(), array $options = array()) {
-    return $this->container->get('string_translation')->translate($string, $args, $options);
+    return $this->translationManager()->translate($string, $args, $options);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the translation manager.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationInterface
+   *   The translation manager.
+   */
+  protected function translationManager() {
+    if (!$this->translationManager) {
+      $this->translationManager = $this->container()->get('string_translation');
+    }
+    return $this->translationManager;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -160,7 +256,20 @@ protected function t($string, array $args = array(), array $options = array()) {
    *   The language manager.
    */
   protected function languageManager() {
-    return $this->container->get('language_manager');
+    if (!$this->languageManager) {
+      $this->languageManager = $this->container()->get('language_manager');
+    }
+    return $this->languageManager;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the service container.
+   *
+   * @return \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface $container
+   *   The service container.
+   */
+  protected function container() {
+    return \Drupal::getContainer();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -176,7 +285,7 @@ protected function languageManager() {
    *   A redirect response object that may be returned by the controller.
    */
   public function redirect($route_name, array $route_parameters = array(), $status = 302) {
-    $url = $this->container->get('url_generator')->generate($route_name, $route_parameters, TRUE);
+    $url = $this->urlGenerator()->generate($route_name, $route_parameters, TRUE);
     return new RedirectResponse($url, $status);
   }
 
@@ -190,7 +299,7 @@ public function redirect($route_name, array $route_parameters = array(), $status
    *   The generated URL for the given route.
    */
   public function url($route_name, $route_parameters = array(), $options = array()) {
-    return $this->container->get('url_generator')->generateFromRoute($route_name, $route_parameters, $options);
+    return $this->urlGenerator()->generateFromRoute($route_name, $route_parameters, $options);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityListController.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityListController.php
index 3b1b580..1846b5f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityListController.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityListController.php
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public function render() {
    * See the t() documentation for details.
    */
   protected function t($string, array $args = array(), array $options = array()) {
-    return $this->getTranslationManager()->translate($string, $args, $options);
+    return $this->translationManager()->translate($string, $args, $options);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ protected function t($string, array $args = array(), array $options = array()) {
    * @return \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationInterface
    *   The translation manager.
    */
-  protected function getTranslationManager() {
+  protected function translationManager() {
     if (!$this->translationManager) {
       $this->translationManager = \Drupal::translation();
     }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormBase.php
index 9c3c890..cbdd0cc 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormBase.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function validateForm(array &$form, array &$form_state) {
    * See the t() documentation for details.
    */
   protected function t($string, array $args = array(), array $options = array()) {
-    return $this->getTranslationManager()->translate($string, $args, $options);
+    return $this->translationManager()->translate($string, $args, $options);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ protected function t($string, array $args = array(), array $options = array()) {
    *   The generated URL for the given route.
    */
   public function url($route_name, $route_parameters = array(), $options = array()) {
-    return $this->getUrlGenerator()->generateFromRoute($route_name, $route_parameters, $options);
+    return $this->urlGenerator()->generateFromRoute($route_name, $route_parameters, $options);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ public function url($route_name, $route_parameters = array(), $options = array()
    * @return \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationInterface
    *   The translation manager.
    */
-  protected function getTranslationManager() {
+  protected function translationManager() {
     if (!$this->translationManager) {
-      $this->translationManager = \Drupal::translation();
+      $this->translationManager = $this->container()->get('string_translation');
     }
     return $this->translationManager;
   }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public function setTranslationManager(TranslationInterface $translation_manager)
    */
   protected function getRequest() {
     if (!$this->request) {
-      $this->request = \Drupal::request();
+      $this->request = $this->container()->get('request');
     }
     return $this->request;
   }
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public function setRequest(Request $request) {
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface
    *   The current user.
    */
-  protected function getCurrentUser() {
+  protected function currentUser() {
     return $this->getRequest()->attributes->get('_account');
   }
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ protected function getCurrentUser() {
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface
    *   The URL generator.
    */
-  protected function getUrlGenerator() {
+  protected function urlGenerator() {
     if (!$this->urlGenerator) {
       $this->urlGenerator = \Drupal::urlGenerator();
     }
@@ -159,4 +159,14 @@ public function setUrlGenerator(UrlGeneratorInterface $url_generator) {
     $this->urlGenerator = $url_generator;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the service container.
+   *
+   * @return \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface $container
+   *   The service container.
+   */
+  protected function container() {
+    return \Drupal::getContainer();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockFormController.php b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockFormController.php
index bd5c4ba..b2fa783 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockFormController.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockFormController.php
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public function form(array $form, array &$form_state) {
     //   this entire visibility settings section probably needs a separate user
     //   interface in the near future.
     $visibility = $entity->get('visibility');
-    $access = $this->getCurrentUser()->hasPermission('use PHP for settings');
+    $access = $this->currentUser()->hasPermission('use PHP for settings');
     if (!empty($visibility['path']['visibility']) && $visibility['path']['visibility'] == BLOCK_VISIBILITY_PHP && !$access) {
       $form['visibility']['path']['visibility'] = array(
         '#type' => 'value',
diff --git a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Controller/ConfigController.php b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Controller/ConfigController.php
index 83d6e6c..f3fd089 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Controller/ConfigController.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Controller/ConfigController.php
@@ -44,12 +44,10 @@ class ConfigController implements ContainerInjectionInterface {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public static function create(ContainerInterface $container) {
-    $file_download = new FileDownloadController();
-    $file_download->setContainer($container);
     return new static(
       $container->get('config.storage'),
       $container->get('config.storage.staging'),
-      $file_download
+      new FileDownloadController()
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Controller/LocaleController.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Controller/LocaleController.php
index 64f70cc..4cc6dec 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Controller/LocaleController.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Controller/LocaleController.php
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ public function checkTranslation() {
    */
   public function translatePage() {
     return array(
-      'filter' => drupal_get_form(TranslateFilterForm::create($this->container)),
-      'form' => drupal_get_form(TranslateEditForm::create($this->container)),
+      'filter' => drupal_get_form(TranslateFilterForm::create($this->container())),
+      'form' => drupal_get_form(TranslateEditForm::create($this->container())),
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesListConfirmForm.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesListConfirmForm.php
index d674b18..6fc6704 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesListConfirmForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesListConfirmForm.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public function getFormID() {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function buildForm(array $form, array &$form_state) {
-    $account = $this->getCurrentUser()->id();
+    $account = $this->currentUser()->id();
     $this->modules = $this->keyValueExpirable->get($account);
 
     // Redirect to the modules list page if the key value store is empty.
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public function buildForm(array $form, array &$form_state) {
    */
   public function submitForm(array &$form, array &$form_state) {
     // Remove the key value store entry.
-    $account = $this->getCurrentUser()->id();
+    $account = $this->currentUser()->id();
     $this->keyValueExpirable->delete($account);
 
     // Gets list of modules prior to install process.
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesListForm.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesListForm.php
index ffe1253..6d4daef 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesListForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesListForm.php
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ public function submitForm(array &$form, array &$form_state) {
     // dependencies that are not enabled yet, redirect to the confirmation form.
     if (!empty($modules['dependencies']) || !empty($modules['missing'])) {
       // Write the list of changed module states into a key value store.
-      $account = $this->getCurrentUser()->id();
+      $account = $this->currentUser()->id();
       $this->keyValueExpirable->setWithExpire($account, $modules, 60);
 
       // Redirect to the confirmation form.
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesUninstallConfirmForm.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesUninstallConfirmForm.php
index be3d19f..53ba146 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesUninstallConfirmForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesUninstallConfirmForm.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public function getFormID() {
    */
   public function buildForm(array $form, array &$form_state) {
     // Retrieve the list of modules from the key value store.
-    $account = $this->getCurrentUser()->id();
+    $account = $this->currentUser()->id();
     $this->modules = $this->keyValueExpirable->get($account);
 
     // Prevent this page from showing when the module list is empty.
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public function buildForm(array $form, array &$form_state) {
    */
   public function submitForm(array &$form, array &$form_state) {
     // Clear the key value store entry.
-    $account = $this->getCurrentUser()->id();
+    $account = $this->currentUser()->id();
     $this->keyValueExpirable->delete($account);
 
     // Uninstall the modules.
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesUninstallForm.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesUninstallForm.php
index 33e402b..2dec552 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesUninstallForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Form/ModulesUninstallForm.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public function submitForm(array &$form, array &$form_state) {
     // Save all the values in an expirable key value store.
     $modules = $form_state['values']['uninstall'];
     $uninstall = array_keys(array_filter($modules));
-    $account = $this->getCurrentUser()->id();
+    $account = $this->currentUser()->id();
     $this->keyValueExpirable->setWithExpire($account, $uninstall, 60);
 
     // Redirect to the confirm form.
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/error_test/lib/Drupal/error_test/Controller/ErrorTestController.php b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/error_test/lib/Drupal/error_test/Controller/ErrorTestController.php
index 124b8f9..052bd5a 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/error_test/lib/Drupal/error_test/Controller/ErrorTestController.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/error_test/lib/Drupal/error_test/Controller/ErrorTestController.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public function triggerException() {
    */
   public function triggerPDOException() {
     define('SIMPLETEST_COLLECT_ERRORS', FALSE);
-    $this->container->get('database')->query('SELECT * FROM bananas_are_awesome');
+    $this->container()->get('database')->query('SELECT * FROM bananas_are_awesome');
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Form/UserPasswordForm.php b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Form/UserPasswordForm.php
index 299a9e6..7800054 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Form/UserPasswordForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Form/UserPasswordForm.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public function buildForm(array $form, array &$form_state) {
       ),
     );
     // Allow logged in users to request this also.
-    $user = $this->getCurrentUser();
+    $user = $this->currentUser();
     if ($user->isAuthenticated()) {
       $form['name']['#type'] = 'value';
       $form['name']['#value'] = $user->getEmail();
diff --git a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/ProfileFormController.php b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/ProfileFormController.php
index 54b34f6..ee4f8c3 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/ProfileFormController.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/ProfileFormController.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ protected function actions(array $form, array &$form_state) {
     $account = $this->entity;
 
     // The user doing the editing.
-    $user = $this->getCurrentUser();
+    $user = $this->currentUser();
     $element['delete']['#type'] = 'submit';
     $element['delete']['#value'] = $this->t('Cancel account');
     $element['delete']['#submit'] = array(array($this, 'editCancelSubmit'));