diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.ajax_select_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.ajax_select_widget.inc.php
index 95f00c2431..ccb5ff2c29 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.ajax_select_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.ajax_select_widget.inc.php
@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@
 			$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['include_xajax'] = True;
 			
 			// JavaScript
-			if(!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->js)) {
-				$GLOBALS['egw']->js =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.javascript');
-			}
 			$options = $GLOBALS['egw']->js->convert_phparray_jsarray("options['$name']", $options, true);
 			$GLOBALS['egw']->js->set_onload("if(!options) { 
 					var options = new Object();
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_tracking.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_tracking.inc.php
index c0b0df26f6..77322a69d2 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_tracking.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_tracking.inc.php
@@ -452,12 +452,7 @@ class bo_tracking
 	 */
 	function get_title($data,$old)
 	{
-		if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->link))
-		{
-			require_once(EGW_API_INC.'/class.bolink.inc.php');
-			$GLOBALS['egw']->link =& new bolink();
-		}
-		return $GLOBALS['egw']->link->title($this->app,$data[$this->id_field]);
+		return egw_link::title($this->app,$data[$this->id_field]);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -471,12 +466,7 @@ class bo_tracking
 	 */
 	function get_subject($data,$old)
 	{
-		if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->link))
-		{
-			require_once(EGW_API_INC.'/class.bolink.inc.php');
-			$GLOBALS['egw']->link =& new bolink();
-		}
-		return $GLOBALS['egw']->link->title($this->app,$data[$this->id_field]);
+		return egw_link::title($this->app,$data[$this->id_field]);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -514,15 +504,10 @@ class bo_tracking
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->link))
-			{
-				require_once(EGW_API_INC.'/class.bolink.inc.php');
-				$GLOBALS['egw']->link =& new bolink();
-			}
-			if (($view = $GLOBALS['egw']->link->view($this->app,$data[$this->id_field])))
+			if (($view = egw_link::view($this->app,$data[$this->id_field])))
 			{
 				$link = $GLOBALS['egw']->link('/index.php',$view);
-				$popup = $GLOBALS['egw']->link->is_popup($this->app,'view');
+				$popup = egw_link::is_popup($this->app,'view');
 			}
 		}
 		if ($link{0} == '/')
@@ -553,10 +538,10 @@ class bo_tracking
 		{
 			$GLOBALS['egw']->link = new bolink();
 		}
-		if($view = $GLOBALS['egw']->link->view($this->app,$data[$this->id_field])) {
+		if($view = egw_link::view($this->app,$data[$this->id_field])) {
 			return array(	'text' 	=> $this->get_title($data,$old),
 							'view' 	=> $view,
-							'popup'	=> $GLOBALS['egw']->link->is_popup($this->app,'view'),
+							'popup'	=> egw_link::is_popup($this->app,'view'),
 							);
 		}
 		return false;
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.contact_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.contact_widget.inc.php
index 2e28b7edb9..84370f80c7 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.contact_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.contact_widget.inc.php
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@ class contact_widget
 	function contact_widget($ui)
 	{
 		$this->ui = $ui;
-		if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->contacts))
-		{
-			$GLOBALS['egw']->contacts =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.contacts');
-		}
+
 		$this->contacts =& $GLOBALS['egw']->contacts;
 	}
 
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.date_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.date_widget.inc.php
index 34f4101ed8..94809a9606 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.date_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.date_widget.inc.php
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@
 		{
 			if ($ui == 'html')
 			{
-				if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->jscalendar))
-				{
-					$GLOBALS['egw']->jscalendar =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.jscalendar');
-				}
 				$this->jscal =& $GLOBALS['egw']->jscalendar;
 			}
 			$this->timeformat = $GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['timeformat'];
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.historylog_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.historylog_widget.inc.php
index 536e172d8a..af02c9d226 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.historylog_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.historylog_widget.inc.php
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ class historylog_widget
 		}
 		else // compatibilty code for 1.2, can be removed after
 		{
-			if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->datetime))
-			{
-				$GLOBALS['egw']->datetime =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.datetime');
-			}
 			$value = $historylog->return_array('','','history_id','DESC',$id);
 			foreach($value as $key => $val)
 			{
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
index 9f63183252..73cebf8259 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
@@ -972,10 +972,6 @@
 							case 'select-cat':
 								if ($val)
 								{
-									if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->categories))
-									{
-										$GLOBALS['egw']->categories =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.categories');
-									}
 									$value[$key] = $GLOBALS['egw']->categories->id2name($val);
 								}
 								break;
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
index 6c49cd37d3..3671948869 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
@@ -137,10 +137,6 @@
 					break;
 
 				case 'select-country':	// #Row|Extralabel,1=use country name, 0=use 2 letter-code
-					if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->country))
-					{
-						$GLOBALS['egw']->country =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.country');
-					}
 					$cell['sel_options'] = $GLOBALS['egw']->country->countries();
 
 					if (($extension_data['country_use_name'] = $type) && $value)
@@ -155,19 +151,11 @@
 					break;
 
 				case 'select-state':
-					if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->country))
-					{
-						$GLOBALS['egw']->country =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.country');
-					}
 					$cell['sel_options'] = $GLOBALS['egw']->country->us_states();
 					$cell['no_lang'] = True;
 					break;
 
 				case 'select-cat':	// !$type == globals cats too, $type2: extraStyleMultiselect, $type3: application, if not current-app
-					if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->categories))
-					{
-						$GLOBALS['egw']->categories =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.categories');
-					}
 					if ($readonly)	// for readonly we dont need to fetch all cat's, nor do we need to indent them by level
 					{
 						$cell['no_lang'] = True;
@@ -242,11 +230,6 @@
 					}
 					if ($this->ui == 'html' && $type != 'groups')	// use eGW's new account-selection (html only)
 					{
-						if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->uiaccountsel))
-						{
-							require_once(EGW_API_INC.'/class.uiaccountsel.inc.php');
-							$GLOBALS['egw']->uiaccountsel =& new uiaccountsel;
-						}
 						$not = array_slice(explode(',',$cell['size']),4);
 						$help = (int)$cell['no_lang'] < 2 ? lang($cell['help']) : $cell['help'];
 						$onFocus = "self.status='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($help))."'; return true;";
@@ -556,10 +539,6 @@
 				case 'select-country':
 					if ($extension_data['country_use_name'] && $value_in)
 					{
-						if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->country))
-						{
-							$GLOBALS['egw']->country =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.country');
-						}
 						if (($value = $GLOBALS['egw']->country->get_full_name($value_in)))
 						{
 							break;
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php
index 106f243de7..fa762bb4b2 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ class so_sql
 			echo "<p>so_sql('$app','$table')</p>\n";
 			_debug_array($this);
 		}
-		if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->datetime))
-		{
-			$GLOBALS['egw']->datetime =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.datetime');
-		}
 		$this->tz_offset_s = $GLOBALS['egw']->datetime->tz_offset;
 		$this->now = time() + $this->tz_offset_s;	// time() is server-time and we need a user-time
 	}
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.tree_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.tree_widget.inc.php
index 303eaa922b..c1a8f33c79 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.tree_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.tree_widget.inc.php
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ class tree_widget
 		switch ($cell['type'])
 		{
 			case 'tree-cat':	// !$type == globals cats too, $type2: not used, $type3: application, if not current-app
-				if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->categories))
-				{
-					$GLOBALS['egw']->categories =& CreateObject('phpgwapi.categories');
-				}
 				if ($readonly)	// for readonly we dont need to fetch all cat's, nor do we need to indent them by level
 				{
 					$cell['no_lang'] = True;