diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/SpringFilter.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/SpringFilter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bb9fd30f..00000000
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/SpringFilter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul;
-
-import com.netflix.zuul.ZuulFilter;
-import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestAttributes;
-import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder;
-import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletRequestAttributes;
-import org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils;
-
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-
-/**
- * User: spencergibb
- * Date: 5/1/14
- * Time: 10:59 PM
- */
-public abstract class SpringFilter extends ZuulFilter {
-
-    protected <T> T getBean(Class<T> beanClass) {
-        //FIXME: hack because zuul uses servlet 2.5?
-        RequestAttributes requestAttr = RequestContextHolder.currentRequestAttributes();
-        if (!(requestAttr instanceof ServletRequestAttributes)) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Current request is not a servlet request");
-        }
-        ServletRequestAttributes attributes = (ServletRequestAttributes) requestAttr;
-        HttpServletRequest request = attributes.getRequest();
-
-        WebApplicationContext context = WebApplicationContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(request.getServletContext());
-        return context.getBean(beanClass);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/ZuulConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/ZuulConfiguration.java
index 5cc3a23d..a8a2283a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/ZuulConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/ZuulConfiguration.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnExpression;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.DiscoveryClient;
 import org.springframework.cloud.context.config.annotation.RefreshScope;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.RibbonClientPreprocessor;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.SpringClientFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.filters.post.SendErrorFilter;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.filters.post.SendResponseFilter;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.filters.pre.DebugFilter;
@@ -34,6 +36,12 @@ public class ZuulConfiguration {
 	@Autowired(required = false)
 	private TraceRepository traces;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private RibbonClientPreprocessor preprocessor;
+	
+	@Autowired
+	private SpringClientFactory clientFactory;
+
 	@Autowired
 	private DiscoveryClient discovery;
 
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ public class ZuulConfiguration {
 	// route filters
 	@Bean
 	public RibbonRoutingFilter ribbonRoutingFilter() {
-		RibbonRoutingFilter filter = new RibbonRoutingFilter();
+		RibbonRoutingFilter filter = new RibbonRoutingFilter(preprocessor, clientFactory);
 		if (traces != null) {
 			filter.setTraces(traces);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/route/RibbonRoutingFilter.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/route/RibbonRoutingFilter.java
index 385efb2d..23c7c086 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/route/RibbonRoutingFilter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/route/RibbonRoutingFilter.java
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.trace.TraceRepository;
-import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.SpringClientFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.RibbonClientPreprocessor;
-import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.zuul.SpringFilter;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.SpringClientFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import com.netflix.client.ClientException;
@@ -27,12 +26,13 @@ import com.netflix.client.http.HttpRequest.Verb;
 import com.netflix.client.http.HttpResponse;
 import com.netflix.hystrix.exception.HystrixRuntimeException;
 import com.netflix.niws.client.http.RestClient;
+import com.netflix.zuul.ZuulFilter;
 import com.netflix.zuul.context.RequestContext;
 import com.netflix.zuul.exception.ZuulException;
 import com.netflix.zuul.util.HTTPRequestUtils;
 import com.sun.jersey.core.util.MultivaluedMapImpl;
 
-public class RibbonRoutingFilter extends SpringFilter {
+public class RibbonRoutingFilter extends ZuulFilter {
 
 	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RibbonRoutingFilter.class);
 
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ public class RibbonRoutingFilter extends SpringFilter {
 
 	private TraceRepository traces;
 
+	private RibbonClientPreprocessor preprocessor;
+
+	private SpringClientFactory clientFactory;
+
+	public RibbonRoutingFilter(RibbonClientPreprocessor preprocessor,
+			SpringClientFactory clientFactory) {
+		this.preprocessor = preprocessor;
+		this.clientFactory = clientFactory;
+	}
+
 	public void setTraces(TraceRepository traces) {
 		this.traces = traces;
 	}
@@ -71,10 +81,9 @@ public class RibbonRoutingFilter extends SpringFilter {
 
 		String serviceId = (String) context.get("serviceId");
 
-        getBean(RibbonClientPreprocessor.class).preprocess(serviceId);
+		preprocessor.preprocess(serviceId);
 
-        //TODO: update to ribbon-rxnetty when available
-		RestClient restClient = getBean(SpringClientFactory.class).namedClient(serviceId, RestClient.class);
+		RestClient restClient = clientFactory.namedClient(serviceId, RestClient.class);
 
 		String uri = request.getRequestURI();
 		if (context.get("requestURI") != null) {