diff --git a/includes/admin.inc b/includes/admin.inc
index 010c6889652..1cbc9c0f121 100644
--- a/includes/admin.inc
+++ b/includes/admin.inc
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function views_ui_preview($view, $display_id, $args = array()) {
     // be in GET. Copy stuff but remove ajax-framework specific keys.
     // If we're clicking on links in a preview, though, we could actually
     // still have some in $_GET, so we use $_REQUEST to ensure we get it all.
-    $exposed_input = $_REQUEST;
+    $exposed_input = drupal_container()->get('request')->request->all();
     foreach (array('view_name', 'view_display_id', 'view_args', 'view_path', 'view_dom_id', 'pager_element', 'view_base_path', 'ajax_html_ids', 'ajax_page_state', 'form_id', 'form_build_id', 'form_token') as $key) {
       if (isset($exposed_input[$key])) {
         unset($exposed_input[$key]);
@@ -731,10 +731,12 @@ function views_ui_add_form_store_edit_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 
   // If there is a destination query, ensure we still redirect the user to the
   // edit view page, and then redirect the user to the destination.
+  // @todo: Revisit this when http://drupal.org/node/1668866 is in.
   $destination = array();
-  if (isset($_GET['destination'])) {
+  $query = drupal_container()->get('request')->query;
+  if ($query->has('destination')) {
     $destination = drupal_get_destination();
-    unset($_GET['destination']);
+    $query->remove('destination');
   }
   $form_state['redirect'] = array('admin/structure/views/view/' . $view->name, array('query' => $destination));
 }
@@ -840,9 +842,9 @@ function views_ui_break_lock_confirm($form, &$form_state, $view) {
     return $form;
   }
 
-  $cancel = 'admin/structure/views/view/' . $view->name . '/edit';
-  if (!empty($_REQUEST['cancel'])) {
-    $cancel = $_REQUEST['cancel'];
+  $cancel = drupal_container()->get('request')->query->get('cancel');
+  if (empty($cancel)) {
+    $cancel = 'admin/structure/views/view/' . $view->name . '/edit';
   }
 
   $account = user_load($view->locked->ownerId);
@@ -917,10 +919,6 @@ function views_ui_edit_page($view, $display_id = NULL) {
 }
 
 function views_ui_build_preview($view, $display_id, $render = TRUE) {
-  if (isset($_POST['ajax_html_ids'])) {
-    unset($_POST['ajax_html_ids']);
-  }
-
   $build = array(
     '#theme_wrappers' => array('container'),
     '#attributes' => array('id' => 'views-preview-wrapper', 'class' => 'views-admin clearfix'),
@@ -1146,7 +1144,7 @@ function views_ui_edit_form($form, &$form_state, $view, $display_id = NULL) {
   // If relationships had to be fixed, we want to get that into the cache
   // so that edits work properly, and to try to get the user to save it
   // so that it's not using weird fixed up relationships.
-  if (!empty($view->relationships_changed) && empty($_POST)) {
+  if (!empty($view->relationships_changed) && drupal_container()->get('request')->request->count()) {
     drupal_set_message(t('This view has been automatically updated to fix missing relationships. While this View should continue to work, you should verify that the automatic updates are correct and save this view.'));
     views_ui_cache_set($view);
   }
@@ -1420,7 +1418,10 @@ function views_ui_edit_form_submit_preview($form, &$form_state) {
  * should not yet redirect to the destination.
  */
 function views_ui_edit_form_submit_delay_destination($form, &$form_state) {
-  if (isset($_GET['destination']) && $form_state['redirect'] !== FALSE) {
+  $query = drupal_container()->get('request')->query;
+  // @todo: Revisit this when http://drupal.org/node/1668866 is in.
+  $destination = $query->get('destination');
+  if (isset($destination) && $form_state['redirect'] !== FALSE) {
     if (!isset($form_state['redirect'])) {
       $form_state['redirect'] = current_path();
     }
@@ -1429,10 +1430,10 @@ function views_ui_edit_form_submit_delay_destination($form, &$form_state) {
     }
     $options = isset($form_state['redirect'][1]) ? $form_state['redirect'][1] : array();
     if (!isset($options['query']['destination'])) {
-      $options['query']['destination'] = $_GET['destination'];
+      $options['query']['destination'] = $destination;
     }
     $form_state['redirect'][1] = $options;
-    unset($_GET['destination']);
+    $query->remove('destination');
   }
 }
 
@@ -2122,8 +2123,10 @@ function views_ui_edit_view_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   // Direct the user to the right url, if the path of the display has changed.
-  if (!empty($_GET['destination'])) {
-    $destination = $_GET['destination'];
+  $query = drupal_container()->get('request')->query;
+  // @todo: Revisit this when http://drupal.org/node/1668866 is in.
+  $destination = $query->get('destination');
+  if (!empty($destination)) {
     // Find out the first display which has a changed path and redirect to this url.
     $old_view = views_get_view($form_state['view']->name);
     foreach ($old_view->display as $id => $display) {
@@ -2134,7 +2137,7 @@ function views_ui_edit_view_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
       $old_path = $display->display_options['path'];
       if (($display->display_plugin == 'page') && ($old_path == $destination) && ($old_path != $form_state['view']->display[$id]->display_options['path'])) {
         $destination = $form_state['view']->display[$id]->display_options['path'];
-        unset($_GET['destination']);
+        $query->remove('destination');
       }
     }
     $form_state['redirect'] = $destination;
@@ -2161,7 +2164,11 @@ function views_ui_edit_view_form_cancel($form, &$form_state) {
 }
 
 function views_ui_edit_view_form_delete($form, &$form_state) {
-  unset($_REQUEST['destination']);
+  $request = drupal_container()->get('request')->request;
+  // @todo: Revisit this when http://drupal.org/node/1668866 is in.
+  if ($request->get('destination') !== NULL) {
+    $request->remove('destination');
+  }
   // Redirect to the delete confirm page
   $form_state['redirect'] = array('admin/structure/views/view/' . $form_state['view']->name . '/delete', array('query' => drupal_get_destination() + array('cancel' => 'admin/structure/views/view/' . $form_state['view']->name . '/edit')));
 }
@@ -2870,12 +2877,6 @@ function views_ui_add_form_to_stack($key, &$view, $display_id, $args, $top = FAL
  * together.
  */
 function views_ui_ajax_form($js, $key, $view, $display_id = '') {
-  // Reset the cache of IDs. Drupal rather aggressively prevents id duplication
-  // but this causes it to remember IDs that are no longer even being used.
-  if (isset($_POST['ajax_html_ids'])) {
-    unset($_POST['ajax_html_ids']);
-  }
-
   $form = views_ui_ajax_forms($key);
   if (empty($form)) {
     return MENU_NOT_FOUND;
@@ -5071,7 +5072,7 @@ function views_ui_autocomplete_tag($string = '') {
     }
   }
 
-  drupal_json_output($matches);
+  return new JsonResponse($matches);
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/includes/ajax.inc b/includes/ajax.inc
index a23f2b3180a..98d335c66d5 100644
--- a/includes/ajax.inc
+++ b/includes/ajax.inc
@@ -15,26 +15,28 @@
  * Menu callback to load a view via AJAX.
  */
 function views_ajax() {
-  if (isset($_REQUEST['view_name']) && isset($_REQUEST['view_display_id'])) {
-    $name = $_REQUEST['view_name'];
-    $display_id = $_REQUEST['view_display_id'];
-    $args = isset($_REQUEST['view_args']) && $_REQUEST['view_args'] !== '' ? explode('/', $_REQUEST['view_args']) : array();
-    $path = isset($_REQUEST['view_path']) ? rawurldecode($_REQUEST['view_path']) : NULL;
-    $dom_id = isset($_REQUEST['view_dom_id']) ? preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/', '-', $_REQUEST['view_dom_id']) : NULL;
-    $pager_element = isset($_REQUEST['pager_element']) ? intval($_REQUEST['pager_element']) : NULL;
+  $request = drupal_container()->get('request');
+  $name = $request->request->get('view_name');
+  $display_id = $request->request->get('view_display_id');
+  if (isset($name) && isset($display_id)) {
+    $args = $request->request->get('view_args');
+    $args = isset($args) && $args !== '' ? explode('/', $args) : array();
+    $path = $request->request->get('view_path');
+    $dom_id = $request->request->get('view_dom_id');
+    $dom_id = isset($dom_id) ? preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/', '-', $dom_id) : NULL;
+    $pager_element = $request->request->get('pager_element');
+    $pager_element = isset($pager_element) ? intval($pager_element) : NULL;
 
     $commands = array();
 
-    // Remove all of this stuff from $_GET so it doesn't end up in pagers and tablesort URLs.
+    // Remove all of this stuff from the query of the request so it doesn't end
+    // up in pagers and tablesort URLs.
     foreach (array('view_name', 'view_display_id', 'view_args', 'view_path', 'view_dom_id', 'pager_element', 'view_base_path', 'ajax_html_ids', 'ajax_page_state') as $key) {
-      if (isset($_GET[$key])) {
-        unset($_GET[$key]);
+      if ($request->query->has($key)) {
+        $request->query->remove($key);
       }
-      if (isset($_REQUEST[$key])) {
-        unset($_REQUEST[$key]);
-      }
-      if (isset($_POST[$key])) {
-        unset($_POST[$key]);
+      if ($request->request->has($key)) {
+        $request->request->remove($key);
       }
     }
 
@@ -48,12 +50,14 @@ function views_ajax() {
 
       // Add all $_POST data, because AJAX is always a post and many things,
       // such as tablesorts, exposed filters and paging assume $_GET.
-      $_GET = $_POST + $_GET;
+      $request_all = $request->request->all();
+      $query_all = $request->query->all();
+      $request->query->replace($request_all + $query_all);
 
       // Overwrite the destination.
       // @see drupal_get_destination()
       $origin_destination = $path;
-      $query = drupal_http_build_query($_REQUEST);
+      $query = drupal_http_build_query($request->query->all());
       if ($query != '') {
         $origin_destination .= '?' . $query;
       }
@@ -313,7 +317,7 @@ function views_ajax_autocomplete_user($string = '') {
     }
   }
 
-  drupal_json_output($matches);
+  return new JsonResponse($matches);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -366,7 +370,7 @@ function views_ajax_autocomplete_taxonomy($vid, $tags_typed = '') {
     }
   }
 
-  drupal_json_output($term_matches);
+  return new JsonResponse($term_matches);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php b/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php
index a954a2c815b..6edd6a65764 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php
@@ -1707,8 +1707,8 @@ abstract class DisplayPluginBase extends PluginBase {
         $form['#title'] .= t('Theming information');
         $form['#help_topic'] = 'analyze-theme';
 
-        if (isset($_POST['theme'])) {
-          $this->theme = $_POST['theme'];
+        if ($theme = drupal_container()->get('request')->request->get('theme')) {
+          $this->theme = $theme;
         }
         elseif (empty($this->theme)) {
           $this->theme = variable_get('theme_default', 'bartik');
diff --git a/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php b/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
index cc1cd4cc9cc..8c3718406b5 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ If you would like to have the characters \'[\' and \']\' please use the html ent
     }
 
     // Get flattened set of tokens for any array depth in $_GET parameters.
-    $tokens += $this->get_token_values_recursive($_GET);
+    $tokens += $this->get_token_values_recursive(drupal_container()->get('request')->query->all());
 
     // Now add replacements for our fields.
     foreach ($this->view->display_handler->get_handlers('field') as $field => $handler) {
diff --git a/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/pager/Full.php b/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/pager/Full.php
index b39cd2abbb9..bfd6257068c 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/pager/Full.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/pager/Full.php
@@ -261,16 +261,20 @@ class Full extends PagerPluginBase {
 
   function query() {
     if ($this->items_per_page_exposed()) {
-      if (!empty($_GET['items_per_page']) && $_GET['items_per_page'] > 0) {
-        $this->options['items_per_page'] = $_GET['items_per_page'];
+      $query = drupal_container()->get('request')->query;
+      $items_per_page = $query->get('items_per_page');
+      if ($items_per_page > 0) {
+        $this->options['items_per_page'] = $items_per_page;
       }
-      elseif (!empty($_GET['items_per_page']) && $_GET['items_per_page'] == 'All' && $this->options['expose']['items_per_page_options_all']) {
+      elseif ($items_per_page == 'All' && $this->options['expose']['items_per_page_options_all']) {
         $this->options['items_per_page'] = 0;
       }
     }
     if ($this->offset_exposed()) {
-      if (isset($_GET['offset']) && $_GET['offset'] >= 0) {
-        $this->options['offset'] = $_GET['offset'];
+      $query = drupal_container()->get('request')->query;
+      $offset = $query->get('offset');
+      if (isset($offset) && $offset >= 0) {
+        $this->options['offset'] = $offset;
       }
     }
 
@@ -328,7 +332,8 @@ class Full extends PagerPluginBase {
 
     // Fill in missing values in the global page array, in case the global page
     // array hasn't been initialized before.
-    $page = isset($_GET['page']) ? explode(',', $_GET['page']) : array();
+    $page = drupal_container()->get('request')->query->get('page');
+    $page = isset($page) ? explode(',', $page) : array();
 
     for ($i = 0; $i <= $this->options['id'] || $i < count($pager_page_array); $i++) {
       $pager_page_array[$i] = empty($page[$i]) ? 0 : $page[$i];
diff --git a/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/style/Table.php b/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/style/Table.php
index cce545206f8..02a9780ab8d 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/style/Table.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/style/Table.php
@@ -81,12 +81,13 @@ class Table extends StylePluginBase {
    * @return bool
    */
   function build_sort() {
-    if (!isset($_GET['order']) && ($this->options['default'] == -1 || empty($this->view->field[$this->options['default']]))) {
+    $order = drupal_container()->get('request')->query->get('order');
+    if (!isset($order) && ($this->options['default'] == -1 || empty($this->view->field[$this->options['default']]))) {
       return TRUE;
     }
 
     // If a sort we don't know anything about gets through, exit gracefully.
-    if (isset($_GET['order']) && empty($this->view->field[$_GET['order']])) {
+    if (isset($order) && empty($this->view->field[$order])) {
       return TRUE;
     }
 
@@ -98,7 +99,9 @@ class Table extends StylePluginBase {
    * Add our actual sort criteria
    */
   function build_sort_post() {
-    if (!isset($_GET['order'])) {
+    $query = drupal_container()->get('request')->query;
+    $order = $query->get('order');
+    if (!isset($order)) {
       // check for a 'default' clicksort. If there isn't one, exit gracefully.
       if (empty($this->options['default'])) {
         return;
@@ -112,9 +115,10 @@ class Table extends StylePluginBase {
       }
     }
     else {
-      $sort = $_GET['order'];
+      $sort = $order;
       // Store the $order for later use.
-      $this->order = !empty($_GET['sort']) ? strtolower($_GET['sort']) : 'asc';
+      $request_sort = $query->get('sort');
+      $this->order = !empty($request_sort) ? strtolower($request_sort) : 'asc';
     }
 
     // If a sort we don't know anything about gets through, exit gracefully.
diff --git a/lib/Drupal/views/View.php b/lib/Drupal/views/View.php
index f1a41c45a47..80d7d94244f 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/views/View.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/views/View.php
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ class View extends ViewsDbObject {
     // Fill our input either from $_GET or from something previously set on the
     // view.
     if (empty($this->exposed_input)) {
-      $this->exposed_input = $_GET;
+      $this->exposed_input = drupal_container()->get('request')->query->all();
       // unset items that are definitely not our input:
       foreach (array('page', 'q') as $key) {
         if (isset($this->exposed_input[$key])) {
diff --git a/lib/Views/translation/Plugin/views/field/NodeTranslationLink.php b/lib/Views/translation/Plugin/views/field/NodeTranslationLink.php
index e716b7a2622..0d9b0540d37 100644
--- a/lib/Views/translation/Plugin/views/field/NodeTranslationLink.php
+++ b/lib/Views/translation/Plugin/views/field/NodeTranslationLink.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class NodeTranslationLink extends FieldPluginBase {
   }
 
   function render_link($data, $values) {
-    $language_interface = drupal_container()->get(LANGUAGE_TYPE_INTERFACE);
+    $language_interface = language(LANGUAGE_TYPE_INTERFACE);
 
     $tnid = $this->get_value($values, 'tnid');
     // Only load translations if the node isn't in the current language.
diff --git a/plugins/export_ui/views_ui.class.php b/plugins/export_ui/views_ui.class.php
index 9232ce8119b..48ade75a694 100644
--- a/plugins/export_ui/views_ui.class.php
+++ b/plugins/export_ui/views_ui.class.php
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class views_ui extends ctools_export_ui {
   function list_render(&$form_state) {
     views_include('admin');
     views_ui_add_admin_css();
-    if (empty($_REQUEST['js'])) {
+    if (!drupal_container()->get('request')->request->get('js')) {
       views_ui_check_advanced_help();
     }
     drupal_add_library('system', 'jquery.bbq');
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class views_ui extends ctools_export_ui {
     $this->active = $form_state['values']['order'];
     $this->order = $form_state['values']['sort'];
 
-    $query    = tablesort_get_query_parameters();
+    $query = tablesort_get_query_parameters();
 
     $header = array(
       $this->tablesort_link(t('View name'), 'name', 'views-ui-name'),
diff --git a/views.module b/views.module
index b39ba44f0c6..9dbb1f0b978 100644
--- a/views.module
+++ b/views.module
@@ -2122,7 +2122,8 @@ function views_exposed_form($form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   $form['submit'] = array(
-    '#name' => '', // prevent from showing up in $_GET.
+    // Prevent from showing up in $_GET.
+    '#name' => '',
     '#type' => 'submit',
     '#value' => t('Apply'),
     '#id' => drupal_html_id('edit-submit-' . $view->name),