diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index 7b0fa07ab..e213b741a 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ use Friendica\Core\Config\Cache\ConfigCache;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Configuration;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\PConfiguration;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n\L10n;
-use Friendica\Core\Session;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Core\Theme;
 use Friendica\Database\Database;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
-use Friendica\Module\Security\Login;
 use Friendica\Module\Special\HTTPException as ModuleHTTPException;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 use Friendica\Util\ConfigFileLoader;
@@ -356,30 +354,6 @@ class App
 			$this->getBaseURL();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated 2019.09 - use Core\Process->isMaxProcessesReached() instead
-	 */
-	public function isMaxProcessesReached()
-	{
-		return $this->process->isMaxProcessesReached();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated 2019.09 - use Core\Process->isMinMemoryReached() instead
-	 */
-	public function isMinMemoryReached()
-	{
-		return $this->process->isMinMemoryReached();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated 2019.09 - use Core\Process->isMaxLoadReached() instead
-	 */
-	public function isMaxLoadReached()
-	{
-		return $this->process->isMaxLoadReached();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Generates the site's default sender email address
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Core/Worker.php b/src/Core/Worker.php
index 9a1570d72..62f7bd4c6 100644
--- a/src/Core/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Core/Worker.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Worker
 		self::$up_start = microtime(true);
 
 		// At first check the maximum load. We shouldn't continue with a high load
-		if ($a->isMaxLoadReached()) {
+		if (DI::process()->isMaxLoadReached()) {
 			Logger::log('Pre check: maximum load reached, quitting.', Logger::DEBUG);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Worker
 		}
 
 		// Do we have too few memory?
-		if ($a->isMinMemoryReached()) {
+		if (DI::process()->isMinMemoryReached()) {
 			Logger::log('Pre check: Memory limit reached, quitting.', Logger::DEBUG);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Worker
 		}
 
 		// Possibly there are too much database processes that block the system
-		if ($a->isMaxProcessesReached()) {
+		if (DI::process()->isMaxProcessesReached()) {
 			Logger::log('Pre check: maximum processes reached, quitting.', Logger::DEBUG);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Worker
 					}
 
 					// Check free memory
-					if ($a->isMinMemoryReached()) {
+					if (DI::process()->isMinMemoryReached()) {
 						Logger::log('Memory limit reached, quitting.', Logger::DEBUG);
 						Lock::release('worker');
 						return;
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ class Worker
 	 */
 	public static function execute($queue)
 	{
-		$a = \get_app();
-
 		$mypid = getmypid();
 
 		// Quit when in maintenance
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ class Worker
 		}
 
 		// Constantly check the number of parallel database processes
-		if ($a->isMaxProcessesReached()) {
+		if (DI::process()->isMaxProcessesReached()) {
 			Logger::log("Max processes reached for process ".$mypid, Logger::DEBUG);
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/src/DI.php b/src/DI.php
index 89b638d22..c3f6d07f9 100644
--- a/src/DI.php
+++ b/src/DI.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\Config\Configuration;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\PConfiguration;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\Lock\ILock;
+use Friendica\Core\Process;
 use Friendica\Core\Session\ISession;
 use Friendica\Database\Database;
 use Friendica\Model\Notify;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
  * @method static App\Router router()
  * @method static Database dba()
  * @method static FileSystem fs()
+ * @method static Process process()
  *
  */
 class DI
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ class DI
 		'dba'          => Database::class,
 		'fs'           => FileSystem::class,
 		'profiler'     => Profiler::class,
+		'process'      => Process::class,
 	];
 
 	/** @var Dice */