diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index a301fa0b29..deb15f702c 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -162,14 +162,6 @@ class App
 	public $template_engine_instance = [];
 	public $process_id;
 	public $queue;
-	private $ldelim = [
-		'internal' => '',
-		'smarty3' => '{{'
-	];
-	private $rdelim = [
-		'internal' => '',
-		'smarty3' => '}}'
-	];
 	private $scheme;
 	private $hostname;
 
@@ -924,38 +916,6 @@ class App
 		$this->theme['template_engine'] = $engine;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Gets the right delimiter for a template engine
-	 *
-	 * Currently:
-	 * Internal = ''
-	 * Smarty3 = '{{'
-	 *
-	 * @param string $engine The template engine (default is Smarty3)
-	 *
-	 * @return string the right delimiter
-	 */
-	public function getTemplateLeftDelimiter($engine = 'smarty3')
-	{
-		return $this->ldelim[$engine];
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets the left delimiter for a template engine
-	 *
-	 * Currently:
-	 * Internal = ''
-	 * Smarty3 = '}}'
-	 *
-	 * @param string $engine The template engine (default is Smarty3)
-	 *
-	 * @return string the left delimiter
-	 */
-	public function getTemplateRightDelimiter($engine = 'smarty3')
-	{
-		return $this->rdelim[$engine];
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Saves a timestamp for a value - f.e. a call
 	 * Necessary for profiling Friendica
diff --git a/src/Core/Renderer.php b/src/Core/Renderer.php
index 70f98059b1..378652fe26 100644
--- a/src/Core/Renderer.php
+++ b/src/Core/Renderer.php
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ use Friendica\Render\FriendicaSmarty;
  */
 class Renderer extends BaseObject
 {
+    private static $ldelim = [
+		'internal' => '',
+		'smarty3' => '{{'
+	];
+	private static $rdelim = [
+		'internal' => '',
+		'smarty3' => '}}'
+    ];
+    
     /**
      * @brief This is our template processor
      *
@@ -69,4 +78,36 @@ class Renderer extends BaseObject
 
         return $template;
     }
+
+    /**
+	 * Gets the right delimiter for a template engine
+	 *
+	 * Currently:
+	 * Internal = ''
+	 * Smarty3 = '{{'
+	 *
+	 * @param string $engine The template engine (default is Smarty3)
+	 *
+	 * @return string the right delimiter
+	 */
+	public static function getTemplateLeftDelimiter($engine = 'smarty3')
+	{
+		return self::$ldelim[$engine];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the left delimiter for a template engine
+	 *
+	 * Currently:
+	 * Internal = ''
+	 * Smarty3 = '}}'
+	 *
+	 * @param string $engine The template engine (default is Smarty3)
+	 *
+	 * @return string the left delimiter
+	 */
+	public static function getTemplateRightDelimiter($engine = 'smarty3')
+	{
+		return self::$rdelim[$engine];
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php b/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php
index 2052aa9e87..e544a76d1b 100644
--- a/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php
+++ b/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Friendica\Render;
 
 use Smarty;
+use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 
 /**
  * Friendica extension of the Smarty3 template engine
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ class FriendicaSmarty extends Smarty
 		$this->setConfigDir('view/smarty3/config/');
 		$this->setCacheDir('view/smarty3/cache/');
 
-		$this->left_delimiter = $a->getTemplateLeftDelimiter('smarty3');
-		$this->right_delimiter = $a->getTemplateRightDelimiter('smarty3');
+		$this->left_delimiter = Renderer::getTemplateLeftDelimiter('smarty3');
+		$this->right_delimiter = Renderer::getTemplateRightDelimiter('smarty3');
 
 		// Don't report errors so verbosely
 		$this->error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE;