diff --git a/lib/private/helper.php b/lib/private/helper.php
index 5ce0c2e59acaa3f1049cfcb3fe8fdc384826ed8d..738c4944b3dc7f7ce78e083c31eb478c24f4bddf 100644
--- a/lib/private/helper.php
+++ b/lib/private/helper.php
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ class OC_Helper {
 	 * Returns a absolute url to the given app and file.
 	 */
 	public static function linkToAbsolute($app, $file, $args = array()) {
-		return self::linkTo($app, $file, $args);
+		return OC::$server->getURLGenerator()->getAbsoluteURL(
+			self::linkTo($app, $file, $args)
+		);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -112,8 +114,10 @@ class OC_Helper {
 	 * Returns a absolute url to the given service.
 	 */
 	public static function linkToRemote($service, $add_slash = true) {
-		return self::makeURLAbsolute(self::linkToRemoteBase($service))
-		. (($add_slash && $service[strlen($service) - 1] != '/') ? '/' : '');
+		return OC::$server->getURLGenerator()->getAbsoluteURL(
+			self::linkToRemoteBase($service)
+				. (($add_slash && $service[strlen($service) - 1] != '/') ? '/' : '')
+		);
 	}
 
 	/**