diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/DependencyInjection/CompilerPass/RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPass.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/DependencyInjection/CompilerPass/RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPass.php
index 1739dc3aea..665869ba9a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/DependencyInjection/CompilerPass/RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/DependencyInjection/CompilerPass/RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPass.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPass implements CompilerPassInterface
                 uasort($subscribers, $sortFunc);
                 foreach ($subscribers as $id => $instance) {
                     if ($container->getDefinition($id)->isAbstract()) {
-                        throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The abstract service "%s" cannot be tagged as a doctrine event subscriber.', $id));
+                        continue;
                     }
 
                     $em->addMethodCall('addEventSubscriber', array(new Reference($id)));
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPass implements CompilerPassInterface
                 uasort($listeners, $sortFunc);
                 foreach ($listeners as $id => $instance) {
                     if ($container->getDefinition($id)->isAbstract()) {
-                        throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The abstract service "%s" cannot be tagged as a doctrine event listener.', $id));
+                        continue;
                     }
 
                     $em->addMethodCall('addEventListener', array(
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/DependencyInjection/CompilerPass/RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/DependencyInjection/CompilerPass/RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPassTest.php
index 25776f8669..8a29331b0b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/DependencyInjection/CompilerPass/RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/DependencyInjection/CompilerPass/RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPassTest.php
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
 
 class RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPassTest extends TestCase
 {
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
-     */
     public function testExceptionOnAbstractTaggedSubscriber()
     {
         $container = $this->createBuilder();
@@ -32,12 +29,10 @@ class RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPassTest extends TestCase
         $container->setDefinition('a', $abstractDefinition);
 
         $this->process($container);
+        $this->assertSame(array(), $container->getDefinition('doctrine.dbal.default_connection.event_manager')->getMethodCalls());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
-     */
-    public function testExceptionOnAbstractTaggedListener()
+    public function testAbstractTaggedListenerIsSkipped()
     {
         $container = $this->createBuilder();
 
@@ -48,6 +43,7 @@ class RegisterEventListenersAndSubscribersPassTest extends TestCase
         $container->setDefinition('a', $abstractDefinition);
 
         $this->process($container);
+        $this->assertSame(array(), $container->getDefinition('doctrine.dbal.default_connection.event_manager')->getMethodCalls());
     }
 
     public function testProcessEventListenersWithPriorities()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddConsoleCommandPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddConsoleCommandPassTest.php
index 9f465edda5..535a8bea20 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddConsoleCommandPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddConsoleCommandPassTest.php
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ class AddConsoleCommandPassTest extends TestCase
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
-     * @expectedExceptionMessage The service "my-command" tagged "console.command" must not be abstract.
-     */
     public function testProcessThrowAnExceptionIfTheServiceIsAbstract()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
@@ -77,6 +73,8 @@ class AddConsoleCommandPassTest extends TestCase
         $container->setDefinition('my-command', $definition);
 
         $container->compile();
+
+        $this->assertSame(array(), $container->getParameter('console.command.ids'));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/DependencyInjection/AddConsoleCommandPass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/DependencyInjection/AddConsoleCommandPass.php
index 632fb2e9e9..c6459d5e29 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/DependencyInjection/AddConsoleCommandPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/DependencyInjection/AddConsoleCommandPass.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class AddConsoleCommandPass implements CompilerPassInterface
             $definition = $container->getDefinition($id);
 
             if ($definition->isAbstract()) {
-                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The service "%s" tagged "console.command" must not be abstract.', $id));
+                continue;
             }
 
             $class = $container->getParameterBag()->resolveValue($definition->getClass());
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/DependencyInjection/AddConsoleCommandPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/DependencyInjection/AddConsoleCommandPassTest.php
index c6af56a0a1..f5199fee35 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/DependencyInjection/AddConsoleCommandPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/DependencyInjection/AddConsoleCommandPassTest.php
@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ class AddConsoleCommandPassTest extends TestCase
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
-     * @expectedExceptionMessage The service "my-command" tagged "console.command" must not be abstract.
-     */
-    public function testProcessThrowAnExceptionIfTheServiceIsAbstract()
+    public function testProcessSkipAbstractDefinitions()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
         $container->setResourceTracking(false);
@@ -66,6 +62,8 @@ class AddConsoleCommandPassTest extends TestCase
         $container->setDefinition('my-command', $definition);
 
         $container->compile();
+
+        $this->assertSame(array(), $container->getParameter('console.command.ids'));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPass.php
index 431ea21a67..aaa96fffde 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPass.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class RegisterListenersPass implements CompilerPassInterface
         foreach ($container->findTaggedServiceIds($this->listenerTag) as $id => $events) {
             $def = $container->getDefinition($id);
             if ($def->isAbstract()) {
-                throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The service "%s" must not be abstract as event listeners are lazy-loaded.', $id));
+                continue;
             }
 
             foreach ($events as $event) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class RegisterListenersPass implements CompilerPassInterface
         foreach ($container->findTaggedServiceIds($this->subscriberTag) as $id => $attributes) {
             $def = $container->getDefinition($id);
             if ($def->isAbstract()) {
-                throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The service "%s" must not be abstract as event subscribers are lazy-loaded.', $id));
+                continue;
             }
 
             // We must assume that the class value has been correctly filled, even if the service is created by a factory
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPassTest.php
index 13810ce433..40821377a5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPassTest.php
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ class RegisterListenersPassTest extends TestCase
         $registerListenersPass->process($builder);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
-     * @expectedExceptionMessage The service "foo" must not be abstract as event listeners are lazy-loaded.
-     */
     public function testAbstractEventListener()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
@@ -99,13 +95,11 @@ class RegisterListenersPassTest extends TestCase
 
         $registerListenersPass = new RegisterListenersPass();
         $registerListenersPass->process($container);
+
+        $this->assertSame(array(), $container->getDefinition('event_dispatcher')->getMethodCalls());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
-     * @expectedExceptionMessage The service "foo" must not be abstract as event subscribers are lazy-loaded.
-     */
-    public function testAbstractEventSubscriber()
+    public function testAbstractEventSubscriberIsSkipped()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
         $container->register('foo', 'stdClass')->setAbstract(true)->addTag('kernel.event_subscriber', array());
@@ -113,6 +107,8 @@ class RegisterListenersPassTest extends TestCase
 
         $registerListenersPass = new RegisterListenersPass();
         $registerListenersPass->process($container);
+
+        $this->assertSame(array(), $container->getDefinition('event_dispatcher')->getMethodCalls());
     }
 
     public function testEventSubscriberResolvableClassName()