diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/ExceptionController.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/ExceptionController.php
index 95eb8a81f9..477d79a952 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/ExceptionController.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/ExceptionController.php
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ class ExceptionController extends Controller
      *
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException When the exception template does not exist
      */
-    public function exceptionAction(ExceptionManager $manager)
+    public function exceptionAction(ExceptionManager $manager, $format)
     {
-        $this['request']->setRequestFormat($manager->getFormat());
+        $this['request']->setRequestFormat($format);
 
         $currentContent = '';
         while (false !== $content = ob_get_clean()) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Debug/ExceptionListener.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Debug/ExceptionListener.php
index 7348dabc35..a1e76c0c61 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Debug/ExceptionListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Debug/ExceptionListener.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 
 /*
  * This file is part of the Symfony framework.
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ class ExceptionListener
         }
 
         $exception = $event->getParameter('exception');
+        $request = $event->getParameter('request');
 
         if (null !== $this->logger) {
             $this->logger->err(sprintf('%s: %s (uncaught exception)', get_class($exception), $exception->getMessage()));
@@ -65,10 +67,12 @@ class ExceptionListener
 
         $attributes = array(
             '_controller' => $this->controller,
-            'manager'     => new $class($exception, $event->getParameter('request'), $logger),
+            'manager'     => new $class($exception, $logger),
+            // when using CLI, we force the format to be TXT
+            'format'      => 0 === strncasecmp(PHP_SAPI, 'cli', 3) ? 'txt' : $request->getRequestFormat(),
         );
 
-        $request = $event->getParameter('request')->duplicate(null, null, $attributes);
+        $request = $request->duplicate(null, null, $attributes);
 
         try {
             $response = $event->getSubject()->handle($request, HttpKernelInterface::SUB_REQUEST, true);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Debug/ExceptionManager.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Debug/ExceptionManager.php
index e958311d0b..8a73d4dcc5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Debug/ExceptionManager.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Debug/ExceptionManager.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Debug;
 
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Log\DebugLoggerInterface;
 
@@ -25,13 +24,11 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Log\DebugLoggerInterface;
 class ExceptionManager
 {
     protected $exception;
-    protected $request;
     protected $logger;
 
-    public function __construct(\Exception $exception, Request $request, DebugLoggerInterface $logger = null)
+    public function __construct(\Exception $exception, DebugLoggerInterface $logger = null)
     {
         $this->exception = $exception;
-        $this->request = $request;
         $this->logger = $logger;
     }
 
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ class ExceptionManager
         $managers = array();
         $e = $this->exception;
         while ($e = $e->getPrevious()) {
-            $managers[] = new $this($e, $this->request);
+            $managers[] = new $this($e);
         }
 
         return $managers;
@@ -77,18 +74,6 @@ class ExceptionManager
         return $errors;
     }
 
-    public function getFormat()
-    {
-        $format = $this->request->getRequestFormat();
-
-        // when using CLI, we force the format to be TXT
-        if (0 === strncasecmp(PHP_SAPI, 'cli', 3)) {
-            $format = 'txt';
-        }
-
-        return $format;
-    }
-
     public function getStatusCode()
     {
         return $this->exception instanceof HttpException ? $this->exception->getCode() : 500;