diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml
index 22aa26e2fb..62d77e0ca3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@
         </service>
 
         <service id="routing.loader" class="%routing.loader.class%">
-            <tag name="monolog.logger" channel="router" />
             <argument type="service" id="controller_name_converter" />
-            <argument type="service" id="logger" on-invalid="null" />
             <argument type="service" id="routing.resolver" />
         </service>
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Routing/DelegatingLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Routing/DelegatingLoader.php
index b37bee83d4..962de9125b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Routing/DelegatingLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Routing/DelegatingLoader.php
@@ -34,14 +34,21 @@ class DelegatingLoader extends BaseDelegatingLoader
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
+     * Ability to pass a LoggerInterface instance as second argument will be removed in 3.0.
+     *
      * @param ControllerNameParser    $parser   A ControllerNameParser instance
-     * @param LoggerInterface         $logger   A LoggerInterface instance
      * @param LoaderResolverInterface $resolver A LoaderResolverInterface instance
      */
-    public function __construct(ControllerNameParser $parser, LoggerInterface $logger = null, LoaderResolverInterface $resolver)
+    public function __construct(ControllerNameParser $parser, $resolver, $r = null)
     {
         $this->parser = $parser;
-        $this->logger = $logger;
+
+        if (!$resolver instanceof LoaderResolverInterface) {
+            $this->logger = $resolver;
+            $resolver = $r;
+
+            @trigger_error('Passing a LoggerInterface instance a second argument of the '.__METHOD__.' method is deprecated since version 2.8 and will not be supported anymore in 3.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
 
         parent::__construct($resolver);
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Routing/DelegatingLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Routing/DelegatingLoaderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e446efcd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Routing/DelegatingLoaderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\Routing;
+
+use Psr\Log\NullLogger;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\ControllerNameParser;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Routing\DelegatingLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Loader\LoaderResolver;
+
+class DelegatingLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /** @var ControllerNameParser */
+    private $controllerNameParser;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->controllerNameParser = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\ControllerNameParser')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @group legacy
+     */
+    public function testLegacyConstructorApi()
+    {
+        new DelegatingLoader($this->controllerNameParser, new NullLogger(), new LoaderResolver());
+        $this->assertTrue(true, '__construct() accepts a LoggerInterface instance as its second argument');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @group legacy
+     */
+    public function testLegacyConstructorApiAcceptsNullAsSecondArgument()
+    {
+        new DelegatingLoader($this->controllerNameParser, null, new LoaderResolver());
+        $this->assertTrue(true, '__construct() accepts null as its second argument');
+    }
+
+    public function testConstructorApi()
+    {
+        new DelegatingLoader($this->controllerNameParser, new LoaderResolver());
+        $this->assertTrue(true, '__construct() takes a ControllerNameParser and LoaderResolverInterface respectively as its first and second argument.');
+    }
+}