diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreBundle.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreBundle.php
index dba824fc6dca9f058709fa2e54956e1cd6f979d5..b0830a0288ed7d0ea2d168ca61119b5f880c922d 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreBundle.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreBundle.php
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ class CoreBundle extends Bundle
 {
   public function build(ContainerBuilder $container) {
 
-    // Add a 'request' scope for services that depend on the Request object.
+    // The 'request' scope and service enable services to depend on the Request
+    // object and get reconstructed when the request object changes (e.g.,
+    // during a subrequest).
     $container->addScope(new Scope('request'));
+    $container->register('request', 'Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request')
+      ->setSynthetic(TRUE);
 
     $container->register('dispatcher', 'Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\ContainerAwareEventDispatcher')
       ->addArgument(new Reference('service_container'));
@@ -36,6 +40,27 @@ public function build(ContainerBuilder $container) {
       ->addArgument(new Reference('dispatcher'))
       ->addArgument(new Reference('service_container'))
       ->addArgument(new Reference('resolver'));
+    $container->register('language_manager', 'Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageManager')
+      ->addArgument(new Reference('request'))
+      ->setScope('request');
+
+    // @todo Replace below lines with the commented out block below it when it's
+    //   performant to do so: http://drupal.org/node/1706064.
+    $dispatcher = $container->get('dispatcher');
+    $matcher = new \Drupal\Core\LegacyUrlMatcher();
+    $content_negotation = new \Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiation();
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\RouterListener($matcher));
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\ViewSubscriber($content_negotation));
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\AccessSubscriber());
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\MaintenanceModeSubscriber());
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\PathSubscriber());
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\LegacyRequestSubscriber());
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\LegacyControllerSubscriber());
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\FinishResponseSubscriber());
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\RequestCloseSubscriber());
+    $container->set('content_negotiation', $content_negotation);
+    $dispatcher->addSubscriber(\Drupal\Core\ExceptionController::getExceptionListener($container));
+    /*
     $container->register('matcher', 'Drupal\Core\LegacyUrlMatcher');
     $container->register('router_listener', 'Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\RouterListener')
       ->addArgument(new Reference('matcher'))
@@ -73,13 +98,9 @@ public function build(ContainerBuilder $container) {
       ->addArgument(new Reference('service_container'))
       ->setFactoryClass('Drupal\Core\ExceptionController')
       ->setFactoryMethod('getExceptionListener');
-    $container->register('request', 'Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request')
-      ->setSynthetic(TRUE);
-    $container->register('language_manager', 'Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageManager')
-      ->addArgument(new Reference('request'))
-      ->setScope('request');
 
     // Add a compiler pass for registering event subscribers.
     $container->addCompilerPass(new RegisterKernelListenersPass(), PassConfig::TYPE_AFTER_REMOVING);
+    */
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
index 2a26dbad016068cb632a64145707a2f277d3b18b..869b5040c8e9ac9c428775826cca9e74aab2bb8f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ protected function buildContainer() {
     foreach ($this->bundles as $bundle) {
       $bundle->build($container);
     }
-    $container->compile();
+
+    // @todo Compile the container: http://drupal.org/node/1706064.
+    //$container->compile();
+
     return $container;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/FinishResponseSubscriber.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/FinishResponseSubscriber.php
index 3c3126d94acba0a4c0ce4497640d9a71526abd21..d989e69b65cf5d36c7c675d4820ed503e68e1119 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/FinishResponseSubscriber.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/FinishResponseSubscriber.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber;
 
-use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageManager;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\FilterResponseEvent;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelEvents;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
@@ -17,12 +16,6 @@
  */
 class FinishResponseSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface {
 
-  protected $language_manager;
-
-  public function __construct(LanguageManager $language_manager) {
-    $this->language_manager = $language_manager;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Sets extra headers on successful responses.
    *
@@ -37,7 +30,10 @@ public function onRespond(FilterResponseEvent $event) {
     $response->headers->set('X-UA-Compatible', 'IE=edge,chrome=1', false);
 
     // Set the Content-language header.
-    $response->headers->set('Content-language', $this->language_manager->getLanguage(LANGUAGE_TYPE_INTERFACE)->langcode);
+    // @todo Receive the LanguageManager object as a constructor argument when
+    //   the dependency injection container allows for it performantly:
+    //   http://drupal.org/node/1706064.
+    $response->headers->set('Content-language', language_manager(LANGUAGE_TYPE_INTERFACE)->langcode);
 
     // Because pages are highly dynamic, set the last-modified time to now
     // since the page is in fact being regenerated right now.
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/bundle_test/lib/Drupal/bundle_test/BundleTestBundle.php b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/bundle_test/lib/Drupal/bundle_test/BundleTestBundle.php
index c1240079901aee30654932af7b8002d0f88e4aca..768a1b023c41b99a5f79cadb1db6515d380414d8 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/bundle_test/lib/Drupal/bundle_test/BundleTestBundle.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/bundle_test/lib/Drupal/bundle_test/BundleTestBundle.php
@@ -20,5 +20,9 @@ class BundleTestBundle extends Bundle
   public function build(ContainerBuilder $container) {
     $container->register('bundle_test_class', 'Drupal\bundle_test\TestClass')
       ->addTag('kernel.event_subscriber');
+
+    // @todo Remove when the 'kernel.event_subscriber' tag above is made to
+    //   work: http://drupal.org/node/1706064.
+    $container->get('dispatcher')->addSubscriber($container->get('bundle_test_class'));
   }
 }