diff --git a/lib/renderer.js b/lib/renderer.js
index 6dc5ae4b32..d77290d380 100644
--- a/lib/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/renderer.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default class Renderer extends Tapable {
         await this.nuxt.builder.webpackHotMiddleware(req, res)
       }
       if (!this.options.dev && this.options.render.gzip) {
-        await this.nuxt.gzipMiddleware(req, res)
+        await this.gzipMiddleware(req, res)
       }
       // If base in req.url, remove it for the middleware and vue-router
       if (this.options.router.base !== '/' && req.url.indexOf(this.options.router.base) === 0) {
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ export default class Renderer extends Tapable {
         req.url = req.url.replace(this.options.router.base, '/')
       }
       // Serve static/ files
-      await this.nuxt.serveStatic(req, res)
+      await this.serveStatic(req, res)
       // Serve .nuxt/dist/ files (only for production)
       if (!this.options.dev && req.url.indexOf(this.options.build.publicPath) === 0) {
         const url = req.url
         req.url = req.url.replace(this.options.build.publicPath, '/')
-        await this.nuxt.serveStaticNuxt(req, res)
+        await this.serveStaticNuxt(req, res)
         /* istanbul ignore next */
         req.url = url
       }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export default class Renderer extends Tapable {
         console.error(err) // eslint-disable-line no-console
         return err
       }
-      const html = this.nuxt.errorTemplate({
+      const html = this.errorTemplate({
         /* istanbul ignore if */
         error: err,
         stack: ansiHTML(encodeHtml(err.stack))