diff --git a/core/Container/StaticContainer.php b/core/Container/StaticContainer.php
index 5948ec1c780..b46f01e1ca7 100644
--- a/core/Container/StaticContainer.php
+++ b/core/Container/StaticContainer.php
@@ -44,11 +44,14 @@ public static function getContainer()
      */
     private static function createContainer()
     {
-        if (!class_exists("DI\\ContainerBuilder")) {
-            throw new \Exception("DI\\ContainerBuilder could not be found, maybe you are using Piwik from git and need to update Composer. $ php composer.phar update");
+        if (!class_exists('DI\ContainerBuilder')) {
+            throw new \Exception('DI\ContainerBuilder could not be found, maybe you are using Piwik from git and need to update Composer: php composer.phar update');
         }
+
         $builder = new ContainerBuilder();
 
+        $builder->useAnnotations(false);
+
         // TODO set a better cache
         $builder->setDefinitionCache(new ArrayCache());