diff --git a/pkg/api/common_test.go b/pkg/api/common_test.go
index 012380ef0bf..86243b18d3d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/common_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/common_test.go
@@ -411,10 +411,7 @@ func setupHTTPServerWithCfgDb(t *testing.T, useFakeAccessControl, enableAccessCo
 	m.Use(func(c *web.Context) {
 		initCtx.Context = c
 		initCtx.Logger = log.New("api-test")
-		c.Map(initCtx)
-
 		c.Req = c.Req.WithContext(ctxkey.Set(c.Req.Context(), initCtx))
-		c.Map(c.Req)
 	})
 
 	m.Use(accesscontrol.LoadPermissionsMiddleware(hs.AccessControl))
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/api_test.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/api_test.go
index ea67c868442..b48dfe0ab0f 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/api_test.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/api_test.go
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ func contextProvider(tc *testContext) web.Handler {
 			SkipCache:    true,
 			Logger:       log.New("test"),
 		}
-		c.Map(reqCtx)
-
 		c.Req = c.Req.WithContext(ctxkey.Set(c.Req.Context(), reqCtx))
-		c.Map(c.Req)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go b/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go
index 6f9b2618993..fd17e256a1f 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ func RequestMetrics(features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles) web.Handler {
 		now := time.Now()
 		httpRequestsInFlight.Inc()
 		defer httpRequestsInFlight.Dec()
-		c.Map(c.Req)
 		c.Next()
 
 		handler := "unknown"
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/request_tracing.go b/pkg/middleware/request_tracing.go
index f877a1f37ef..e477749ce9a 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/request_tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/request_tracing.go
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ func RequestTracing(tracer tracing.Tracer) web.Handler {
 		ctx, span := tracer.Start(req.Context(), fmt.Sprintf("HTTP %s %s", req.Method, req.URL.Path), trace.WithLinks(trace.LinkFromContext(wireContext)))
 
 		c.Req = req.WithContext(ctx)
-		c.Map(c.Req)
-
 		c.Next()
 
 		// Only call span.Finish when a route operation name have been set,
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/middleware_test.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/middleware_test.go
index 887390f34b8..e9d64c2cb91 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/middleware_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/middleware_test.go
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ func contextProvider() web.Handler {
 			IsSignedIn:   true,
 			SkipCache:    true,
 		}
-		c.Map(reqCtx)
-
 		c.Req = c.Req.WithContext(ctxkey.Set(c.Req.Context(), reqCtx))
-		c.Map(c.Req)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/resourcepermissions/api_test.go b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/resourcepermissions/api_test.go
index c1786f435b5..38d25552d21 100644
--- a/pkg/services/accesscontrol/resourcepermissions/api_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/accesscontrol/resourcepermissions/api_test.go
@@ -500,10 +500,7 @@ func contextProvider(tc *testContext) web.Handler {
 			SkipCache:    true,
 			Logger:       log.New("test"),
 		}
-		c.Map(reqCtx)
-
 		c.Req = c.Req.WithContext(ctxkey.Set(c.Req.Context(), reqCtx))
-		c.Map(c.Req)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/contexthandler/contexthandler.go b/pkg/services/contexthandler/contexthandler.go
index 4e09458bd5b..d01a4158dbd 100644
--- a/pkg/services/contexthandler/contexthandler.go
+++ b/pkg/services/contexthandler/contexthandler.go
@@ -95,9 +95,8 @@ func (h *ContextHandler) Middleware(mContext *web.Context) {
 		Logger:         log.New("context"),
 	}
 
-	// Inject ReqContext into a request context and replace the request instance in the macaron context
+	// Inject ReqContext into http.Request.Context
 	mContext.Req = mContext.Req.WithContext(ctxkey.Set(mContext.Req.Context(), reqContext))
-	mContext.Map(mContext.Req)
 
 	traceID := tracing.TraceIDFromContext(mContext.Req.Context(), false)
 	if traceID != "" {
@@ -153,8 +152,6 @@ func (h *ContextHandler) Middleware(mContext *web.Context) {
 			{Num: reqContext.UserId}},
 	)
 
-	mContext.Map(reqContext)
-
 	// update last seen every 5min
 	if reqContext.ShouldUpdateLastSeenAt() {
 		reqContext.Logger.Debug("Updating last user_seen_at", "user_id", reqContext.UserId)
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/metrics/ngalert.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/metrics/ngalert.go
index 6bbf6a601b9..916ac41a21f 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/metrics/ngalert.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/metrics/ngalert.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/response"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/routing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	legacyMetrics "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/alerting/metrics"
 	apimodels "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/api/tooling/definitions"
@@ -279,20 +278,14 @@ func (m *OrgRegistries) RemoveOrgRegistry(org int64) {
 func Instrument(
 	method,
 	path string,
-	action interface{},
+	action func(*models.ReqContext) response.Response,
 	metrics *API,
 ) web.Handler {
 	normalizedPath := MakeLabelValue(path)
 
 	return func(c *models.ReqContext) {
 		start := time.Now()
-		var res response.Response
-		val, err := c.Invoke(action)
-		if err == nil && val != nil && len(val) > 0 {
-			res = val[0].Interface().(response.Response)
-		} else {
-			res = routing.ServerError(err)
-		}
+		res := action(c)
 
 		// TODO: We could look up the datasource type via our datasource service
 		var backend string
diff --git a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/api/api_test.go b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/api/api_test.go
index c6db4b27b23..e13968e2e5c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/api/api_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/api/api_test.go
@@ -238,10 +238,7 @@ func setupTestServer(t *testing.T, svc *tests.ServiceAccountMock,
 			SignedInUser: signedUser,
 			Logger:       log.New("serviceaccounts-test"),
 		}
-		c.Map(ctx)
-
 		c.Req = c.Req.WithContext(ctxkey.Set(c.Req.Context(), ctx))
-		c.Map(c.Req)
 	})
 	a.RouterRegister.Register(m.Router)
 	return m, a
diff --git a/pkg/web/context.go b/pkg/web/context.go
index 8cea4cec9cb..06095e70aa6 100644
--- a/pkg/web/context.go
+++ b/pkg/web/context.go
@@ -20,27 +20,16 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
-	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 )
 
-// ContextInvoker is an inject.FastInvoker wrapper of func(ctx *Context).
-type ContextInvoker func(ctx *Context)
-
-// Invoke implements inject.FastInvoker which simplifies calls of `func(ctx *Context)` function.
-func (invoke ContextInvoker) Invoke(params []interface{}) ([]reflect.Value, error) {
-	invoke(params[0].(*Context))
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
 // Context represents the runtime context of current request of Macaron instance.
 // It is the integration of most frequently used middlewares and helper methods.
 type Context struct {
-	Injector
-	handlers []Handler
+	handlers []http.Handler
 	index    int
 
 	*Router
@@ -50,12 +39,12 @@ type Context struct {
 	logger   log.Logger
 }
 
-func (ctx *Context) handler() Handler {
+func (ctx *Context) handler() http.Handler {
 	if ctx.index < len(ctx.handlers) {
 		return ctx.handlers[ctx.index]
 	}
 	if ctx.index == len(ctx.handlers) {
-		return func() {}
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {})
 	}
 	panic("invalid index for context handler")
 }
@@ -68,9 +57,8 @@ func (ctx *Context) Next() {
 
 func (ctx *Context) run() {
 	for ctx.index <= len(ctx.handlers) {
-		if _, err := ctx.Invoke(ctx.handler()); err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
+		ctx.handler().ServeHTTP(ctx.Resp, ctx.Req)
+
 		ctx.index++
 		if ctx.Resp.Written() {
 			return
diff --git a/pkg/web/inject.go b/pkg/web/inject.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fb5c27efe87..00000000000
--- a/pkg/web/inject.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Jeremy Saenz
-// Copyright 2015 The Macaron Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"): you may
-// not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-// a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-// WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-// License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-// under the License.
-
-// Package inject provides utilities for mapping and injecting dependencies in various ways.
-package web
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-)
-
-// Injector represents an interface for mapping and injecting dependencies into structs
-// and function arguments.
-type Injector interface {
-	Invoker
-	TypeMapper
-}
-
-// Invoker represents an interface for calling functions via reflection.
-type Invoker interface {
-	// Invoke attempts to call the interface{} provided as a function,
-	// providing dependencies for function arguments based on Type. Returns
-	// a slice of reflect.Value representing the returned values of the function.
-	// Returns an error if the injection fails.
-	Invoke(interface{}) ([]reflect.Value, error)
-}
-
-// FastInvoker represents an interface in order to avoid the calling function via reflection.
-//
-// example:
-//	type handlerFuncHandler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) error
-//	func (f handlerFuncHandler)Invoke([]interface{}) ([]reflect.Value, error){
-//		ret := f(p[0].(http.ResponseWriter), p[1].(*http.Request))
-//		return []reflect.Value{reflect.ValueOf(ret)}, nil
-//	}
-//
-//	type funcHandler func(int, string)
-//	func (f funcHandler)Invoke([]interface{}) ([]reflect.Value, error){
-//		f(p[0].(int), p[1].(string))
-//		return nil, nil
-//	}
-type FastInvoker interface {
-	// Invoke attempts to call the ordinary functions. If f is a function
-	// with the appropriate signature, f.Invoke([]interface{}) is a Call that calls f.
-	// Returns a slice of reflect.Value representing the returned values of the function.
-	// Returns an error if the injection fails.
-	Invoke([]interface{}) ([]reflect.Value, error)
-}
-
-// IsFastInvoker check interface is FastInvoker
-func IsFastInvoker(h interface{}) bool {
-	_, ok := h.(FastInvoker)
-	return ok
-}
-
-// TypeMapper represents an interface for mapping interface{} values based on type.
-type TypeMapper interface {
-	// Maps the interface{} value based on its immediate type from reflect.TypeOf.
-	Map(interface{}) TypeMapper
-	// Maps the interface{} value based on the pointer of an Interface provided.
-	// This is really only useful for mapping a value as an interface, as interfaces
-	// cannot at this time be referenced directly without a pointer.
-	MapTo(interface{}, interface{}) TypeMapper
-	// Returns the Value that is mapped to the current type. Returns a zeroed Value if
-	// the Type has not been mapped.
-	GetVal(reflect.Type) reflect.Value
-}
-
-type injector struct {
-	values map[reflect.Type]reflect.Value
-}
-
-// InterfaceOf dereferences a pointer to an Interface type.
-// It panics if value is not an pointer to an interface.
-func InterfaceOf(value interface{}) reflect.Type {
-	t := reflect.TypeOf(value)
-
-	for t.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-		t = t.Elem()
-	}
-
-	if t.Kind() != reflect.Interface {
-		panic("Called inject.InterfaceOf with a value that is not a pointer to an interface. (*MyInterface)(nil)")
-	}
-
-	return t
-}
-
-// New returns a new Injector.
-func NewInjector() Injector {
-	return &injector{
-		values: make(map[reflect.Type]reflect.Value),
-	}
-}
-
-// Invoke attempts to call the interface{} provided as a function,
-// providing dependencies for function arguments based on Type.
-// Returns a slice of reflect.Value representing the returned values of the function.
-// Returns an error if the injection fails.
-// It panics if f is not a function
-func (inj *injector) Invoke(f interface{}) ([]reflect.Value, error) {
-	t := reflect.TypeOf(f)
-	switch v := f.(type) {
-	case FastInvoker:
-		return inj.fastInvoke(v, t, t.NumIn())
-	default:
-		return inj.callInvoke(f, t, t.NumIn())
-	}
-}
-
-func (inj *injector) fastInvoke(f FastInvoker, t reflect.Type, numIn int) ([]reflect.Value, error) {
-	var in []interface{}
-	if numIn > 0 {
-		in = make([]interface{}, numIn) // Panic if t is not kind of Func
-		var argType reflect.Type
-		var val reflect.Value
-		for i := 0; i < numIn; i++ {
-			argType = t.In(i)
-			val = inj.GetVal(argType)
-			if !val.IsValid() {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("value not found for type %v", argType)
-			}
-
-			in[i] = val.Interface()
-		}
-	}
-	return f.Invoke(in)
-}
-
-// callInvoke reflect.Value.Call
-func (inj *injector) callInvoke(f interface{}, t reflect.Type, numIn int) ([]reflect.Value, error) {
-	var in []reflect.Value
-	if numIn > 0 {
-		in = make([]reflect.Value, numIn)
-		var argType reflect.Type
-		var val reflect.Value
-		for i := 0; i < numIn; i++ {
-			argType = t.In(i)
-			val = inj.GetVal(argType)
-			if !val.IsValid() {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("value not found for type %v", argType)
-			}
-
-			in[i] = val
-		}
-	}
-	return reflect.ValueOf(f).Call(in), nil
-}
-
-// Maps the concrete value of val to its dynamic type using reflect.TypeOf,
-// It returns the TypeMapper registered in.
-func (inj *injector) Map(val interface{}) TypeMapper {
-	inj.values[reflect.TypeOf(val)] = reflect.ValueOf(val)
-	return inj
-}
-
-func (inj *injector) MapTo(val interface{}, ifacePtr interface{}) TypeMapper {
-	inj.values[InterfaceOf(ifacePtr)] = reflect.ValueOf(val)
-	return inj
-}
-
-func (inj *injector) GetVal(t reflect.Type) reflect.Value {
-	val := inj.values[t]
-
-	if val.IsValid() {
-		return val
-	}
-
-	// no concrete types found, try to find implementors
-	// if t is an interface
-	if t.Kind() == reflect.Interface {
-		for k, v := range inj.values {
-			if k.Implements(t) {
-				val = v
-				break
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return val
-}
diff --git a/pkg/web/macaron.go b/pkg/web/macaron.go
index e6d4a90a7d8..edec73da060 100644
--- a/pkg/web/macaron.go
+++ b/pkg/web/macaron.go
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ func hack_wrap(Handler) http.HandlerFunc
 // validateAndWrapHandler makes sure a handler is a callable function, it panics if not.
 // When the handler is also potential to be any built-in inject.FastInvoker,
 // it wraps the handler automatically to have some performance gain.
-func validateAndWrapHandler(h Handler) Handler {
+func validateAndWrapHandler(h Handler) http.Handler {
 	return hack_wrap(h)
 }
 
 // validateAndWrapHandlers preforms validation and wrapping for each input handler.
 // It accepts an optional wrapper function to perform custom wrapping on handlers.
-func validateAndWrapHandlers(handlers []Handler) []Handler {
-	wrappedHandlers := make([]Handler, len(handlers))
+func validateAndWrapHandlers(handlers []Handler) []http.Handler {
+	wrappedHandlers := make([]http.Handler, len(handlers))
 	for i, h := range handlers {
 		wrappedHandlers[i] = validateAndWrapHandler(h)
 	}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func validateAndWrapHandlers(handlers []Handler) []Handler {
 // Macaron represents the top level web application.
 // Injector methods can be invoked to map services on a global level.
 type Macaron struct {
-	handlers []Handler
+	handlers []http.Handler
 
 	urlPrefix string // For suburl support.
 	*Router
@@ -136,35 +136,29 @@ func (m *Macaron) UseMiddleware(middleware func(http.Handler) http.Handler) {
 		} else {
 			c.Resp = NewResponseWriter(req.Method, rw)
 		}
-		c.Map(req)
-		c.MapTo(rw, (*http.ResponseWriter)(nil))
 		c.Next()
 	})
-	m.handlers = append(m.handlers, Handler(middleware(next)))
+	m.handlers = append(m.handlers, middleware(next))
 }
 
 // Use adds a middleware Handler to the stack,
 // and panics if the handler is not a callable func.
 // Middleware Handlers are invoked in the order that they are added.
 func (m *Macaron) Use(handler Handler) {
-	handler = validateAndWrapHandler(handler)
-	m.handlers = append(m.handlers, handler)
+	h := validateAndWrapHandler(handler)
+	m.handlers = append(m.handlers, h)
 }
 
 func (m *Macaron) createContext(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) *Context {
 	c := &Context{
-		Injector: NewInjector(),
 		handlers: m.handlers,
 		index:    0,
 		Router:   m.Router,
 		Resp:     NewResponseWriter(req.Method, rw),
 		logger:   log.New("macaron.context"),
 	}
-	req = req.WithContext(context.WithValue(req.Context(), macaronContextKey{}, c))
-	c.Map(c)
-	c.MapTo(c.Resp, (*http.ResponseWriter)(nil))
-	c.Map(req)
-	c.Req = req
+
+	c.Req = req.WithContext(context.WithValue(req.Context(), macaronContextKey{}, c))
 	return c
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/web/router.go b/pkg/web/router.go
index feed5e27556..3f32d428c29 100644
--- a/pkg/web/router.go
+++ b/pkg/web/router.go
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ func (r *Router) Handle(method string, pattern string, handlers []Handler) {
 		h = append(h, handlers...)
 		handlers = h
 	}
-	handlers = validateAndWrapHandlers(handlers)
+	httpHandlers := validateAndWrapHandlers(handlers)
 
 	r.handle(method, pattern, func(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, params map[string]string) {
 		c := r.m.createContext(resp, SetURLParams(req, params))
-		c.handlers = make([]Handler, 0, len(r.m.handlers)+len(handlers))
+		c.handlers = make([]http.Handler, 0, len(r.m.handlers)+len(handlers))
 		c.handlers = append(c.handlers, r.m.handlers...)
-		c.handlers = append(c.handlers, handlers...)
+		c.handlers = append(c.handlers, httpHandlers...)
 		c.run()
 	})
 }
@@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ func (r *Router) Any(pattern string, h ...Handler) { r.Handle("*", pattern, h) }
 // found. If it is not set, http.NotFound is used.
 // Be sure to set 404 response code in your handler.
 func (r *Router) NotFound(handlers ...Handler) {
-	handlers = validateAndWrapHandlers(handlers)
+	httpHandlers := validateAndWrapHandlers(handlers)
 	r.notFound = func(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		c := r.m.createContext(rw, req)
-		c.handlers = make([]Handler, 0, len(r.m.handlers)+len(handlers))
+		c.handlers = make([]http.Handler, 0, len(r.m.handlers)+len(handlers))
 		c.handlers = append(c.handlers, r.m.handlers...)
-		c.handlers = append(c.handlers, handlers...)
+		c.handlers = append(c.handlers, httpHandlers...)
 		c.run()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/web/webtest/webtest.go b/pkg/web/webtest/webtest.go
index 8645914ebaf..849a7128d91 100644
--- a/pkg/web/webtest/webtest.go
+++ b/pkg/web/webtest/webtest.go
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ func NewServer(t testing.TB, routeRegister routing.RouteRegister) *Server {
 	m.Use(func(c *web.Context) {
 		initCtx.Context = c
 		initCtx.Logger = log.New("api-test")
-		c.Map(initCtx)
 
 		c.Req = c.Req.WithContext(ctxkey.Set(c.Req.Context(), initCtx))
-		c.Map(c.Req)
 	})
 
 	m.Use(requestContextMiddleware())
@@ -129,7 +127,9 @@ func requestContextFromRequest(req *http.Request) *models.ReqContext {
 }
 
 func requestContextMiddleware() web.Handler {
-	return func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, c *models.ReqContext) {
+	return func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		c := ctxkey.Get(req.Context()).(*models.ReqContext)
+
 		ctx := requestContextFromRequest(req)
 		if ctx == nil {
 			c.Next()
@@ -145,6 +145,5 @@ func requestContextMiddleware() web.Handler {
 		c.RequestNonce = ctx.RequestNonce
 		c.PerfmonTimer = ctx.PerfmonTimer
 		c.LookupTokenErr = ctx.LookupTokenErr
-		c.Map(c)
 	}
 }