diff --git a/src/etc/inc/config.inc b/src/etc/inc/config.inc
index cf9b948a4..35f833be8 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/config.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/config.inc
@@ -63,23 +63,11 @@ function load_config_from_file($filename)
  ******/
 function parse_config()
 {
-    global $aliastable;
-
     $cnf = OPNsense\Core\Config::getInstance();
 
     // return config data as array, use old "listags" construction to mark certain elements as array (even if they're not recurring)
     $config = $cnf->toArray(listtags());
 
-    $aliastable = array();
-
-    foreach ((new \OPNsense\Firewall\Alias())->aliasIterator() as $alias) {
-        if (strncmp($alias['type'], 'url', 3) !== 0) {
-            $aliastable[$alias['name']] = implode(" ", explode("\n", $alias['content']));
-        } else {
-            $aliastable[$alias['name']] = "";
-        }
-    }
-
     return $config;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/system.inc b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
index 45f763121..bee33f601 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/system.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ function system_routing_configure($verbose = false, $interface = '')
 
 function system_staticroutes_configure($interface = '')
 {
-    $static_routes = get_staticroutes(false, true);
+    $static_routes = get_staticroutes(false);
     if (count($static_routes)) {
         $ifdetails = legacy_interfaces_details();
         $gateways_arr = (new \OPNsense\Routing\Gateways($ifdetails))->gatewaysIndexedByName(false, true);
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/util.inc b/src/etc/inc/util.inc
index f79b322ac..fc61dd5df 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/util.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/util.inc
@@ -1027,8 +1027,7 @@ function mwexecf_bg($format, $args = array(), $mute = false)
 /* check if an alias exists */
 function is_alias($name)
 {
-    global $aliastable;
-    return array_key_exists($name, $aliastable);
+    return \OPNsense\Firewall\Util::isAlias($name);
 }
 
 function subnet_size($subnet)
@@ -1241,36 +1240,14 @@ function is_URL($url)
     return false;
 }
 
-function get_staticroutes($returnsubnetsonly = false, $returnhostnames = false)
+function get_staticroutes($returnsubnetsonly=false)
 {
     global $aliastable;
 
-    $allstaticroutes = array();
-    $allsubnets = array();
-
-    /* Loop through routes and expand aliases as we find them. */
+    $allstaticroutes = [];
+    $allsubnets = [];
     foreach (config_read_array('staticroutes', 'route') as $route) {
-        if (is_alias($route['network'])) {
-            if (!isset($aliastable[$route['network']])) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            $subnets = preg_split('/\s+/', $aliastable[$route['network']]);
-            foreach ($subnets as $net) {
-                if (!is_subnet($net)) {
-                    if (is_ipaddrv4($net)) {
-                        $net .= "/32";
-                    } elseif (is_ipaddrv6($net)) {
-                        $net .= "/128";
-                    } elseif ($returnhostnames === false || !is_fqdn($net)) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                }
-                $temproute = $route;
-                $temproute['network'] = $net;
-                $allstaticroutes[] = $temproute;
-                $allsubnets[] = $net;
-            }
-        } elseif (is_subnet($route['network'])) {
+        if (is_subnet($route['network'])) {
             $allstaticroutes[] = $route;
             $allsubnets[] = $route['network'];
         }