diff --git a/app/models/application_record.rb b/app/models/application_record.rb
index ca22338d5d..e4478b1559 100644
--- a/app/models/application_record.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_record.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
   include DelegateBelongsTo
+  include Spree::Core::Permalinks
   include Spree::Preferences::Preferable
 
   self.abstract_class = true
diff --git a/lib/spree/core/permalinks.rb b/lib/spree/core/permalinks.rb
index b9d8a83274..b667de7b2c 100644
--- a/lib/spree/core/permalinks.rb
+++ b/lib/spree/core/permalinks.rb
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ module Spree
           before_validation(on: :create) { save_permalink }
         end
 
-        def find_by_param(value, *args)
-          __send__("find_by_#{permalink_field}", value, *args)
-        end
-
-        def find_by_param!(value, *args)
-          __send__("find_by_#{permalink_field}!", value, *args)
-        end
-
         def permalink_field
           permalink_options[:field]
         end
@@ -70,6 +62,3 @@ module Spree
     end
   end
 end
-
-ActiveRecord::Base.include(Spree::Core::Permalinks)
-ActiveRecord::Relation.include(Spree::Core::Permalinks)