diff --git a/app/models/group.rb b/app/models/group.rb
index adcbbec465..885d3b1e5a 100644
--- a/app/models/group.rb
+++ b/app/models/group.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require 'carrierwave/orm/activerecord'
 require 'file_size_validator'
 
 class Group < Namespace
-  include Gitlab::ConfigHelper
+  include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
   include Referable
 
   has_many :group_members, dependent: :destroy, as: :source, class_name: 'GroupMember'
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Group < Namespace
   end
 
   def web_url
-    [gitlab_config.url, "groups", self.path].join('/')
+    group_url(self)
   end
 
   def owners
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index ff372ea9aa..0608133b2c 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def web_url
-    [gitlab_config.url, path_with_namespace].join('/')
+    namespace_project_url(self.namespace, self)
   end
 
   def web_url_without_protocol
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 00a37cd913..6dd2271abe 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   include Gitlab::ConfigHelper
   include Gitlab::CurrentSettings
+  include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
   include Referable
   include Sortable
   include TokenAuthenticatable
@@ -638,7 +639,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def web_url
-    [gitlab_config.url, "u", self.username].join('/')
+    user_url(self)
   end
 
   def all_emails