diff --git a/inc/parser/renderer.php b/inc/parser/renderer.php
index 39309900349b104600cee167acbc72a02d111db7..4dac75d213f65ee447cb009fe38706a43d5831e4 100644
--- a/inc/parser/renderer.php
+++ b/inc/parser/renderer.php
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ class Doku_Renderer extends DokuWiki_Plugin {
         trigger_error('getFormat() not implemented in '.get_class($this), E_USER_WARNING);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Allow the plugin to prevent DokuWiki from reusing an instance
+     *
+     * @return bool   false if the plugin has to be instantiated
+     */
+    function isSingleton() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
 
     //handle plugin rendering
     function plugin($name,$data){
diff --git a/inc/parserutils.php b/inc/parserutils.php
index 4bec3ab1d3df5934c2435a3f6b4062738a0badb2..35ccdc1d6922ef267380f9984b4307e009e9933d 100644
--- a/inc/parserutils.php
+++ b/inc/parserutils.php
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ function & p_get_renderer($mode) {
         // Maybe a plugin/component is available?
         list($plugin, $component) = $plugin_controller->_splitName($rname);
         if (!$plugin_controller->isdisabled($plugin)){
-            $Renderer =& $plugin_controller->load('renderer',$rname, true);
+            $Renderer =& $plugin_controller->load('renderer',$rname);
         }
 
         if(is_null($Renderer)){
diff --git a/inc/plugin.php b/inc/plugin.php
index 3645347399904d6f04bee7351ffc0193dda91791..aff07c1e562c4aa877eac35c92367142616d62fe 100644
--- a/inc/plugin.php
+++ b/inc/plugin.php
@@ -231,12 +231,12 @@ class DokuWiki_Plugin {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Allow the plugin to prevent DokuWiki creating a second instance of itself
+     * Allow the plugin to prevent DokuWiki from reusing an instance
      *
-     * @return bool   true if the plugin can not be instantiated more than once
+     * @return bool   false if the plugin has to be instantiated
      */
     function isSingleton() {
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     // deprecated functions
diff --git a/inc/plugincontroller.class.php b/inc/plugincontroller.class.php
index 04368727093927bcbcd85a26eed80a6302645981..61f460414eab05949a795ef8f32228be87ec7881 100644
--- a/inc/plugincontroller.class.php
+++ b/inc/plugincontroller.class.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Doku_Plugin_Controller {
 
         //plugin already loaded?
         if(!empty($DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name])){
-            if ($new  && !$DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name]->isSingleton()) {
+            if ($new || !$DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name]->isSingleton()) {
                 $class = $type.'_plugin_'.$name;
                 return class_exists($class) ? new $class : null;
             } else {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/syntax.php b/lib/plugins/syntax.php
index 601b5591e5a0bfe357714243c873aa98b67ada79..f7b64d8c0d8428811296310738185a8c7c03f576 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/syntax.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/syntax.php
@@ -266,13 +266,5 @@ class DokuWiki_Syntax_Plugin extends Doku_Parser_Mode {
     return $conf;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Allow the plugin to prevent DokuWiki creating a second instance of itself
-   *
-   * @return bool   true if the plugin can not be instantiated more than once
-   */
-  function isSingleton() {
-    return false;
-  }
 }
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