diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 03d6b0c4c46..e981faa8227 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #13976: Disabled IPv6 check on `\yii\validators\IpValidator` as it turns out it is not needed for inet_* methods to work (mikk150)
 - Enh #13981: `yii\caching\Cache::getOrSet()` now supports both `Closure` and `callable` (silverfire)
 - Enh #13911: Significantly enhanced MSSQL schema reading performance (paulzi, WebdevMerlion)
+- Enh #14059: Removed unused AR instantiating for calling of static methods (ElisDN)
 
 2.0.11.2 February 08, 2017
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diff --git a/framework/db/mssql/QueryBuilder.php b/framework/db/mssql/QueryBuilder.php
index 6cccd40d8df..f8cfa33ea53 100644
--- a/framework/db/mssql/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/framework/db/mssql/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -276,9 +276,8 @@ protected function getAllColumnNames($modelClass = null)
         if (!$modelClass) {
             return null;
         }
-        /* @var $model \yii\db\ActiveRecord */
-        $model = new $modelClass;
-        $schema = $model->getTableSchema();
+        /* @var $modelClass \yii\db\ActiveRecord */
+        $schema = $modelClass::getTableSchema();
         return array_keys($schema->columns);
     }
 
diff --git a/framework/test/BaseActiveFixture.php b/framework/test/BaseActiveFixture.php
index 72138762541..e3b60920eef 100644
--- a/framework/test/BaseActiveFixture.php
+++ b/framework/test/BaseActiveFixture.php
@@ -65,10 +65,8 @@ public function getModel($name)
         $row = $this->data[$name];
         /* @var $modelClass \yii\db\ActiveRecord */
         $modelClass = $this->modelClass;
-        /* @var $model \yii\db\ActiveRecord */
-        $model = new $modelClass;
         $keys = [];
-        foreach ($model->primaryKey() as $key) {
+        foreach ($modelClass::primaryKey() as $key) {
             $keys[$key] = isset($row[$key]) ? $row[$key] : null;
         }