diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Event/CakeEventManagerTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Event/CakeEventManagerTest.php
index 7a4ea15e1..87e8c2f5e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Event/CakeEventManagerTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Event/CakeEventManagerTest.php
@@ -213,29 +213,6 @@ class CakeEventManagerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$manager->dispatch($event);
 	}
 
-/**
- * Tests event dispatching
- *
- * @return void
- */
-	public function testDispatchClosure() {
-		$this->skipIf(
-			version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '<'),
-			'These tests fail in PHP version < 5.3'
-		);
-
-		$manager = new CakeEventManager;
-		$listener = $this->getMock('CakeEventTestListener');
-		$anotherListener = $this->getMock('CakeEventTestListener');
-
-		$manager->attach(function($testEvent) use ($listener) { $listener->listenerFunction($testEvent); }, 'fake.event');
-
-		$event = new CakeEvent('fake.event');
-
-		$listener->expects($this->once())->method('listenerFunction')->with($event);
-		$manager->dispatch($event);
-	}
-
 /**
  * Tests event dispatching using event key name
  *