diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
index 66619a31e..1a169b60b 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
@@ -520,9 +520,6 @@ class Controller extends Object {
  * @return CakeResponse
  */
 	public function getResponse() {
-		if (empty($this->response)) {
-			$this->response = new $this->_responseClass(array('charset' => Configure::read('App.encoding')));
-		}
 		return $this->response;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Core/Object.php b/lib/Cake/Core/Object.php
index 181a9baa4..35c5a8c38 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Core/Object.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Core/Object.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Object {
 		}
 
 		$dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
-		return $dispatcher->dispatch($request, $extra);
+		return $dispatcher->dispatch($request, new CakeResponse(), $extra);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/AuthComponentTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/AuthComponentTest.php
index fac3ece78..abfb9059b 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/AuthComponentTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/AuthComponentTest.php
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ class AuthTestController extends Controller {
  * @access private
  * @return void
  */
-	function __construct($request) {
+	function __construct($request, $response) {
 		$request->addParams(Router::parse('/auth_test'));
 		$request->here = '/auth_test';
 		$request->webroot = '/';
 		Router::setRequestInfo($request);
-		parent::__construct($request);
+		parent::__construct($request, $response);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class AuthTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		$request = new CakeRequest(null, false);
 
-		$this->Controller = new AuthTestController($request);
+		$this->Controller = new AuthTestController($request, $this->getMock('CakeResponse'));
 
 		$collection = new ComponentCollection();
 		$collection->init($this->Controller);
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ class AuthTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		ob_start();
 		$Dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
-		$Dispatcher->dispatch(new CakeRequest('/ajax_auth/add'), array('return' => 1));
+		$Dispatcher->dispatch(new CakeRequest('/ajax_auth/add'), new CakeResponse(), array('return' => 1));
 		$result = ob_get_clean();
 
 		$this->assertEqual("Ajax!\nthis is the test element", str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $result));
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ class AuthTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	public function testComponentSettings() {
 		$request = new CakeRequest(null, false);
-		$this->Controller = new AuthTestController($request);
+		$this->Controller = new AuthTestController($request, $this->getMock('CakeResponse'));
 
 		$this->Controller->components = array(
 			'Auth' => array(
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/RequestHandlerComponentTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/RequestHandlerComponentTest.php
index c4b7e6935..94b1da5f5 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/RequestHandlerComponentTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/RequestHandlerComponentTest.php
@@ -77,30 +77,6 @@ class RequestHandlerTestController extends Controller {
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * RequestHandlerTestDisabledController class
- *
- * @package       cake.tests.cases.libs.controller.components
- */
-class RequestHandlerTestDisabledController extends Controller {
-
-/**
- * uses property
- *
- * @var mixed null
- * @access public
- */
-	public $uses = null;
-
-/**
- * beforeFilter method
- *
- * @return void
- */
-	public function beforeFilter() {
-		$this->RequestHandler->enabled = false;
-	}
-}
 
 /**
  * RequestHandlerComponentTest class
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/PagesControllerTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/PagesControllerTest.php
index cfefc8eb1..c83e95c92 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/PagesControllerTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/PagesControllerTest.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class PagesControllerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 				CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'View'. DS
 			)
 		));
-		$Pages = new PagesController(new CakeRequest(null, false));
+		$Pages = new PagesController(new CakeRequest(null, false), new CakeResponse());
 
 		$Pages->viewPath = 'Posts';
 		$Pages->display('index');