diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/EmailComponent.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/EmailComponent.php
index de3e808c1..b7a6aa836 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/EmailComponent.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/EmailComponent.php
@@ -239,15 +239,6 @@ class EmailComponent extends Component {
  */
 	public $smtpOptions = array();
 
-/**
- * Placeholder for any errors that might happen with the
- * smtp mail methods
- *
- * @var string
- * @access public
- */
-	public $smtpError = null;
-
 /**
  * Contains the rendered plain text message if one was sent.
  *
@@ -376,14 +367,10 @@ class EmailComponent extends Component {
 		$this->subject = null;
 		$this->additionalParams = null;
 		$this->date = null;
-		$this->smtpError = null;
 		$this->attachments = array();
 		$this->htmlMessage = null;
 		$this->textMessage = null;
 		$this->messageId = true;
-		$this->_header = array();
-		$this->_boundary = null;
-		$this->_message = array();
 	}
 
 /**