diff --git a/cake/libs/debugger.php b/cake/libs/debugger.php
index 07873cd94..cf803a2a2 100644
--- a/cake/libs/debugger.php
+++ b/cake/libs/debugger.php
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
  * Included libraries.
  *
  */
-if (!class_exists('Object')) {
-	require_once LIBS . 'object.php';
-}
 if (!class_exists('CakeLog')) {
 	require_once LIBS . 'cake_log.php';
 }
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ if (!class_exists('String')) {
  * @subpackage    cake.cake.libs
  * @link          http://book.cakephp.org/view/1191/Using-the-Debugger-Class
  */
-class Debugger extends Object {
+class Debugger {
 
 /**
  * A list of errors generated by the application.
@@ -109,7 +106,6 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  * Holds current output data when outputFormat is false.
  *
  * @var string
- * @access private
  */
 	protected $_data = array();
 
@@ -180,7 +176,7 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  * @access public
  * @static
  */
-	function &getInstance($class = null) {
+	public static function &getInstance($class = null) {
 		static $instance = array();
 		if (!empty($class)) {
 			if (!$instance || strtolower($class) != strtolower(get_class($instance[0]))) {
@@ -208,11 +204,10 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  * @param $var mixed the variable to dump
  * @return void
  * @see Debugger::exportVar()
- * @access public
  * @static
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/view/1191/Using-the-Debugger-Class
 */
-	function dump($var) {
+	public static function dump($var) {
 		$_this =& Debugger::getInstance();
 		pr($_this->exportVar($var));
 	}
@@ -227,7 +222,7 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  * @static
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/view/1191/Using-the-Debugger-Class
  */
-	function log($var, $level = LOG_DEBUG) {
+	public static function log($var, $level = LOG_DEBUG) {
 		$_this =& Debugger::getInstance();
 		$source = $_this->trace(array('start' => 1)) . "\n";
 		CakeLog::write($level, "\n" . $source . $_this->exportVar($var));
@@ -330,11 +325,10 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  *
  * @param array $options Format for outputting stack trace
  * @return mixed Formatted stack trace
- * @access public
  * @static
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/view/1191/Using-the-Debugger-Class
  */
-	function trace($options = array()) {
+	public static function trace($options = array()) {
 		$_this =& Debugger::getInstance();
 		$defaults = array(
 			'depth'   => 999,
@@ -410,10 +404,9 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  *
  * @param string $path Path to shorten
  * @return string Normalized path
- * @access public
  * @static
  */
-	function trimPath($path) {
+	public static function trimPath($path) {
 		if (!defined('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH') || !defined('APP')) {
 			return $path;
 		}
@@ -442,11 +435,10 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  * @param integer $line Line number to highlight
  * @param integer $context Number of lines of context to extract above and below $line
  * @return array Set of lines highlighted
- * @access public
  * @static
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/view/1191/Using-the-Debugger-Class
  */
-	function excerpt($file, $line, $context = 2) {
+	public static function excerpt($file, $line, $context = 2) {
 		$data = $lines = array();
 		if (!file_exists($file)) {
 			return array();
@@ -475,11 +467,10 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  *
  * @param string $var Variable to convert
  * @return string Variable as a formatted string
- * @access public
  * @static
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/view/1191/Using-the-Debugger-Class
  */
-	function exportVar($var, $recursion = 0) {
+	public static function exportVar($var, $recursion = 0) {
 		$_this =& Debugger::getInstance();
 		switch (strtolower(gettype($var))) {
 			case 'boolean':
@@ -563,7 +554,7 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  *    straight HTML output, or 'txt' for unformatted text.
  * @param array $strings Template strings to be used for the output format.
  */
-	protected function output($format = null, $strings = array()) {
+	public function output($format = null, $strings = array()) {
 		$_this =& Debugger::getInstance();
 		$data = null;
 
@@ -601,9 +592,8 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
  * Renders error messages
  *
  * @param array $data Data about the current error
- * @access private
  */
-	function _output($data = array()) {
+	protected function _output($data = array()) {
 		$defaults = array(
 			'level' => 0,
 			'error' => 0,
@@ -674,10 +664,9 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
 /**
  * Verifies that the application's salt and cipher seed value has been changed from the default value.
  *
- * @access public
  * @static
  */
-	function checkSecurityKeys() {
+	public static function checkSecurityKeys() {
 		if (Configure::read('Security.salt') == 'DYhG93b0qyJfIxfs2guVoUubWwvniR2G0FgaC9mi') {
 			trigger_error(__('Please change the value of \'Security.salt\' in app/config/core.php to a salt value specific to your application'), E_USER_NOTICE);
 		}
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/debugger.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/debugger.test.php
index 2b6ce2e4f..393b0a2c8 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/debugger.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/debugger.test.php
@@ -251,9 +251,6 @@ class DebuggerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		View::$modelId = NULL
 		View::$uuids = array
 		View::$output = false
-		View::$__passedVars = array
-		View::$__scripts = array
-		View::$__paths = array
 		View::$webroot = NULL';
 		$result = str_replace(array("\t", "\r\n", "\n"), "", strtolower($result));
 		$expected =  str_replace(array("\t", "\r\n", "\n"), "", strtolower($expected));