diff --git a/cake/libs/object.php b/cake/libs/object.php
index 0c633555b..961e0b465 100644
--- a/cake/libs/object.php
+++ b/cake/libs/object.php
@@ -32,28 +32,6 @@
  */
 class Object {
 
-/**
- * A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4
- * Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors,
- * so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct()
- * which (if present) should call parent::__construct()
- *
- * @return Object
- */
-	function Object() {
-		$args = func_get_args();
-		if (method_exists($this, '__destruct')) {
-			register_shutdown_function (array(&$this, '__destruct'));
-		}
-		call_user_func_array(array(&$this, '__construct'), $args);
-	}
-
-/**
- * Class constructor, overridden in descendant classes.
- */
-	function __construct() {
-	}
-
 /**
  * Object-to-string conversion.
  * Each class can override this method as necessary.