diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Set.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Set.php
index 696ddb3ff..44697c9ee 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Set.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Set.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 App::uses('String', 'Utility');
+App::uses('Hash', 'Utility');
 
 /**
  * Class used for manipulation of arrays.
@@ -44,20 +45,7 @@ class Set {
  */
 	public static function merge($arr1, $arr2 = null) {
 		$args = func_get_args();
-
-		$r = (array)current($args);
-		while (($arg = next($args)) !== false) {
-			foreach ((array)$arg as $key => $val) {
-				if (!empty($r[$key]) && is_array($r[$key]) && is_array($val)) {
-					$r[$key] = Set::merge($r[$key], $val);
-				} elseif (is_int($key)) {
-					$r[] = $val;
-				} else {
-					$r[$key] = $val;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return $r;
+		return call_user_func_array('Hash::merge', $args);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -68,25 +56,7 @@ class Set {
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/set.html#Set::filter
  */
 	public static function filter(array $var) {
-		foreach ($var as $k => $v) {
-			if (is_array($v)) {
-				$var[$k] = Set::filter($v);
-			}
-		}
-		return array_filter($var, array('Set', '_filter'));
-	}
-
-/**
- * Set::filter callback function
- *
- * @param array $var Array to filter.
- * @return boolean
- */
-	protected static function _filter($var) {
-		if ($var === 0 || $var === '0' || !empty($var)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		return false;
+		return Hash::filter($var);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -214,25 +184,7 @@ class Set {
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/set.html#Set::numeric
  */
 	public static function numeric($array = null) {
-		if (empty($array)) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		if ($array === range(0, count($array) - 1)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		$numeric = true;
-		$keys = array_keys($array);
-		$count = count($keys);
-
-		for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
-			if (!is_numeric($array[$keys[$i]])) {
-				$numeric = false;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		return $numeric;
+		return Hash::numeric($array);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -667,29 +619,7 @@ class Set {
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/set.html#Set::insert
  */
 	public static function insert($list, $path, $data = null) {
-		if (!is_array($path)) {
-			$path = explode('.', $path);
-		}
-		$_list =& $list;
-
-		$count = count($path);
-		foreach ($path as $i => $key) {
-			if (is_numeric($key) && intval($key) > 0 || $key === '0') {
-				$key = intval($key);
-			}
-			if ($i === $count - 1 && is_array($_list)) {
-				$_list[$key] = $data;
-			} else {
-				if (!isset($_list[$key])) {
-					$_list[$key] = array();
-				}
-				$_list =& $_list[$key];
-			}
-			if (!is_array($_list)) {
-				$_list = array();
-			}
-		}
-		return $list;
+		return Hash::insert($list, $path, $data);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -701,28 +631,7 @@ class Set {
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/set.html#Set::remove
  */
 	public static function remove($list, $path = null) {
-		if (empty($path)) {
-			return $list;
-		}
-		if (!is_array($path)) {
-			$path = explode('.', $path);
-		}
-		$_list =& $list;
-
-		foreach ($path as $i => $key) {
-			if (is_numeric($key) && intval($key) > 0 || $key === '0') {
-				$key = intval($key);
-			}
-			if ($i === count($path) - 1) {
-				unset($_list[$key]);
-			} else {
-				if (!isset($_list[$key])) {
-					return $list;
-				}
-				$_list =& $_list[$key];
-			}
-		}
-		return $list;
+		return Hash::remove($list, $path);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -858,32 +767,10 @@ class Set {
 				}
 			}
 			if ($assoc) {
-				return Set::normalize($list);
+				return Hash::normalize($list);
 			}
 		} elseif (is_array($list)) {
-			$keys = array_keys($list);
-			$count = count($keys);
-			$numeric = true;
-
-			if (!$assoc) {
-				for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
-					if (!is_int($keys[$i])) {
-						$numeric = false;
-						break;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			if (!$numeric || $assoc) {
-				$newList = array();
-				for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
-					if (is_int($keys[$i])) {
-						$newList[$list[$keys[$i]]] = null;
-					} else {
-						$newList[$keys[$i]] = $list[$keys[$i]];
-					}
-				}
-				$list = $newList;
-			}
+			$list = Hash::normalize($list, $assoc);
 		}
 		return $list;
 	}
@@ -1012,28 +899,7 @@ class Set {
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/set.html#Set::flatten
  */
 	public static function flatten($data, $separator = '.') {
-		$result = array();
-		$path = null;
-
-		if (is_array($separator)) {
-			extract($separator, EXTR_OVERWRITE);
-		}
-
-		if (!is_null($path)) {
-			$path .= $separator;
-		}
-
-		foreach ($data as $key => $val) {
-			if (is_array($val)) {
-				$result += (array)Set::flatten($val, array(
-					'separator' => $separator,
-					'path' => $path . $key
-				));
-			} else {
-				$result[$path . $key] = $val;
-			}
-		}
-		return $result;
+		return Hash::flatten($data, $separator);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -1048,22 +914,7 @@ class Set {
  * @return array
  */
 	public static function expand($data, $separator = '.') {
-		$result = array();
-		foreach ($data as $flat => $value) {
-			$keys = explode($separator, $flat);
-			$keys = array_reverse($keys);
-			$child = array(
-				$keys[0] => $value
-			);
-			array_shift($keys);
-			foreach ($keys as $k) {
-				$child = array(
-					$k => $child
-				);
-			}
-			$result = Set::merge($result, $child);
-		}
-		return $result;
+		return Hash::expand($data, $separator);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -1245,18 +1096,7 @@ class Set {
 		} else {
 			$keys = $path;
 		}
-		if (!$keys) {
-			return $input;
-		}
-
-		$return = $input;
-		foreach ($keys as $key) {
-			if (!isset($return[$key])) {
-				return null;
-			}
-			$return = $return[$key];
-		}
-		return $return;
+		return Hash::get($input, $keys);
 	}
 
 }