diff --git a/cake/libs/cache.php b/cake/libs/cache.php
index 46d6af7fc..956832962 100644
--- a/cake/libs/cache.php
+++ b/cake/libs/cache.php
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ class Cache {
 	}
 
 /**
- * Unconfigures a cache engine.  Deletes the cache configuration information
+ * Drops a cache engine.  Deletes the cache configuration information
  * If the deleted configuration is the last configuration using an certain engine,
  * the Engine instance is also unset.
  *
  * @param string $name A currently configured cache config you wish to remove.
  * @return boolen success of the removal, returns false when the config does not exist.
  **/
-	function unconfig($name) {
+	function drop($name) {
 		$_this = Cache::getInstance();
 		if (!isset($_this->__config[$name])) {
 			return false;
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cache.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cache.test.php
index 732dac8aa..c440b0e58 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cache.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cache.test.php
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ class CacheTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = Cache::config('pluginLibEngine', $settings);
 		$this->assertEqual($result, Cache::config('pluginLibEngine'));
 
-		Cache::unconfig('libEngine');
-		Cache::unconfig('pluginLibEngine');
+		Cache::drop('libEngine');
+		Cache::drop('pluginLibEngine');
 
 		App::build();
 	}
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ class CacheTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'plugins' => array(TEST_CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'plugins' . DS)
 		), true);
 
-		$result = Cache::unconfig('some_config_that_does_not_exist');
+		$result = Cache::drop('some_config_that_does_not_exist');
 		$this->assertFalse($result);
 
 		$_testsConfig = Cache::config('tests');
-		$result = Cache::unconfig('tests');
+		$result = Cache::drop('tests');
 		$this->assertTrue($result);
 		
 		Cache::config('unconfigTest', array(
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class CacheTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		));
 		$this->assertTrue(Cache::isInitialized('TestAppCache'));
 
-		$this->assertTrue(Cache::unconfig('unconfigTest'));
+		$this->assertTrue(Cache::drop('unconfigTest'));
 		$this->assertFalse(Cache::isInitialized('TestAppCache'));
 
 		Cache::config('tests', $_testsConfig);