diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/TestSuite/ControllerTestCaseTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/TestSuite/ControllerTestCaseTest.php
index 0340e8f20..2831c533e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/TestSuite/ControllerTestCaseTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/TestSuite/ControllerTestCaseTest.php
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ class ControllerTestCaseTestController extends AppController {
 
 }
 
-/**
- * Used to get a testable concrete class of the test subject
- */
-class TestingControllerTestCase extends ControllerTestCase {}
-
 /**
  * ControllerTestCaseTest
  *
@@ -132,7 +127,7 @@ class ControllerTestCaseTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'View' => array(CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'View' . DS)
 		));
 		CakePlugin::loadAll();
-		$this->Case = new TestingControllerTestCase();
+		$this->Case = $this->getMockForAbstractClass('ControllerTestCase');
 		Router::reload();
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/ControllerTestCase.php b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/ControllerTestCase.php
index 37a9cb221..ee3bea15a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/ControllerTestCase.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/ControllerTestCase.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ abstract class ControllerTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 			$_GET = $options['data'];
 			$_POST = array();
 		} else {
-			$_POST = array('data' => $options['data']);
+			$_POST = $options['data'];
 			$_GET = array();
 		}
 		$request = new CakeRequest($url);