diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
index 846f932d3..654853d70 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
@@ -60,49 +60,13 @@ class DboSource extends DataSource {
 	public static $methodCache = array();
 
 /**
- * Whether or not to cache the results of DboSource::name(), DboSource::fields() and DboSource::conditions()
+ * Whether or not to cache the results of DboSource::name() and DboSource::conditions()
  * into the memory cache. Set to false to disable the use of the memory cache.
  *
  * @var bool
  */
 	public $cacheMethods = true;
 
-/**
- * Filters to apply to the results of DboSource::name(), DboSource::fields() and DboSource::conditions().
- * When the filter function for a given method does not return true then the result is not added to the memory cache.
- *
- * For instance:
- *
- * ```
- * array(
- * 	// For method fields, do not cache values that contain floats
- * 	'fields' => function ($value) {
- * 		$hasFloat = preg_grep('/(\d+)?\.\d+/', $value);
- *
- * 		return count($hasFloat) === 0;
- * 	},
- * 	// For method name, do not cache values that have the name floats
- * 	'name' => function ($value) {
- * 		return preg_match('/^`rating_diff`$/', $value) !== 1;
- * 	}
- * )
- * ```
- *
- * or
- *
- * ```
- * array(
- * 	// For method fields, do not cache any values
- * 	'fields' => function () {
- * 		return false;
- * 	},
- * )
- * ```
- *
- * @var array
- */
-	public $cacheMethodFilters = array();
-
 /**
  * Flag to support nested transactions. If it is set to false, you will be able to use
  * the transaction methods (begin/commit/rollback), but just the global transaction will
@@ -822,18 +786,26 @@ class DboSource extends DataSource {
 		if ($value === null) {
 			return (isset(static::$methodCache[$method][$key])) ? static::$methodCache[$method][$key] : null;
 		}
-
-		$methodFilterExists = (
-			isset($this->cacheMethodFilters[$method]) && is_callable($this->cacheMethodFilters[$method])
-		);
-		if ($methodFilterExists && !call_user_func($this->cacheMethodFilters[$method], $value)) {
+		if (!$this->cacheMethodFilter($method, $key, $value)) {
 			return $value;
 		}
-
 		$this->_methodCacheChange = true;
 		return static::$methodCache[$method][$key] = $value;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Filters to apply to the results of `name` and `fields`. When the filter for a given method does not return `true`
+ * then the result is not added to the memory cache.
+ *
+ * @param string $method Name of the method being cached.
+ * @param string $key The key name for the cache operation.
+ * @param mixed $value The value to cache into memory.
+ * @return bool Whether or not to cache
+ */
+	public function cacheMethodFilter($method, $key, $value) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Returns a quoted name of $data for use in an SQL statement.
  * Strips fields out of SQL functions before quoting.