diff --git a/cake/libs/cache.php b/cake/libs/cache.php
index b674bd390..7f47a7edb 100644
--- a/cake/libs/cache.php
+++ b/cake/libs/cache.php
@@ -414,12 +414,6 @@ class Cache {
  * @return boolean True if the cache was succesfully cleared, false otherwise
  */
 	public static function clear($check = false, $config = 'default') {
-		$settings = self::settings($config);
-
-		if (empty($settings)) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
 		if (!self::isInitialized($config)) {
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/cake/libs/cache/apc.php b/cake/libs/cache/apc.php
index eac2fce8a..653e87c4f 100644
--- a/cake/libs/cache/apc.php
+++ b/cake/libs/cache/apc.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class ApcEngine extends CacheEngine {
 	}
 
 /**
- * Delete all keys from the cache
+ * Delete all keys from the cache.  This will clear every cache config using APC.
  *
  * @return boolean True if the cache was succesfully cleared, false otherwise
  */
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cache/apc.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cache/apc.test.php
index 9d2e81f08..dfd86e47f 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cache/apc.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cache/apc.test.php
@@ -193,4 +193,17 @@ class ApcEngineTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = Cache::read('test_increment', 'apc');
 		$this->assertEqual(8, $result);
 	}
+
+/**
+ * test the clearing of cache keys
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testClear() {
+		Cache::write('some_value', 'value', 'apc');
+
+		$result = Cache::clear(false, 'apc');
+		$this->assertTrue($result);
+		$this->assertFalse(Cache::read('some_value', 'apc'));
+	}
 }