diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php
index 071a1f85e..8b52f417e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ class ControllerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		$Controller->set('title', 'someTitle');
 		$this->assertSame($Controller->viewVars['title'], 'someTitle');
-		$this->assertTrue(empty($Controller->pageTitle));
 
 		$Controller->viewVars = array();
 		$expected = array('ModelName' => 'name', 'ModelName2' => 'name2');
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/RssHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/RssHelperTest.php
index 4f1e142a5..0abd24499 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/RssHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/RssHelperTest.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class RssHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	public function testChannel() {
 		$attrib = array('a' => '1', 'b' => '2');
-		$elements = array('title' => 'title');
+		$elements = array('title' => 'Title');
 		$content = 'content';
 
 		$result = $this->Rss->channel($attrib, $elements, $content);
@@ -103,30 +103,7 @@ class RssHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 				'b' => '2'
 			),
 			'<title',
-			'title',
-			'/title',
-			'<link',
-			$this->Rss->url('/', true),
-			'/link',
-			'<description',
-			'content',
-			'/channel'
-		);
-		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
-
-		$this->View->pageTitle = 'title';
-		$attrib = array('a' => '1', 'b' => '2');
-		$elements = array();
-		$content = 'content';
-
-		$result = $this->Rss->channel($attrib, $elements, $content);
-		$expected = array(
-			'channel' => array(
-				'a' => '1',
-				'b' => '2'
-			),
-			'<title',
-			'title',
+			'Title',
 			'/title',
 			'<link',
 			$this->Rss->url('/', true),
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
index e068964b6..a7189cf9b 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
@@ -1610,19 +1610,6 @@ TEXT;
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
-/**
- * Test that setting arbitrary properties still works.
- *
- * @return void
- */
-	public function testPropertySetting() {
-		$this->assertFalse(isset($this->View->pageTitle));
-		$this->View->pageTitle = 'test';
-		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->View->pageTitle));
-		$this->assertTrue(!empty($this->View->pageTitle));
-		$this->assertEquals('test', $this->View->pageTitle);
-	}
-
 /**
  * Test that setting arbitrary properties still works.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/RssHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/RssHelper.php
index ac0592442..348b9ace5 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/RssHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/RssHelper.php
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ class RssHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/rss.html#RssHelper::channel
  */
 	public function channel($attrib = array(), $elements = array(), $content = null) {
-		if (!isset($elements['title']) && !empty($this->_View->pageTitle)) {
-			$elements['title'] = $this->_View->pageTitle;
-		}
 		if (!isset($elements['link'])) {
 			$elements['link'] = '/';
 		}
+		if (!isset($elements['title'])) {
+			$elements['title'] = '';
+		}
 		if (!isset($elements['description'])) {
 			$elements['description'] = '';
 		}