diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/components/session.php b/cake/libs/controller/components/session.php
index 7a4afa9e3..4bb4b65d2 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/components/session.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/components/session.php
@@ -34,54 +34,12 @@ if (!class_exists('cakesession')) {
 class SessionComponent extends Object {
 
 /**
- * Used to determine if methods implementation is used, or bypassed
+ * Constructor
  *
- * @var boolean
- * @access private
- */
-	private $__active = true;
-
-/**
- * Used to determine if request are from an Ajax request
- *
- * @var boolean
- * @access private
- */
-	private $__bare = 0;
-
-/**
- * Startup method.
- *
- * @param object $controller Instantiating controller
  * @return void
  */
-	public function startup(&$controller) {
-		/*if ($this->started() === false && $this->__active === true) {
-			$this->_start();
-		}*/
-	}
-
-/**
- * Starts Session on if 'Session.start' is set to false in core.php
- *
- * @param string $base The base path for the Session
- * @return void
- */
-	public function activate($base = null) {
-		/*if ($this->__active === true) {
-			return;
-		}
-		parent::__construct($base);
-		$this->__active = true;*/
-	}
-
-/**
- * Check if the session is active.  Returns the private __active flag.
- *
- * @return boolean
- */
-	public function active() {
-		return $this->__active;
+	public function __construct() {
+		CakeSession::start();
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -226,32 +184,12 @@ class SessionComponent extends Object {
 	}
 
 /**
- * Starts Session if SessionComponent is used in Controller::beforeFilter(),
- * or is called from
+ * Returns a bool, whether or not the session has been started.
  *
  * @return boolean
- * @access protected
  */
-	protected function _start() {
-		/*
-		if ($this->started() === false) {
-			if (!$this->id() && parent::start()) {
-				parent::_checkValid();
-			} else {
-				parent::start();
-			}
-		}
-		return $this->started();
-		*/
+	public function started() {
+		return CakeSession::started();
 	}
 
-/**
- * Returns whether the session is active or not
- *
- * @return boolean
- * @access public
- */
-	public function isActive() {
-		return $this->__active;
-	}
 }
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/session.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/session.test.php
index ca2a7331c..a381d49a7 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/session.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/session.test.php
@@ -80,6 +80,38 @@ class OrangeSessionTestController extends Controller {
  */
 class SessionComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
+	protected static $_sessionBackup;
+
+/**
+ * fixtures
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+	public $fixtures = array('core.session');
+
+/**
+ * test case startup
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public static function setupBeforeClass() {
+		self::$_sessionBackup = Configure::read('Session');
+		Configure::write('Session', array(
+			'defaults' => 'php',
+			'timeout' => 100,
+			'cookie' => 'test_suite'
+		));
+	}
+
+/**
+ * cleanup after test case.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public static function teardownAfterClass() {
+		Configure::write('Session', self::$_sessionBackup);
+	}
+
 /**
  * setUp method
  *
@@ -87,8 +119,8 @@ class SessionComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	function setUp() {
-		$this->_session = Configure::read('Session');
-		$_SESSION = array();
+		parent::setUp();
+		$_SESSION = null;
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -98,34 +130,22 @@ class SessionComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	function tearDown() {
+		parent::tearDown();
 		CakeSession::destroy();
-		Configure::write('Session', $this->_session);
 	}
 
 /**
- * testSessionAutoStart method
+ * ensure that session ids don't change when request action is called.
  *
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function testSessionAutoStart() {
-		$this->markTestSkipped('Autostarting is broken/disabled for now.');
-		Configure::write('Session.start', false);
+	function testSessionIdConsistentAcrossRequestAction() {
 		$Session = new SessionComponent();
-		$this->assertFalse($Session->active());
-		$this->assertFalse($Session->started());
-		$Session->startup(new SessionTestController());
-
-		Configure::write('Session.start', true);
-		$Session = new SessionComponent();
-		$this->assertTrue($Session->active());
-		$this->assertFalse($Session->started());
-		$Session->startup(new SessionTestController());
 		$this->assertTrue(isset($_SESSION));
 
 		$Object = new Object();
 		$Session = new SessionComponent();
-		$Session->start();
 		$expected = $Session->id();
 
 		$result = $Object->requestAction('/session_test/session_id');
@@ -135,29 +155,6 @@ class SessionComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 	}
 
-/**
- * testSessionActivate method
- *
- * @access public
- * @return void
- */
-	function testSessionActivate() {
-		$this->markTestSkipped('Activation is not implemented right now, sessions are always on');
-		$Session = new SessionComponent();
-
-		$this->assertTrue($Session->active());
-		$this->assertNull($Session->activate());
-		$this->assertTrue($Session->active());
-
-		Configure::write('Session.start', false);
-		$Session = new SessionComponent();
-		$this->assertFalse($Session->active());
-		$this->assertNull($Session->activate());
-		$this->assertTrue($Session->active());
-		Configure::write('Session.start', true);
-		$Session->destroy();
-	}
-
 /**
  * testSessionValid method
  *
@@ -186,7 +183,6 @@ class SessionComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	function testSessionError() {
 		$Session = new SessionComponent();
-
 		$this->assertFalse($Session->error());
 	}