diff --git a/cake/libs/cake_socket.php b/cake/libs/cake_socket.php
index ad999a35e..907838b6a 100644
--- a/cake/libs/cake_socket.php
+++ b/cake/libs/cake_socket.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ App::import('Core', 'Validation');
  * @package       cake
  * @subpackage    cake.cake.libs
  */
-class CakeSocket extends Object {
+class CakeSocket {
 
 /**
  * Object description
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ class CakeSocket extends Object {
  * @see CakeSocket::$_baseConfig
  */
 	function __construct($config = array()) {
-		parent::__construct();
-
 		$this->config = array_merge($this->_baseConfig, $config);
 		if (!is_numeric($this->config['protocol'])) {
 			$this->config['protocol'] = getprotobyname($this->config['protocol']);
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_socket.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_socket.test.php
index 0e548c728..dca26e130 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_socket.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_socket.test.php
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ class CakeSocketTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Socket->connect();
 		$this->assertEqual($this->Socket->read(26), null);
 
-		$config = array('host' => 'www.cakephp.org', 'timeout' => 1);
+		$config = array('host' => '127.0.0.1', 'timeout' => 1);
 		$this->Socket = new CakeSocket($config);
 		$this->assertTrue($this->Socket->connect());
 		$this->assertFalse($this->Socket->read(1024 * 1024));
 		$this->assertEqual($this->Socket->lastError(), '2: ' . __('Connection timed out'));
 
-		$config = array('host' => 'www.cakephp.org', 'timeout' => 30);
+		$config = array('host' => 'localhost', 'timeout' => 30);
 		$this->Socket = new CakeSocket($config);
 		$this->assertTrue($this->Socket->connect());
 		$this->assertEqual($this->Socket->read(26), null);