diff --git a/app/webroot/index.php b/app/webroot/index.php
index 31901c223..b5b1d6392 100644
--- a/app/webroot/index.php
+++ b/app/webroot/index.php
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
  *
  * For ease of development CakePHP uses PHP's include_path.  If you
  * cannot modify your include_path set this value.
+ *
+ * Leaving this constant undefined will result in it being defined in Cake/bootstrap.php
  */
 	//define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', ROOT . DS . 'lib');
 
diff --git a/app/webroot/test.php b/app/webroot/test.php
index f48bfb593..b6caa107f 100644
--- a/app/webroot/test.php
+++ b/app/webroot/test.php
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ ini_set('display_errors', 1);
  *
  * For ease of development CakePHP uses PHP's include_path.  If you
  * need to cannot modify your include_path, you can set this path.
+ *
+ * Leaving this constant undefined will result in it being defined in Cake/bootstrap.php
  */
 	//define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', ROOT . DS . 'lib');
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/webroot/index.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/webroot/index.php
index 824565bcc..ab9465402 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/webroot/index.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/webroot/index.php
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
  *
  * For ease of development CakePHP uses PHP's include_path.  If you
  * need to squeeze a bit more performance you can set this path.
+ *
+ * Leaving this constant undefined will result in it being defined in Cake/bootstrap.php
  */
 	//define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', __CAKE_PATH__);
 
@@ -69,9 +71,6 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!defined('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH')) {
-		if (function_exists('ini_set')) {
-			ini_set('include_path', ROOT . DS . 'lib' . PATH_SEPARATOR . ini_get('include_path'));
-		}
 		if (!include('Cake' . DS . 'bootstrap.php')) {
 			$failed = true;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/webroot/test.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/webroot/test.php
index 9f83f4315..4931b069f 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/webroot/test.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/webroot/test.php
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ ini_set('display_errors', 1);
  *
  * For ease of development CakePHP uses PHP's include_path.  If you
  * need to cannot modify your include_path, you can set this path.
+ *
+ * Leaving this constant undefined will result in it being defined in Cake/bootstrap.php
  */
 	//define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', __CAKE_PATH__);
 
@@ -66,9 +68,6 @@ if (!defined('WWW_ROOT')) {
 }
 
 if (!defined('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH')) {
-	if (function_exists('ini_set')) {
-		ini_set('include_path', ROOT . DS . 'lib' . PATH_SEPARATOR . ini_get('include_path'));
-	}
 	if (!include('Cake' . DS . 'bootstrap.php')) {
 		$failed = true;
 	}