diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php
index 4df4dc847..65a576b48 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/CommandListShell.php
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
 
-App::uses('Shell', 'Console');
-
 /**
  * Shows a list of commands available from the console.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ModelTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ModelTask.php
index 7616ef14c..c893de33a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ModelTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ModelTask.php
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
 
-include_once dirname(__FILE__) . DS . 'bake.php';
+App::uses('BakeTask', 'Console/Command/Task');
+App::uses('ConnectionManager', 'Model');
 
 /**
  * Task class for creating and updating model files.
@@ -791,7 +792,6 @@ class ModelTask extends BakeTask {
 		if (!isset($useDbConfig)) {
 			$useDbConfig = $this->connection;
 		}
-		App::import('Model', 'ConnectionManager', false);
 
 		$db = ConnectionManager::getDataSource($useDbConfig);
 		$useTable = Inflector::tableize($modelName);
@@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ class ModelTask extends BakeTask {
 		if (!isset($useDbConfig)) {
 			$useDbConfig = $this->connection;
 		}
-		App::import('Model', 'ConnectionManager', false);
 
 		$tables = array();
 		$db = ConnectionManager::getDataSource($useDbConfig);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/ConsoleOptionParser.php b/lib/Cake/Console/ConsoleOptionParser.php
index 8eec763d6..179999a1b 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/ConsoleOptionParser.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/ConsoleOptionParser.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ App::uses('TaskCollection', 'Console');
 App::uses('ConsoleOutput', 'Console');
 App::uses('ConsoleInput', 'Console');
 App::uses('ConsoleInputOption', 'Console');
+App::uses('ConsoleInputArgument', 'Console');
 App::uses('ConsoleOptionParser', 'Console');
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/HelpFormatter.php b/lib/Cake/Console/HelpFormatter.php
index 002689899..0b7add61d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/HelpFormatter.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/HelpFormatter.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 2.0
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
-App::import('Core', 'String', false);
+App::import('String', 'Utility');
 
 /**
  * HelpFormatter formats help for console shells.  Can format to either
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Shell.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Shell.php
index 4f40bc8de..ff671ef34 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Shell.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Shell.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 App::uses('TaskCollection', 'Console');
 App::uses('ConsoleOutput', 'Console');
 App::uses('ConsoleInput', 'Console');
+App::uses('ConsoleInputSubcommand', 'Console');
 App::uses('ConsoleOptionParser', 'Console');
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php b/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
index ad75dd1d7..45b07f0c5 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/ShellDispatcher.php
@@ -209,8 +209,11 @@ class ShellDispatcher {
 	protected function _getShell($shell) {
 		list($plugin, $shell) = pluginSplit($shell, true);
 
+
 		$class = Inflector::camelize($shell) . 'Shell';
-		$loaded = App::uses($class, $plugin . 'Console/Command');
+
+		App::uses('Shell', 'Console');
+		App::uses($class, $plugin . 'Console/Command');
 
 		if (!class_exists($class)) {
 			throw new MissingShellFileException(array('shell' => $shell));
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/TaskCollection.php b/lib/Cake/Console/TaskCollection.php
index 00a1c4b54..b681d571d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/TaskCollection.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/TaskCollection.php
@@ -61,10 +61,8 @@ class TaskCollection extends ObjectCollection {
 		}
 		$taskFile = Inflector::underscore($name);
 		$taskClass = $name . 'Task';
+		App::uses($taskClass, 'Console/Command/Task');
 		if (!class_exists($taskClass)) {
-			if (!App::import('Shell', $plugin . $this->taskPathPrefix . $name)) {
-				throw new MissingTaskFileException($taskFile . '.php');
-			}
 			if (!class_exists($taskClass)) {
 				throw new MissingTaskClassException($taskClass);
 			}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
index 9cb46a682..3c3f234e9 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 /**
  * Included libs
  */
-App::uses('ClassRegistry', 'Core');
-App::uses('Validation', 'Core');
-App::uses('String', 'Core');
+App::uses('ClassRegistry', 'Utility');
+App::uses('Validation', 'Utility');
+App::uses('String', 'Utility');
 App::uses('BehaviorCollection', 'Model');
 App::uses('ModelBehavior', 'Model');
 App::uses('ConnectionManager', 'Model');
-App::uses('Xml', 'Core');
+App::uses('Xml', 'Utility');
 
 /**
  * Object-relational mapper.