diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ProjectTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ProjectTask.php
index 92135906a..03386dc99 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ProjectTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ProjectTask.php
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ class ProjectTask extends AppShell {
 		$success = true;
 		if ($this->bake($project)) {
 			$path = Folder::slashTerm($project);
-			if ($this->createHome($path)) {
-				$this->out(__d('cake_console', ' * Welcome page created'));
-			} else {
-				$this->err(__d('cake_console', 'The Welcome page was <error>NOT</error> created'));
-				$success = false;
-			}
 
 			if ($this->securitySalt($path) === true) {
 				$this->out(__d('cake_console', ' * Random hash key created for \'Security.salt\''));
@@ -220,20 +214,6 @@ class ProjectTask extends AppShell {
 		}
 	}
 
-/**
- * Writes a file with a default home page to the project.
- *
- * @param string $dir Path to project
- * @return boolean Success
- */
-	public function createHome($dir) {
-		$app = basename($dir);
-		$path = $dir . 'View' . DS . 'Pages' . DS;
-		$source = CAKE . 'Console' . DS . 'Templates' . DS . 'default' . DS . 'views' . DS . 'home.ctp';
-		include $source;
-		return $this->createFile($path . 'home.ctp', $output);
-	}
-
 /**
  * Generates the correct path to the CakePHP libs that are generating the project
  * and points app/console/cake.php to the right place
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/default/views/home.ctp b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/default/views/home.ctp
deleted file mode 100644
index 424051981..000000000
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/default/views/home.ctp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-$output = "
-<iframe src=\"http://cakephp.org/bake-banner\" width=\"830\" height=\"160\" style=\"overflow:hidden; border:none;\">
-	<p>For updates and important announcements, visit http://cakefest.org</p>
-</iframe>\n";
-$output .= "<h2>Sweet, \"" . Inflector::humanize($app) . "\" got Baked by CakePHP!</h2>\n";
-$output .="
-<?php
-App::uses('Debugger', 'Utility');
-if (Configure::read('debug') > 0):
-	Debugger::checkSecurityKeys();
-endif;
-?>
-<p>
-<?php
-	if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2.8', '>=')):
-		echo '<span class=\"notice success\">';
-			echo __d('cake_dev', 'Your version of PHP is 5.2.8 or higher.');
-		echo '</span>';
-	else:
-		echo '<span class=\"notice\">';
-			echo __d('cake_dev', 'Your version of PHP is too low. You need PHP 5.2.8 or higher to use CakePHP.');
-		echo '</span>';
-	endif;
-?>
-</p>
-<p>
-<?php
-	if (is_writable(TMP)):
-		echo '<span class=\"notice success\">';
-			echo __d('cake_dev', 'Your tmp directory is writable.');
-		echo '</span>';
-	else:
-		echo '<span class=\"notice\">';
-			echo __d('cake_dev', 'Your tmp directory is NOT writable.');
-		echo '</span>';
-	endif;
-?>
-</p>
-<p>
-<?php
-	\$settings = Cache::settings('_cake_core_');
-	if (!empty(\$settings)):
-		echo '<span class=\"notice success\">';
-				echo __d('cake_dev', 'The %s is being used for core caching. To change the config edit APP/Config/core.php ', '<em>'. \$settings['engine'] . 'Engine</em>');
-		echo '</span>';
-	else:
-		echo '<span class=\"notice\">';
-			echo __d('cake_dev', 'Your cache is NOT working. Please check the settings in APP/Config/core.php');
-		echo '</span>';
-	endif;
-?>
-</p>
-<p>
-<?php
-	\$filePresent = null;
-	if (file_exists(APP . 'Config' . DS . 'database.php')):
-		echo '<span class=\"notice success\">';
-			echo __d('cake_dev', 'Your database configuration file is present.');
-			\$filePresent = true;
-		echo '</span>';
-	else:
-		echo '<span class=\"notice\">';
-			echo __d('cake_dev', 'Your database configuration file is NOT present.');
-			echo '<br/>';
-			echo __d('cake_dev', 'Rename APP/Config/database.php.default to APP/Config/database.php');
-		echo '</span>';
-	endif;
-?>
-</p>
-<?php
-if (isset(\$filePresent)):
-	App::uses('ConnectionManager', 'Model');
-	try {
-		\$connected = ConnectionManager::getDataSource('default');
-	} catch (Exception \$e) {
-		\$connected = false;
-	}
-?>
-<p>
-	<?php
-		if (\$connected && \$connected->isConnected()):
-			echo '<span class=\"notice success\">';
-	 			echo __d('cake_dev', 'Cake is able to connect to the database.');
-			echo '</span>';
-		else:
-			echo '<span class=\"notice\">';
-				echo __d('cake_dev', 'Cake is NOT able to connect to the database.');
-			echo '</span>';
-		endif;
-	?>
-</p>
-<?php endif;?>
-<?php
-	App::uses('Validation', 'Utility');
-	if (!Validation::alphaNumeric('cakephp')) {
-		echo '<p><span class=\"notice\">';
-		__d('cake_dev', 'PCRE has not been compiled with Unicode support.');
-		echo '<br/>';
-		__d('cake_dev', 'Recompile PCRE with Unicode support by adding <code>--enable-unicode-properties</code> when configuring');
-		echo '</span></p>';
-	}
-?>\n";
-$output .= "<h3><?php echo __d('cake_dev', 'Editing this Page'); ?></h3>\n";
-$output .= "<p>\n";
-$output .= "<?php\n";
-$output .= "\techo __d('cake_dev', 'To change the content of this page, edit: %s\n";
-$output .= "\t\tTo change its layout, edit: %s\n";
-$output .= "\t\tYou can also add some CSS styles for your pages at: %s',\n";
-$output .= "\t\tAPP . 'View' . DS . 'Pages' . DS . 'home.ctp.<br />',  APP . 'View' . DS . 'Layouts' . DS . 'default.ctp.<br />', APP . 'webroot' . DS . 'css');\n";
-$output .= "?>\n";
-$output .= "</p>\n";
-?>