diff --git a/cake/libs/model/behavior_collection.php b/cake/libs/model/behavior_collection.php
index 7eaeef2be..aaeeb6da7 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/behavior_collection.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/behavior_collection.php
@@ -219,7 +219,10 @@ class BehaviorCollection extends ObjectCollection {
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($call)) {
-			return $this->_loaded[$call[1]]->dispatchMethod($model, $call[0], $params);
+			return call_user_func_array(
+				array(&$this->_loaded[$call[1]], $call[0]),
+				array_merge(array(&$model), $params)
+			);
 		}
 		return array('unhandled');
 	}
@@ -242,8 +245,10 @@ class BehaviorCollection extends ObjectCollection {
 			$options
 		);
 		foreach ($this->_enabled as $name) {
-			$result = $this->_loaded[$name]->dispatchMethod($model, $callback, $params);
-
+			$result = call_user_func_array(
+				array(&$this->_loaded[$name], $callback),
+				array_merge(array(&$model), $params)
+			);
 			if (
 				$options['break'] && ($result === $options['breakOn'] || 
 				(is_array($options['breakOn']) && in_array($result, $options['breakOn'], true)))
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model_behavior.php b/cake/libs/model/model_behavior.php
index 41342605c..8e621d4af 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model_behavior.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model_behavior.php
@@ -147,37 +147,6 @@ class ModelBehavior extends Object {
  */
 	public function onError(&$model, $error) { }
 
-/**
- * Overrides Object::dispatchMethod to account for PHP4's broken reference support
- *
- * @see Object::dispatchMethod
- * @access public
- * @return mixed
- */
-	function dispatchMethod(&$model, $method, $params = array()) {
-		if (empty($params)) {
-			return $this->{$method}($model);
-		}
-		$params = array_values($params);
-
-		switch (count($params)) {
-			case 1:
-				return $this->{$method}($model, $params[0]);
-			case 2:
-				return $this->{$method}($model, $params[0], $params[1]);
-			case 3:
-				return $this->{$method}($model, $params[0], $params[1], $params[2]);
-			case 4:
-				return $this->{$method}($model, $params[0], $params[1], $params[2], $params[3]);
-			case 5:
-				return $this->{$method}($model, $params[0], $params[1], $params[2], $params[3], $params[4]);
-			default:
-				$params = array_merge(array(&$model), $params);
-				return call_user_func_array(array(&$this, $method), $params);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
 /**
  * If $model's whitelist property is non-empty, $field will be added to it.
  * Note: this method should *only* be used in beforeValidate or beforeSave to ensure