diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/SchemaShell.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/SchemaShell.php
index ce61fd25f..e051355c9 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/SchemaShell.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/SchemaShell.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SchemaShell extends Shell {
  *
  */
 	public function startup() {
-		$name = $file = $path = $connection = $plugin = null;
+		$name = $path = $connection = $plugin = null;
 		if (!empty($this->params['name'])) {
 			$name = $this->params['name'];
 		} elseif (!empty($this->args[0])) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTask.php
index daf3e412d..3af4120e4 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTask.php
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ class FixtureTask extends BakeTask {
 		$this->out(sprintf("Bake Fixture\nPath: %s", $this->path));
 		$this->hr();
 
-		$useDbConfig = $this->connection;
 		if (!isset($this->connection)) {
 			$this->connection = $this->DbConfig->getConfig();
 		}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ModelTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ModelTask.php
index 1c63147fb..a8aa79e68 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ModelTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ModelTask.php
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ class ModelTask extends BakeTask {
 		$associations = array(
 			'belongsTo' => array(), 'hasMany' => array(), 'hasOne'=> array(), 'hasAndBelongsToMany' => array()
 		);
-		$possibleKeys = array();
 
 		$associations = $this->findBelongsTo($model, $associations);
 		$associations = $this->findHasOneAndMany($model, $associations);
@@ -608,8 +607,6 @@ class ModelTask extends BakeTask {
 	public function confirmAssociations($model, $associations) {
 		foreach ($associations as $type => $settings) {
 			if (!empty($associations[$type])) {
-				$count = count($associations[$type]);
-				$response = 'y';
 				foreach ($associations[$type] as $i => $assoc) {
 					$prompt = "{$model->name} {$type} {$assoc['alias']}?";
 					$response = $this->in($prompt, array('y','n'), 'y');
@@ -647,7 +644,6 @@ class ModelTask extends BakeTask {
 
 			$alias = $this->in(__d('cake_console', 'What is the alias for this association?'));
 			$className = $this->in(__d('cake_console', 'What className will %s use?', $alias), null, $alias );
-			$suggestedForeignKey = null;
 
 			if ($assocType == 0) {
 				$showKeys = $possibleKeys[$model->table];
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/PluginTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/PluginTask.php
index 5060d494b..8c7f2ed50 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/PluginTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/PluginTask.php
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ class PluginTask extends Shell {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function execute() {
-		$plugin = null;
-
 		if (isset($this->args[0])) {
 			$plugin = Inflector::camelize($this->args[0]);
 			$pluginPath = $this->_pluginPath($plugin);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTask.php
index 189cf7f83..39c7f8548 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTask.php
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ class TemplateTask extends Shell {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function set($one, $two = null) {
-		$data = null;
 		if (is_array($one)) {
 			if (is_array($two)) {
 				$data = array_combine($one, $two);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ViewTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ViewTask.php
index 5e9a78c50..03f6c4f3f 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ViewTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ViewTask.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class ViewTask extends BakeTask {
 		if (!isset($this->connection)) {
 			$this->connection = 'default';
 		}
-		$controller = $action = $alias = null;
+		$action = null;
 		$this->controllerName = $this->_controllerName($this->args[0]);
 		$this->controllerPath = $this->_controllerPath($this->controllerName);
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/TaskCollection.php b/lib/Cake/Console/TaskCollection.php
index 3c911a2ce..a3f56082c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/TaskCollection.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/TaskCollection.php
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ class TaskCollection extends ObjectCollection {
 		if (isset($this->_loaded[$name])) {
 			return $this->_loaded[$name];
 		}
-		$taskFile = Inflector::underscore($name);
 		$taskClass = $name . 'Task';
 		App::uses($taskClass, $plugin . 'Console/Command/Task');
 		if (!class_exists($taskClass)) {