diff --git a/app/Config/core.php b/app/Config/core.php
index c705ece8a..df16a8b98 100644
--- a/app/Config/core.php
+++ b/app/Config/core.php
@@ -150,12 +150,6 @@
  */
 	//Configure::write('Cache.viewPrefix', 'prefix');
 
-/**
- * Defines the default error type when using the log() function. Used for
- * differentiating error logging and debugging. Currently PHP supports LOG_DEBUG.
- */
-	define('LOG_ERROR', LOG_ERR);
-
 /**
  * Session configuration.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/Config/core.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/Config/core.php
index c705ece8a..df16a8b98 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/Config/core.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/skel/Config/core.php
@@ -150,12 +150,6 @@
  */
 	//Configure::write('Cache.viewPrefix', 'prefix');
 
-/**
- * Defines the default error type when using the log() function. Used for
- * differentiating error logging and debugging. Currently PHP supports LOG_DEBUG.
- */
-	define('LOG_ERROR', LOG_ERR);
-
 /**
  * Session configuration.
  *