diff --git a/cake/libs/view/templates/layouts/default.ctp b/cake/libs/view/templates/layouts/default.ctp
index b61ad297d..20f398702 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/templates/layouts/default.ctp
+++ b/cake/libs/view/templates/layouts/default.ctp
@@ -29,20 +29,20 @@
 <head>
 	<title>
 		<?php __('CakePHP: the rapid development php framework:'); ?>
-		<?php echo $title_for_layout;?>
+		<?php echo $title_for_layout; ?>
 	</title>
 
-	<?php echo $html->charset();?>
+	<?php echo $html->charset(); ?>
 
-	<link rel="icon" href="<?php echo $this->webroot;?>favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
-	<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo $this->webroot;?>favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
-	<?php echo $html->css('cake.generic');?>
-	<?php echo $scripts_for_layout;?>
+	<link rel="icon" href="<?php echo $this->webroot; ?>favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
+	<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo $this->webroot; ?>favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
+	<?php echo $html->css('cake.generic'); ?>
+	<?php echo $scripts_for_layout; ?>
 </head>
 <body>
 	<div id="container">
 		<div id="header">
-			<h1><?php echo $html->link(__('CakePHP: the rapid development php framework', true), 'http://cakephp.org');?></h1>
+			<h1><?php echo $html->link(__('CakePHP: the rapid development php framework', true), 'http://cakephp.org'); ?></h1>
 		</div>
 		<div id="content">
 			<?php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 				endif;
 			?>
 
-			<?php echo $content_for_layout;?>
+			<?php echo $content_for_layout; ?>
 
 		</div>
 		<div id="footer">
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@
 			?>
 		</div>
 	</div>
-	<?php echo $cakeDebug?>
+	<?php echo $cakeDebug; ?>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/templates/layouts/flash.ctp b/cake/libs/view/templates/layouts/flash.ctp
index b39b71171..e34ee46bf 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/templates/layouts/flash.ctp
+++ b/cake/libs/view/templates/layouts/flash.ctp
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 <head>
-<title><?php echo $page_title?></title>
+<title><?php echo $page_title; ?></title>
 <?php echo $html->charset(); ?>
 
 <?php if (Configure::read() == 0) { ?>
-<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="<?php echo $pause?>;url=<?php echo $url?>"/>
+<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="<?php echo $pause; ?>;url=<?php echo $url; ?>"/>
 <?php } ?>
 <style><!--
 P { text-align:center; font:bold 1.1em sans-serif }
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ A:HOVER { text-decoration: underline; color:#44E }
 --></style>
 </head>
 <body>
-<p><a href="<?php echo $url?>"><?php echo $message?></a></p>
+<p><a href="<?php echo $url; ?>"><?php echo $message; ?></a></p>
 </body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/view.php b/cake/libs/view/view.php
index 702730905..31beedc2d 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/view.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/view.php
@@ -774,7 +774,6 @@ class View extends Object {
 		extract($___dataForView, EXTR_SKIP);
 		$BASE = $this->base;
 		$params =& $this->params;
-		$page_title = $this->pageTitle;
 
 		ob_start();
 
