diff --git a/cake/libs/router.php b/cake/libs/router.php
index e00e98dd6..686b71485 100644
--- a/cake/libs/router.php
+++ b/cake/libs/router.php
@@ -274,9 +274,7 @@ class Router {
 			$self->__prefixes[] = $default['prefix'];
 			$self->__prefixes = array_keys(array_flip($self->__prefixes));
 		}
-		if (!isset($default['action'])) {
-			$default['action'] = 'index';
-		}
+		$default += array('action' => 'index', 'plugin' => null, 'controller' => null);
 		$self->routes[] =& new RouterRoute($route, $default, $params);
 		return $self->routes;
 	}
@@ -1222,7 +1220,6 @@ class RouterRoute {
 			return $this->_compiledRoute;
 		}
 		$this->_writeRoute($this->template, $this->defaults, $this->params);
-		$this->defaults += array('plugin' => null, 'controller' => null);
 		return $this->_compiledRoute;
 	}
 /**
@@ -1407,8 +1404,6 @@ class RouterRoute {
 		return $this->_writeUrl(array_merge($url, compact('pass', 'named', 'prefix')));
 
 //*/
-
-		$url += array('controller' => null, 'plugin' => null);
 		$defaults = $this->defaults;
 
 		if (isset($defaults['prefix'])) {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php
index 4ac957f5c..9a828cd0a 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/router.test.php
@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ class RouterTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	}
 }
 
-// SimpleTest::ignore('RouterTest');
+//SimpleTest::ignore('RouterTest');
 /**
  * Test case for RouterRoute
  *
@@ -2117,10 +2117,9 @@ class RouterRouteTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertPattern($result, '/posts/08/01/2007/title-of-post');
 		$result = $route->parse('/posts/08/01/2007/title-of-post');
 
-		$this->assertEqual(count($result), 9);
+		$this->assertEqual(count($result), 8);
 		$this->assertEqual($result['controller'], 'posts');
 		$this->assertEqual($result['action'], 'view');
-		$this->assertEqual($result['plugin'], null);
 		$this->assertEqual($result['year'], '2007');
 		$this->assertEqual($result['month'], '08');
 		$this->assertEqual($result['day'], '01');
@@ -2140,7 +2139,6 @@ class RouterRouteTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 			'controller' => 'pages',
 			'action' => 'view',
 			'extra' => null,
-			'plugin' => null
 		);
 		$this->assertEqual($route->defaults, $expected);
 	}
@@ -2200,7 +2198,7 @@ class RouterRouteTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 			'controller' => 'subscribe', 'admin' => true, 'prefix' => 'admin'
 		));
 
-		$url = array('plugin' => null, 'controller' => 'subscribe', 'admin' => true, 'action' => 'edit', 1);
+		$url = array('controller' => 'subscribe', 'admin' => true, 'action' => 'edit', 1);
 		$result = $route->match($url);
 		$expected = '/admin/subscriptions/edit/1';
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
@@ -2212,14 +2210,14 @@ class RouterRouteTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	function testMatchWithPatterns() {
-		$route =& new RouterRoute('/:controller/:action/:id', array(), array('id' => '[0-9]+'));
+		$route =& new RouterRoute('/:controller/:action/:id', array('plugin' => null), array('id' => '[0-9]+'));
 		$result = $route->match(array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'view', 'id' => 'foo'));
 		$this->assertFalse($result);
 
-		$result = $route->match(array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'view', 'id' => '9'));
+		$result = $route->match(array('plugin' => null, 'controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'view', 'id' => '9'));
 		$this->assertEqual($result, '/posts/view/9');
 
-		$result = $route->match(array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'view', 'id' => '922'));
+		$result = $route->match(array('plugin' => null, 'controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'view', 'id' => '922'));
 		$this->assertEqual($result, '/posts/view/922');
 	}