diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
index 3fdc303cf..5d52a8091 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Model.php
@@ -672,10 +672,7 @@ class Model extends Object {
 		}
 
 		if (is_subclass_of($this, 'AppModel')) {
-			$merge = array('findMethods');
-			if ($this->actsAs !== null || $this->actsAs !== false) {
-				$merge[] = 'actsAs';
-			}
+			$merge = array('actsAs', 'findMethods');
 			$parentClass = get_parent_class($this);
 			if ($parentClass !== 'AppModel') {
 				$this->_mergeVars($merge, $parentClass);