diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
index 7eeeb8438..6ead64246 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class JsHelper extends AppHelper {
  *
  * - 'inline' - Set to true to have scripts output as a script block inline
  *   if 'cache' is also true, a script link tag will be generated. (default true)
- * - 'cache' - Set to true to have scripts cached to a file and linked in (default true)
+ * - 'cache' - Set to true to have scripts cached to a file and linked in (default false)
  * - 'clear' - Set to false to prevent script cache from being cleared (default true)
  * - 'onDomReady' - wrap cached scripts in domready event (default true)
  * - 'safe' - if an inline block is generated should it be wrapped in <![CDATA[ ... ]]> (default true)
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class JsHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return string completed javascript tag.
  **/
 	function writeScripts($options = array()) {
-		$defaults = array('onDomReady' => true, 'inline' => true, 'cache' => true, 'clear' => true, 'safe' => true);
+		$defaults = array('onDomReady' => true, 'inline' => true, 'cache' => false, 'clear' => true, 'safe' => true);
 		$options = array_merge($defaults, $options);
 		$script = implode("\n", $this->getCache($options['clear']));
 		
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/js.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/js.test.php
index e70ef652d..667fdb218 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/js.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/js.test.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class JsHelperTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Js->JsBaseEngine = new TestJsEngineHelper();
 		$this->Js->writeCache('one = 1;');
 		$this->Js->writeCache('two = 2;');
-		$result = $this->Js->writeScripts(array('onDomReady' => false));
+		$result = $this->Js->writeScripts(array('onDomReady' => false, 'cache' => true));
 		$expected = array(
 			'script' => array('type' => 'text/javascript', 'src' => 'preg:/(.)*\.js/'),
 		);
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ class JsHelperTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertTrue(file_exists(WWW_ROOT . $filename[1]));
 		$contents = file_get_contents(WWW_ROOT . $filename[1]);
 		$this->assertPattern('/one\s=\s1;\ntwo\s=\s2;/', $contents);
+
+		@unlink(WWW_ROOT . $filename[1]);
 	}
 }