diff --git a/cake/libs/configure.php b/cake/libs/configure.php
index 67e00df56..3bdc14e8f 100644
--- a/cake/libs/configure.php
+++ b/cake/libs/configure.php
@@ -403,6 +403,11 @@ class Configure extends Object {
 				}
 				Cache::config('default');
 			}
+
+			if (!include(CONFIGS . 'bootstrap.php')) {
+				trigger_error(sprintf(__("Can't find application bootstrap file. Please create %sbootstrap.php, and make sure it is readable by PHP.", true), CONFIGS), E_USER_ERROR);
+			}
+
 			if (App::path('controllers') == array()) {
 				App::build(array(
 					'models' => $modelPaths, 'views' => $viewPaths, 'controllers' => $controllerPaths,
@@ -411,15 +416,6 @@ class Configure extends Object {
 					'shells' => $shellPaths, 'libs' => $libPaths
 				));
 			}
-
-			if (!include(CONFIGS . 'bootstrap.php')) {
-				trigger_error(sprintf(__("Can't find application bootstrap file. Please create %sbootstrap.php, and make sure it is readable by PHP.", true), CONFIGS), E_USER_ERROR);
-			}
-
-			Configure::buildPaths(compact(
-				'modelPaths', 'viewPaths', 'controllerPaths', 'helperPaths', 'componentPaths',
-				'behaviorPaths', 'pluginPaths', 'vendorPaths', 'localePaths', 'shellPaths'
-			));
 		}
 	}
 }