diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Auth/BasicAuthenticateTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Auth/BasicAuthenticateTest.php
index 7984d34b3ca..b1affff1338 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Auth/BasicAuthenticateTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/Auth/BasicAuthenticateTest.php
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ public function setUp() {
 		$this->response = $this->getMock('CakeResponse');
 	}
 
-/**
- * tearDown
- *
- * @return void
- */
-	public function tearDown() {
-		parent::tearDown();
-	}
-
 /**
  * test applying settings in the constructor
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
index 56c431e6dfc..c497a4a8017 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/ModelWriteTest.php
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public function testCacheClearOnSave() {
 		$data = array(
 			'OverallFavorite' => array(
 				'id' => 22,
-		 		'model_type' => '8-track',
+				'model_type' => '8-track',
 				'model_id' => '3',
 				'priority' => '1'
 			)
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Validator/CakeValidationSetTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Validator/CakeValidationSetTest.php
index 80e07a65b0d..10fa6fdf6d4 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Validator/CakeValidationSetTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Validator/CakeValidationSetTest.php
@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@
  */
 class CakeValidationSetTest  extends CakeTestCase {
 
-/**
- * setUp method
- *
- * @return void
- */
-	public function setUp() {
-		parent::setUp();
-	}
-
 /**
  * testValidate method
  *