diff --git a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php
index 76305f5a67d..98c6cc3901c 100755
--- a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ public function showLog($sorted = false) {
 		if (PHP_SAPI != 'cli') {
 			App::import('Core', 'View');
 			$controller = null;
-			$View =& new View($controller, false);
+			$View = new View($controller, false);
 			$View->set('logs', array($this->configKeyName => $log));
 			echo $View->element('sql_dump', array('_forced_from_dbo_' => true));
 		} else {
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ public function read(&$model, $queryData = array(), $recursive = null) {
 
 		foreach ($_associations as $type) {
 			foreach ($model->{$type} as $assoc => $assocData) {
-				$linkModel =& $model->{$assoc};
+				$linkModel = $model->{$assoc};
 				$external = isset($assocData['external']);
 
 				if ($model->useDbConfig == $linkModel->useDbConfig) {
@@ -842,16 +842,16 @@ public function read(&$model, $queryData = array(), $recursive = null) {
 		if ($model->recursive > -1) {
 			foreach ($_associations as $type) {
 				foreach ($model->{$type} as $assoc => $assocData) {
-					$linkModel =& $model->{$assoc};
+					$linkModel = $model->{$assoc};
 
 					if (empty($linkedModels[$type . '/' . $assoc])) {
 						if ($model->useDbConfig == $linkModel->useDbConfig) {
-							$db =& $this;
+							$db = $this;
 						} else {
-							$db =& ConnectionManager::getDataSource($linkModel->useDbConfig);
+							$db = ConnectionManager::getDataSource($linkModel->useDbConfig);
 						}
 					} elseif ($model->recursive > 1 && ($type == 'belongsTo' || $type == 'hasOne')) {
-						$db =& $this;
+						$db = $this;
 					}
 
 					if (isset($db) && method_exists($db, 'queryAssociation')) {
@@ -957,14 +957,14 @@ public function queryAssociation(&$model, &$linkModel, $type, $association, $ass
 					if ($recursive > 0) {
 						foreach ($linkModel->associations() as $type1) {
 							foreach ($linkModel->{$type1} as $assoc1 => $assocData1) {
-								$deepModel =& $linkModel->{$assoc1};
+								$deepModel = $linkModel->{$assoc1};
 								$tmpStack = $stack;
 								$tmpStack[] = $assoc1;
 
 								if ($linkModel->useDbConfig === $deepModel->useDbConfig) {
-									$db =& $this;
+									$db = $this;
 								} else {
-									$db =& ConnectionManager::getDataSource($deepModel->useDbConfig);
+									$db = ConnectionManager::getDataSource($deepModel->useDbConfig);
 								}
 								$db->queryAssociation($linkModel, $deepModel, $type1, $assoc1, $assocData1, $queryData, true, $fetch, $recursive - 1, $tmpStack);
 							}
@@ -1026,15 +1026,15 @@ public function queryAssociation(&$model, &$linkModel, $type, $association, $ass
 					if ($recursive > 0) {
 						foreach ($linkModel->associations() as $type1) {
 							foreach ($linkModel->{$type1} as $assoc1 => $assocData1) {
-								$deepModel =& $linkModel->{$assoc1};
+								$deepModel = $linkModel->{$assoc1};
 
 								if (($type1 === 'belongsTo') || ($deepModel->alias === $model->alias && $type === 'belongsTo') || ($deepModel->alias != $model->alias)) {
 									$tmpStack = $stack;
 									$tmpStack[] = $assoc1;
 									if ($linkModel->useDbConfig == $deepModel->useDbConfig) {
-										$db =& $this;
+										$db = $this;
 									} else {
-										$db =& ConnectionManager::getDataSource($deepModel->useDbConfig);
+										$db = ConnectionManager::getDataSource($deepModel->useDbConfig);
 									}
 									$db->queryAssociation($linkModel, $deepModel, $type1, $assoc1, $assocData1, $queryData, true, $fetch, $recursive - 1, $tmpStack);
 								}