diff --git a/cake/libs/security.php b/cake/libs/security.php
index 2bbc559b86b..6b89e952a7d 100644
--- a/cake/libs/security.php
+++ b/cake/libs/security.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * @package       cake
  * @subpackage    cake.cake.libs
  */
-class Security extends Object {
+class Security {
 
 /**
  * Default hash method
@@ -32,22 +32,7 @@ class Security extends Object {
  * @var string
  * @access public
  */
-	public $hashType = null;
-
-/**
- * Singleton implementation to get object instance.
- *
- * @return object
- * @access public
- * @static
- */
-	function &getInstance() {
-		static $instance = array();
-		if (!$instance) {
-			$instance[0] =& new Security;
-		}
-		return $instance[0];
-	}
+	public static $hashType = null;
 
 /**
  * Get allowed minutes of inactivity based on security level.
@@ -111,8 +96,6 @@ function validateAuthKey($authKey) {
  * @static
  */
 	public static function hash($string, $type = null, $salt = false) {
-		$_this =& Security::getInstance();
-
 		if ($salt) {
 			if (is_string($salt)) {
 				$string = $salt . $string;
@@ -122,7 +105,7 @@ public static function hash($string, $type = null, $salt = false) {
 		}
 
 		if (empty($type)) {
-			$type = $_this->hashType;
+			$type = self::$hashType;
 		}
 		$type = strtolower($type);
 
@@ -155,8 +138,7 @@ public static function hash($string, $type = null, $salt = false) {
  * @see Security::hash()
  */
 	public static function setHash($hash) {
-		$_this =& Security::getInstance();
-		$_this->hashType = $hash;
+		self::$hashType = $hash;
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/security.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/security.test.php
index 434bdf8b28c..641e675ec96 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/security.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/security.test.php
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@ class SecurityTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	public $sut = null;
 
-/**
- * setUp method
- *
- * @access public
- * @return void
- */
-	function setUp() {
-		$this->sut =& Security::getInstance();
-	}
-
 /**
  * testInactiveMins method
  *
@@ -90,8 +80,7 @@ function testValidateAuthKey() {
  * @return void
  */
 	function testHash() {
-		$Security =& Security::getInstance();
-		$_hashType =  $Security->hashType;
+		$_hashType = Security::$hashType;
 
 		$key = 'someKey';
 		$hash = 'someHash';
@@ -109,7 +98,7 @@ function testHash() {
 
 		$hashType = 'sha1';
 		Security::setHash($hashType);
-		$this->assertIdentical($this->sut->hashType, $hashType);
+		$this->assertIdentical(Security::$hashType, $hashType);
 		$this->assertIdentical(strlen(Security::hash($key, null, true)), 40);
 		$this->assertIdentical(strlen(Security::hash($key, null, false)), 40);
 
@@ -118,7 +107,7 @@ function testHash() {
 
 		$hashType = 'md5';
 		Security::setHash($hashType);
-		$this->assertIdentical($this->sut->hashType, $hashType);
+		$this->assertIdentical(Security::$hashType, $hashType);
 		$this->assertIdentical(strlen(Security::hash($key, null, false)), 32);
 		$this->assertIdentical(strlen(Security::hash($key, null, true)), 32);