diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/View/ViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/View/ViewTest.php
index a33016c0b5b..d5092d3bff0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/View/ViewTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/View/ViewTest.php
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public function beforeLayout($viewFile) {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function afterLayout($layoutFile) {
-		$this->_View->output .= 'modified in the afterlife';
+		$this->_View->append('content', 'modified in the afterlife');
 	}
 
 }
@@ -1465,19 +1465,6 @@ public function testPropertySetting() {
 		$this->assertEquals('test', $this->View->pageTitle);
 	}
 
-/**
- * Test that setting arbitrary properties still works.
- *
- * @return void
- */
-	public function testPropertySettingMagicGet() {
-		$this->assertFalse(isset($this->View->action));
-		$this->View->request->params['action'] = 'login';
-		$this->assertEquals('login', $this->View->action);
-		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->View->action));
-		$this->assertTrue(!empty($this->View->action));
-	}
-
 /**
  * test memory leaks that existed in _paths at one point.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index 0bc5d887fe2..ff0a75f3075 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -781,25 +781,12 @@ public function set($one, $two = null) {
 	}
 
 /**
- * Magic accessor for helpers. Provides access to attributes that were deprecated.
+ * Magic accessor for helpers.
  *
  * @param string $name Name of the attribute to get.
  * @return mixed
  */
 	public function __get($name) {
-		switch ($name) {
-			case 'base':
-			case 'here':
-			case 'webroot':
-			case 'data':
-				return $this->request->{$name};
-			case 'action':
-				return $this->request->params['action'];
-			case 'params':
-				return $this->request;
-			case 'output':
-				return $this->Blocks->get('content');
-		}
 		if (isset($this->Helpers->{$name})) {
 			$this->{$name} = $this->Helpers->{$name};
 			return $this->Helpers->{$name};
@@ -815,12 +802,7 @@ public function __get($name) {
  * @return mixed
  */
 	public function __set($name, $value) {
-		switch ($name) {
-			case 'output':
-				return $this->Blocks->set('content', $value);
-			default:
-				$this->{$name} = $value;
-		}
+		$this->{$name} = $value;
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -833,10 +815,6 @@ public function __isset($name) {
 		if (isset($this->{$name})) {
 			return true;
 		}
-		$magicGet = array('base', 'here', 'webroot', 'data', 'action', 'params', 'output');
-		if (in_array($name, $magicGet)) {
-			return $this->__get($name) !== null;
-		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -891,7 +869,6 @@ protected function _render($viewFile, $data = array()) {
 		if ($initialBlocks !== $remainingBlocks) {
 			throw new Error\Exception(__d('cake_dev', 'The "%s" block was left open. Blocks are not allowed to cross files.', $this->Blocks->active()));
 		}
-
 		return $content;
 	}