diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Mysql.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Mysql.php
index ed64940d611..099df5d5c1c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Mysql.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Mysql.php
@@ -195,17 +195,16 @@ public function listSources($data = null) {
 		if (!$result) {
 			$result->closeCursor();
 			return array();
-		} else {
-			$tables = array();
-
-			while ($line = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM)) {
-				$tables[] = $line[0];
-			}
+		}
+		$tables = array();
 
-			$result->closeCursor();
-			parent::listSources($tables);
-			return $tables;
+		while ($line = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM)) {
+			$tables[] = $line[0];
 		}
+
+		$result->closeCursor();
+		parent::listSources($tables);
+		return $tables;
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -679,24 +678,23 @@ public function listDetailedSources($name = null) {
 		if (!$result) {
 			$result->closeCursor();
 			return array();
-		} else {
-			$tables = array();
-			foreach ($result as $row) {
-				$tables[$row['Name']] = (array)$row;
-				unset($tables[$row['Name']]['queryString']);
-				if (!empty($row['Collation'])) {
-					$charset = $this->getCharsetName($row['Collation']);
-					if ($charset) {
-						$tables[$row['Name']]['charset'] = $charset;
-					}
+		}
+		$tables = array();
+		foreach ($result as $row) {
+			$tables[$row['Name']] = (array)$row;
+			unset($tables[$row['Name']]['queryString']);
+			if (!empty($row['Collation'])) {
+				$charset = $this->getCharsetName($row['Collation']);
+				if ($charset) {
+					$tables[$row['Name']]['charset'] = $charset;
 				}
 			}
-			$result->closeCursor();
-			if (is_string($name) && isset($tables[$name])) {
-				return $tables[$name];
-			}
-			return $tables;
 		}
+		$result->closeCursor();
+		if (is_string($name) && isset($tables[$name])) {
+			return $tables[$name];
+		}
+		return $tables;
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Postgres.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Postgres.php
index 1977a966f0c..743feb35ef0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Postgres.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Postgres.php
@@ -300,9 +300,8 @@ public function getSequence($table, $field = 'id') {
 		}
 		if (isset($this->_sequenceMap[$table][$field])) {
 			return $this->_sequenceMap[$table][$field];
-		} else {
-			return "{$table}_{$field}_seq";
 		}
+		return "{$table}_{$field}_seq";
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlite.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlite.php
index 6d3e15fcd07..eabcb087604 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlite.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlite.php
@@ -362,10 +362,9 @@ public function fetchResult() {
 				}
 			}
 			return $resultRow;
-		} else {
-			$this->_result->closeCursor();
-			return false;
 		}
+		$this->_result->closeCursor();
+		return false;
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php
index da3f4920e61..e67038525cf 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php
@@ -167,17 +167,16 @@ public function listSources($data = null) {
 		if (!$result) {
 			$result->closeCursor();
 			return array();
-		} else {
-			$tables = array();
-
-			while ($line = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM)) {
-				$tables[] = $line[0];
-			}
+		}
+		$tables = array();
 
-			$result->closeCursor();
-			parent::listSources($tables);
-			return $tables;
+		while ($line = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM)) {
+			$tables[] = $line[0];
 		}
+
+		$result->closeCursor();
+		parent::listSources($tables);
+		return $tables;
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -313,9 +312,8 @@ public function fields(Model $model, $alias = null, $fields = array(), $quote =
 				$result[] = $prepend . $fields[$i];
 			}
 			return $result;
-		} else {
-			return $fields;
 		}
+		return $fields;
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -534,9 +532,8 @@ public function renderStatement($type, $data) {
 					";
 				} elseif (strpos($limit, 'FETCH') !== false) {
 					return "SELECT {$fields} FROM {$table} {$alias} {$joins} {$conditions} {$group} {$order} {$limit}";
-				} else {
-					return "SELECT {$limit} {$fields} FROM {$table} {$alias} {$joins} {$conditions} {$group} {$order}";
 				}
+				return "SELECT {$limit} {$fields} FROM {$table} {$alias} {$joins} {$conditions} {$group} {$order}";
 			case "schema":
 				extract($data);
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
index c82ec3bdfd1..db80a4fa4a5 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
@@ -592,25 +592,23 @@ public function query() {
 					$recursive = $params[5 + $off];
 				}
 				return $args[2]->find('all', compact('conditions', 'fields', 'order', 'limit', 'page', 'recursive'));
-			} else {
-				if (isset($params[3 + $off])) {
-					$recursive = $params[3 + $off];
-				}
-				return $args[2]->find('first', compact('conditions', 'fields', 'order', 'recursive'));
 			}
-		} else {
-			if (isset($args[1]) && $args[1] === true) {
-				return $this->fetchAll($args[0], true);
-			} elseif (isset($args[1]) && !is_array($args[1])) {
-				return $this->fetchAll($args[0], false);
-			} elseif (isset($args[1]) && is_array($args[1])) {
-				if (isset($args[2])) {
-					$cache = $args[2];
-				} else {
-					$cache = true;
-				}
-				return $this->fetchAll($args[0], $args[1], array('cache' => $cache));
+			if (isset($params[3 + $off])) {
+				$recursive = $params[3 + $off];
 			}
+			return $args[2]->find('first', compact('conditions', 'fields', 'order', 'recursive'));
+		}
+		if (isset($args[1]) && $args[1] === true) {
+			return $this->fetchAll($args[0], true);
+		} elseif (isset($args[1]) && !is_array($args[1])) {
+			return $this->fetchAll($args[0], false);
+		} elseif (isset($args[1]) && is_array($args[1])) {
+			if (isset($args[2])) {
+				$cache = $args[2];
+			} else {
+				$cache = true;
+			}
+			return $this->fetchAll($args[0], $args[1], array('cache' => $cache));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -632,9 +630,8 @@ public function fetchRow($sql = null) {
 				$this->fetchVirtualField($resultRow);
 			}
 			return $resultRow;
-		} else {
-			return null;
 		}
+		return null;
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Permission.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Permission.php
index 61044445a68..16572eb5721 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Permission.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Permission.php
@@ -123,33 +123,32 @@ public function check($aro, $aco, $action = "*") {
 
 			if (empty($perms)) {
 				continue;
-			} else {
-				$perms = Hash::extract($perms, '{n}.' . $this->alias);
-				foreach ($perms as $perm) {
-					if ($action === '*') {
+			}
+			$perms = Hash::extract($perms, '{n}.' . $this->alias);
+			foreach ($perms as $perm) {
+				if ($action === '*') {
 
-						foreach ($permKeys as $key) {
-							if (!empty($perm)) {
-								if ($perm[$key] == -1) {
-									return false;
-								} elseif ($perm[$key] == 1) {
-									$inherited[$key] = 1;
-								}
+					foreach ($permKeys as $key) {
+						if (!empty($perm)) {
+							if ($perm[$key] == -1) {
+								return false;
+							} elseif ($perm[$key] == 1) {
+								$inherited[$key] = 1;
 							}
 						}
+					}
 
-						if (count($inherited) === count($permKeys)) {
+					if (count($inherited) === count($permKeys)) {
+						return true;
+					}
+				} else {
+					switch ($perm['_' . $action]) {
+						case -1:
+							return false;
+						case 0:
+							continue;
+						case 1:
 							return true;
-						}
-					} else {
-						switch ($perm['_' . $action]) {
-							case -1:
-								return false;
-							case 0:
-								continue;
-							case 1:
-								return true;
-						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Validator/CakeValidationRule.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Validator/CakeValidationRule.php
index d9df05f7be7..1f8134fb76d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Validator/CakeValidationRule.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Validator/CakeValidationRule.php
@@ -148,9 +148,8 @@ public function isRequired() {
 		if (in_array($this->required, array('create', 'update'), true)) {
 			if ($this->required === 'create' && !$this->isUpdate() || $this->required === 'update' && $this->isUpdate()) {
 				return true;
-			} else {
-				return false;
 			}
+			return false;
 		}
 
 		return $this->required;
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeSocket.php b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeSocket.php
index 231261187e3..43f5318c4ae 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeSocket.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeSocket.php
@@ -382,11 +382,10 @@ public function enableCrypto($type, $clientOrServer = 'client', $enable = true)
 		if ($enableCryptoResult === true) {
 			$this->encrypted = $enable;
 			return true;
-		} else {
-			$errorMessage = __d('cake_dev', 'Unable to perform enableCrypto operation on CakeSocket');
-			$this->setLastError(null, $errorMessage);
-			throw new SocketException($errorMessage);
 		}
+		$errorMessage = __d('cake_dev', 'Unable to perform enableCrypto operation on CakeSocket');
+		$this->setLastError(null, $errorMessage);
+		throw new SocketException($errorMessage);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php b/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php
index eb2f07fc227..2d729427e91 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php
@@ -1617,9 +1617,8 @@ protected function _getContentTypeCharset() {
 		$charset = strtoupper($this->charset);
 		if (array_key_exists($charset, $this->_contentTypeCharset)) {
 			return strtoupper($this->_contentTypeCharset[$charset]);
-		} else {
-			return strtoupper($this->charset);
 		}
+		return strtoupper($this->charset);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/AclBehaviorTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/AclBehaviorTest.php
index 85234fa081f..a971fb507d0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/AclBehaviorTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/AclBehaviorTest.php
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ public function parentNode() {
 		}
 		if (!$motherId) {
 			return null;
-		} else {
-			return array('AclPerson' => array('id' => $motherId));
 		}
+		return array('AclPerson' => array('id' => $motherId));
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehaviorTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehaviorTest.php
index 1829e39119a..57a390069dd 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehaviorTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Behavior/ContainableBehaviorTest.php
@@ -3672,11 +3672,10 @@ protected function _containments($Model, $contain = array()) {
 		if (!is_array($Model)) {
 			$result = $Model->containments($contain);
 			return $this->_containments($result['models']);
-		} else {
-			$result = $Model;
-			foreach ($result as $i => $containment) {
-				$result[$i] = array_diff_key($containment, array('instance' => true));
-			}
+		}
+		$result = $Model;
+		foreach ($result as $i => $containment) {
+			$result[$i] = array_diff_key($containment, array('instance' => true));
 		}
 		return $result;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestSuiteCommand.php b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestSuiteCommand.php
index 5d919020fac..ab8fca7c21c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestSuiteCommand.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/TestSuite/CakeTestSuiteCommand.php
@@ -122,9 +122,8 @@ public function run(array $argv, $exit = true) {
 				exit(PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::SUCCESS_EXIT);
 			} elseif (!isset($result) || $result->errorCount() > 0) {
 				exit(PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::EXCEPTION_EXIT);
-			} else {
-				exit(PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::FAILURE_EXIT);
 			}
+			exit(PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner::FAILURE_EXIT);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Folder.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Folder.php
index f50465b2e97..ca6c4128d15 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Folder.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Folder.php
@@ -516,11 +516,10 @@ public function create($pathname, $mode = false) {
 					umask($old);
 					$this->_messages[] = __d('cake_dev', '%s created', $pathname);
 					return true;
-				} else {
-					umask($old);
-					$this->_errors[] = __d('cake_dev', '%s NOT created', $pathname);
-					return false;
 				}
+				umask($old);
+				$this->_errors[] = __d('cake_dev', '%s NOT created', $pathname);
+				return false;
 			}
 		}
 		return false;
@@ -810,9 +809,8 @@ public function realpath($path) {
 				if (!empty($newparts)) {
 					array_pop($newparts);
 					continue;
-				} else {
-					return false;
 				}
+				return false;
 			}
 			$newparts[] = $part;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Validation.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Validation.php
index e60acd16d40..32252704095 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Validation.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Validation.php
@@ -816,9 +816,8 @@ protected static function _pass($method, $check, $classPrefix) {
 	protected static function _check($check, $regex) {
 		if (is_string($regex) && preg_match($regex, $check)) {
 			return true;
-		} else {
-			return false;
 		}
+		return false;
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
index a97c8521707..cea2ea1f1b8 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
@@ -205,9 +205,8 @@ protected function _introspectModel($model, $key, $field = null) {
 				return $this->fieldset[$model]['fields'];
 			} elseif (isset($this->fieldset[$model]['fields'][$field])) {
 				return $this->fieldset[$model]['fields'][$field];
-			} else {
-				return isset($object->hasAndBelongsToMany[$field]) ? array('type' => 'multiple') : null;
 			}
+			return isset($object->hasAndBelongsToMany[$field]) ? array('type' => 'multiple') : null;
 		}
 
 		if ($key === 'errors' && !isset($this->validationErrors[$model])) {
@@ -232,10 +231,9 @@ protected function _introspectModel($model, $key, $field = null) {
 		if ($key === 'validates') {
 			if (empty($field)) {
 				return $this->fieldset[$model]['validates'];
-			} else {
-				return isset($this->fieldset[$model]['validates'][$field]) ?
-					$this->fieldset[$model]['validates'] : null;
 			}
+			return isset($this->fieldset[$model]['validates'][$field]) ?
+				$this->fieldset[$model]['validates'] : null;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2572,9 +2570,8 @@ protected function _name($options = array(), $field = null, $key = 'name') {
 			if (is_array($options)) {
 				$options[$key] = $name;
 				return $options;
-			} else {
-				return $name;
 			}
+			return $name;
 		}
 		return parent::_name($options, $field, $key);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
index 7357abe155d..61c5622fcc1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
@@ -491,22 +491,21 @@ protected function _pagingLink($which, $title = null, $options = array(), $disab
 			}
 			$link = $this->link($title, $url, compact('escape', 'model') + $options);
 			return $this->Html->tag($tag, $link, compact('class'));
-		} else {
-			unset($options['rel']);
-			if (!$tag) {
-				if ($disabledTag) {
-					$tag = $disabledTag;
-					$disabledTag = null;
-				} else {
-					$tag = $_defaults['tag'];
-				}
-			}
+		}
+		unset($options['rel']);
+		if (!$tag) {
 			if ($disabledTag) {
-				$title = $this->Html->tag($disabledTag, $title, compact('escape') + $options);
-				return $this->Html->tag($tag, $title, compact('class'));
+				$tag = $disabledTag;
+				$disabledTag = null;
+			} else {
+				$tag = $_defaults['tag'];
 			}
-			return $this->Html->tag($tag, $title, compact('escape', 'class') + $options);
 		}
+		if ($disabledTag) {
+			$title = $this->Html->tag($disabledTag, $title, compact('escape') + $options);
+			return $this->Html->tag($tag, $title, compact('class'));
+		}
+		return $this->Html->tag($tag, $title, compact('escape', 'class') + $options);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index e5234d44e1e..962d8168f06 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -564,9 +564,8 @@ public function renderCache($filename, $timeStart) {
 				//@codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 				unset($out);
 				return false;
-			} else {
-				return substr($out, strlen($match[0]));
 			}
+			return substr($out, strlen($match[0]));
 		}
 	}