diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
index e0be4d0b92c..5a06cc219fb 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ protected function _processGet() {
 			$query = $_GET;
 		}
 
+		unset($query['/' . str_replace('.', '_', urldecode($this->url))]);
 		unset($query[$this->base . '/' . str_replace('.', '_', urldecode($this->url))]);
 		if (strpos($this->url, '?') !== false) {
 			list(, $querystr) = explode('?', $this->url);