diff --git a/app/config/core.php b/app/config/core.php
index 545b1c49401..9e930498d8a 100644
--- a/app/config/core.php
+++ b/app/config/core.php
@@ -247,11 +247,6 @@
  */
 	//date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 
-/**
- * Add files or folders that should be ignored by CakePHP when scanning application folder.
- */
-	//Configure::write('ignorePaths', array('.svn', '.git', 'CVS', 'tests', 'templates', 'node_modules'));
-
 /**
  *
  * Cache Engine Configuration
diff --git a/cake/libs/configure.php b/cake/libs/configure.php
index faa3ceec16d..f5e75eb1553 100644
--- a/cake/libs/configure.php
+++ b/cake/libs/configure.php
@@ -1035,10 +1035,7 @@ function __find($file, $recursive = true) {
 					require LIBS . 'folder.php';
 				}
 				$Folder =& new Folder();
-				$ignorePaths = Configure::read('ignorePaths');
-				if(empty($ignorePaths)) {
-					$ignorePaths = array('.svn', '.git', 'CVS', 'tests', 'templates');
-				}
+				$ignorePaths = array('.svn', '.git', 'CVS', 'tests', 'templates', 'node_modules');
 				$directories = $Folder->tree($path, $ignorePaths, 'dir');
 				sort($directories);
 				$this->__paths[$path] = $directories;