diff --git a/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php b/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php
index e06c6d228e7..3babe7c580d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ public static function reverse($params, $full = false) {
  * @param array|string $url URL to normalize Either an array or a string URL.
  * @return string Normalized URL
  */
-	public static function normalize($url = '/', $strip = true) {
+	public static function normalize($url = '/') {
 		if (is_array($url)) {
 			$url = Router::url($url);
 		}
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ public static function normalize($url = '/', $strip = true) {
 		}
 		$request = Router::getRequest();
 
-		if ($strip && !empty($request->base) && stristr($url, $request->base)) {
+		if (!empty($request->base) && stristr($url, $request->base)) {
 			$url = preg_replace('/^' . preg_quote($request->base, '/') . '/', '', $url, 1);
 		}
 		$url = '/' . $url;
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Routing/RouterTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Routing/RouterTest.php
index bb7038646cc..44c256bd752 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Routing/RouterTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Routing/RouterTest.php
@@ -284,9 +284,6 @@ public function testUrlNormalization() {
 		$result = Router::normalize('/us/users/logout/');
 		$this->assertEquals('/users/logout', $result);
 
-		$result = Router::normalize('/us/users/logout/', false);
-		$this->assertEquals('/us/users/logout', $result);
-
 		Router::reload();
 
 		$request = new CakeRequest();