diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
index f2fdc7c4c11..790460064a6 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/Controller.php
@@ -147,13 +147,6 @@ class Controller extends Object implements EventListener {
  */
 	public $layoutPath = null;
 
-/**
- * Contains variables to be handed to the view.
- *
- * @var array
- */
-	public $viewVars = array();
-
 /**
  * The name of the view file to render. The name specified
  * is the filename in /app/View/<SubFolder> without the .ctp extension.
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTaskTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTaskTest.php
index f7a0cfe78b8..c5dead24075 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTaskTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTaskTest.php
@@ -65,20 +65,20 @@ public function tearDown() {
  */
 	public function testSet() {
 		$this->Task->set('one', 'two');
-		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->Task->templateVars['one']));
-		$this->assertEquals('two', $this->Task->templateVars['one']);
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->Task->viewVars['one']));
+		$this->assertEquals('two', $this->Task->viewVars['one']);
 
 		$this->Task->set(array('one' => 'three', 'four' => 'five'));
-		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->Task->templateVars['one']));
-		$this->assertEquals('three', $this->Task->templateVars['one']);
-		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->Task->templateVars['four']));
-		$this->assertEquals('five', $this->Task->templateVars['four']);
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->Task->viewVars['one']));
+		$this->assertEquals('three', $this->Task->viewVars['one']);
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($this->Task->viewVars['four']));
+		$this->assertEquals('five', $this->Task->viewVars['four']);
 
-		$this->Task->templateVars = array();
+		$this->Task->viewVars = array();
 		$this->Task->set(array(3 => 'three', 4 => 'four'));
 		$this->Task->set(array(1 => 'one', 2 => 'two'));
 		$expected = array(3 => 'three', 4 => 'four', 1 => 'one', 2 => 'two');
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->Task->templateVars);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->Task->viewVars);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/ViewVarsTrait.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/ViewVarsTrait.php
index 9956ca8d9ab..a3647f61bb3 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/ViewVarsTrait.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/ViewVarsTrait.php
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
  */
 trait ViewVarsTrait {
 
+/**
+ * Variables for the view
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
 	public $viewVars = array();
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index aebc3230d89..78024df0b4d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -119,13 +119,6 @@ class View extends Object {
  */
 	public $viewPath = null;
 
-/**
- * Variables for the view
- *
- * @var array
- */
-	public $viewVars = array();
-
 /**
  * Name of view to use with this View.
  *