diff --git a/cake/config/paths.php b/cake/config/paths.php
index 636766ee961..8bb6da19aeb 100644
--- a/cake/config/paths.php
+++ b/cake/config/paths.php
@@ -197,13 +197,6 @@
 	define('VENDORS', CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH.DS.'vendors'.DS);
 }
 
-/**
- * Path to the Pear directory
- * The purporse is to make it easy porting Pear libs into Cake
- * without setting the include_path PHP variable.
- */
-	define('PEAR', VENDORS.'Pear'.DS);
-
 /**
  *  Full url prefix
  */