diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/MemcachedSessionStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/MemcachedSessionStorage.php
index 366d81501375..bc642cb08286 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/MemcachedSessionStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/MemcachedSessionStorage.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage;
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler;
 
 /**
  * MemcachedSessionStorage.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  *
  * @author Drak <drak@zikula.org>
  */
-class MemcachedSessionStorage extends AbstractSessionStorage implements \SessionHandlerInterface
+class MemcachedSessionHandler implements \SessionHandlerInterface
 {
     /**
      * Memcached driver.
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ public function __construct(\Memcached $memcached, array $memcachedOptions = arr
         $this->memcached->setOption(\Memcached::OPT_PREFIX_KEY, isset($memcachedOptions['prefix']) ? $memcachedOptions['prefix'] : 'sf2s');
 
         $this->memcachedOptions = $memcachedOptions;
-
-        parent::__construct($options);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeFileSessionStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeFileSessionStorage.php
index eca342ec372e..5acf004d1502 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeFileSessionStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeFileSessionStorage.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage;
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler;
 
 /**
  * NativeFileSessionStorage.
@@ -18,42 +18,24 @@
  *
  * @author Drak <drak@zikula.org>
  */
-class NativeFileSessionStorage extends AbstractSessionStorage
+class NativeFileSessionHandler extends NativeSessionHandler
 {
-    /**
-     * @var string
-     */
-    private $savePath;
-
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
-     * @param string $savePath Path of directory to save session files.
-     * @param array  $options  Session configuration options.
-     *
-     * @see AbstractSessionStorage::__construct()
+     * @param string $savePath Path of directory to save session files.  Default null will leave setting as defined by PHP.
      */
-    public function __construct($savePath = null, array $options = array())
+    public function __construct($savePath = null)
     {
         if (null === $savePath) {
-            $savePath = sys_get_temp_dir();
+            $savePath = ini_get('session.save_path');
         }
 
-        if (!is_dir($savePath)) {
+        if ($savePath && !is_dir($savePath)) {
             mkdir($savePath, 0777, true);
         }
 
-        $this->savePath = $savePath;
-
-        parent::__construct($options);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    protected function registerSaveHandlers()
-    {
         ini_set('session.save_handler', 'files');
-        ini_set('session.save_path', $this->savePath);
+        ini_set('session.save_path', $savePath);
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeMemcacheSessionStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeMemcacheSessionStorage.php
index ec34ead6d869..beef87e965dd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeMemcacheSessionStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeMemcacheSessionStorage.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage;
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler;
 
 /**
  * NativeMemcacheSessionStorage.
@@ -20,13 +20,8 @@
  *
  * @author Drak <drak@zikula.org>
  */
-class NativeMemcacheSessionStorage extends AbstractSessionStorage
+class NativeMemcacheSessionHandler extends NativeSessionHandler
 {
-    /**
-     * @var string
-     */
-    private $savePath;
-
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
@@ -41,17 +36,14 @@ public function __construct($savePath = 'tcp://127.0.0.1:11211?persistent=0', ar
             throw new \RuntimeException('PHP does not have "memcache" session module registered');
         }
 
-        $this->savePath = $savePath;
-        parent::__construct($options);
-    }
+        if (null === $savePath) {
+            $savePath = ini_get('session.save_path');
+        }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    protected function registerSaveHandlers()
-    {
         ini_set('session.save_handler', 'memcache');
-        ini_set('session.save_path', $this->savePath);
+        ini_set('session.save_path', $savePath);
+
+        $this->setOptions($options);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -73,7 +65,5 @@ protected function setOptions(array $options)
                 ini_set($key, $value);
             }
         }
-
-        parent::setOptions($options);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeMemcachedSessionStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeMemcachedSessionStorage.php
index e923f34030d5..11f6790aefba 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeMemcachedSessionStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeMemcachedSessionStorage.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage;
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler;
 
 /**
  * NativeMemcachedSessionStorage.
@@ -20,13 +20,8 @@
  *
  * @author Drak <drak@zikula.org>
  */
-class NativeMemcachedSessionStorage extends AbstractSessionStorage
+class NativeMemcachedSessionHandler extends NativeSessionHandler
 {
-    /**
-     * @var string
-     */
-    private $savePath;
-
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
@@ -41,17 +36,14 @@ public function __construct($savePath = '127.0.0.1:11211', array $options = arra
             throw new \RuntimeException('PHP does not have "memcached" session module registered');
         }
 
-        $this->savePath = $savePath;
-        parent::__construct($options);
-    }
+        if (null === $savePath) {
+            $savePath = ini_get('session.save_path');
+        }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    protected function registerSaveHandlers()
-    {
         ini_set('session.save_handler', 'memcached');
-        ini_set('session.save_path', $this->savePath);
+        ini_set('session.save_path', $savePath);
+
+        $this->setOptions($options);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -72,7 +64,6 @@ protected function setOptions(array $options)
                 ini_set($key, $value);
             }
         }
-
-        parent::setOptions($options);
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeSqliteSessionStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeSqliteSessionStorage.php
index 4c528b0dd745..4f383efb054d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeSqliteSessionStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeSqliteSessionStorage.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage;
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler;
 
 /**
  * NativeSqliteSessionStorage.
@@ -18,38 +18,30 @@
  *
  * @author Drak <drak@zikula.org>
  */
-class NativeSqliteSessionStorage extends AbstractSessionStorage
+class NativeSqliteSessionHandler extends NativeSessionHandler
 {
-    /**
-     * @var string
-     */
-    private $dbPath;
-
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
-     * @param string $dbPath  Path to SQLite database file.
-     * @param array  $options Session configuration options.
+     * @param string $savePath Path to SQLite database file itself.
+     * @param array  $options  Session configuration options.
      *
      * @see AbstractSessionStorage::__construct()
      */
-    public function __construct($dbPath, array $options = array())
+    public function __construct($savePath, array $options = array())
     {
         if (!extension_loaded('sqlite')) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('PHP does not have "sqlite" session module registered');
         }
 
-        $this->dbPath = $dbPath;
-        parent::__construct($options);
-    }
+        if (null === $savePath) {
+            $savePath = ini_get('session.save_path');
+        }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    protected function registerSaveHandlers()
-    {
         ini_set('session.save_handler', 'sqlite');
-        ini_set('session.save_path', $this->dbPath);
+        ini_set('session.save_path', $savePath);
+
+        $this->setOptions($options);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,7 +58,5 @@ protected function setOptions(array $options)
                 ini_set($key, $value);
             }
         }
-
-        parent::setOptions($options);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NullSessionStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NullSessionStorage.php
index 8f45a6eff277..0839622aeaa7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NullSessionStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NullSessionStorage.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  */
 
-namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage;
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler;
 
 /**
  * NullSessionStorage.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  *
  * @api
  */
-class NullSessionStorage extends AbstractSessionStorage implements \SessionHandlerInterface
+class NullSessionHandler implements \SessionHandlerInterface
 {
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}