diff --git a/cake/libs/validation.php b/cake/libs/validation.php
index c1c17e9c99e..94c67cc04c2 100644
--- a/cake/libs/validation.php
+++ b/cake/libs/validation.php
@@ -666,14 +666,11 @@ public static function ssn($check, $regex = null, $country = null) {
  * @return boolean Success
  */
 	public static function url($check, $strict = false) {
-		self::__populateIp();
-		$validChars = '([' . preg_quote('!"$&\'()*+,-.@_:;=~') . '\/0-9a-z]|(%[0-9a-f]{2}))';
-		$regex = '/^(?:(?:https?|ftps?|file|news|gopher):\/\/)' . (!empty($strict) ? '' : '?') .
-			'(?:' . self::$__pattern['IPv4'] . '|' . self::$__pattern['hostname'] . ')(?::[1-9][0-9]{0,3})?' .
-			'(?:\/?|\/' . $validChars . '*)?' .
-			'(?:\?' . $validChars . '*)?' .
-			'(?:#' . $validChars . '*)?$/i';
-		return self::_check($check, $regex);
+		$flags = array(FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED);
+		if ($strict === true) {
+			$flags[] = FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED;
+		}
+		return (boolean)filter_var($check, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, $flags);
 	}
 
 /**