diff --git a/cake/console/templates/default/classes/controller.ctp b/cake/console/templates/default/classes/controller.ctp
index 0214d914aa4..af5d684986d 100644
--- a/cake/console/templates/default/classes/controller.ctp
+++ b/cake/console/templates/default/classes/controller.ctp
@@ -58,4 +58,3 @@ echo $actions;
 endif; ?>
 
 }
-<?php echo "?>"; ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cake/console/templates/default/classes/fixture.ctp b/cake/console/templates/default/classes/fixture.ctp
index 6d158052ce7..2f16bb75c2c 100644
--- a/cake/console/templates/default/classes/fixture.ctp
+++ b/cake/console/templates/default/classes/fixture.ctp
@@ -39,4 +39,3 @@ class <?php echo $model; ?>Fixture extends CakeTestFixture {
 	var $records = <?php echo $records; ?>;
 <?php endif;?>
 }
-<?php echo '?>'; ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cake/console/templates/default/classes/model.ctp b/cake/console/templates/default/classes/model.ctp
index e3c303e1c1c..a5d2a9e4932 100644
--- a/cake/console/templates/default/classes/model.ctp
+++ b/cake/console/templates/default/classes/model.ctp
@@ -139,4 +139,3 @@ if (!empty($associations['hasAndBelongsToMany'])):
 endif;
 ?>
 }
-<?php echo '?>'; ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cake/console/templates/default/classes/test.ctp b/cake/console/templates/default/classes/test.ctp
index 1207e468c13..70f4d5a0907 100644
--- a/cake/console/templates/default/classes/test.ctp
+++ b/cake/console/templates/default/classes/test.ctp
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ class <?php echo $fullClassName; ?>TestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 
 <?php endforeach;?>
 }
-<?php echo '?>'; ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/controller.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/controller.test.php
index 3dc758ac39f..69ed7cf6e4a 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/controller.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/controller.test.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 	require CAKE . 'console' .  DS . 'cake.php';
 	ob_end_clean();
 }
+null
 
 require_once CAKE . 'console' .  DS . 'libs' . DS . 'tasks' . DS . 'project.php';
 require_once CAKE . 'console' .  DS . 'libs' . DS . 'tasks' . DS . 'controller.php';