diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystemSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystemSpec.scala
index 1daddfb5b1..28485c9bad 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystemSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystemSpec.scala
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class ActorSystemSpec extends AkkaSpec("""akka.extensions = ["akka.actor.TestExt
       EventFilter[Exception]("hello", occurrences = 1) intercept {
         a ! "die"
       }
-      val t = probe.expectMsg(Terminated(a)(true, 0))
+      val t = probe.expectMsg(Terminated(a)(true))
       t.existenceConfirmed must be(true)
     }
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
index 2a977d72c6..77e1add959 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ case object Kill extends Kill {
  * When Death Watch is used, the watcher will receive a Terminated(watched) message when watched is terminated.
  */
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
-case class Terminated private[akka] (@BeanProperty actor: ActorRef)(
-  @BeanProperty val existenceConfirmed: Boolean,
-  private[akka] val uid: Int)
-  extends AutoReceivedMessage
+case class Terminated private[akka] (@BeanProperty actor: ActorRef)(@BeanProperty val existenceConfirmed: Boolean) extends AutoReceivedMessage
 
 abstract class ReceiveTimeout extends PossiblyHarmful
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
index bf6ae5731c..1699a27505 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
@@ -375,14 +375,8 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
       publish(Debug(self.path.toString, clazz(actor), "received AutoReceiveMessage " + msg))
 
     msg.message match {
-      case Failed(cause, uid) ⇒ handleFailure(sender, cause, uid)
-      case t @ Terminated(actor) ⇒
-        getChildByRef(actor) match {
-          case Some(crs) if crs.uid == t.uid ⇒ removeChild(actor)
-          case _                             ⇒
-        }
-        watchedActorTerminated(t.actor)
-        receiveMessage(t)
+      case Failed(cause, uid)       ⇒ handleFailure(sender, cause, uid)
+      case t: Terminated            ⇒ watchedActorTerminated(t.actor); receiveMessage(t)
       case Kill                     ⇒ throw new ActorKilledException("Kill")
       case PoisonPill               ⇒ self.stop()
       case SelectParent(m)          ⇒ parent.tell(m, msg.sender)
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala
index 13225165f1..c5e49ece70 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ private[akka] class EmptyLocalActorRef(override val provider: ActorRefProvider,
   protected def specialHandle(msg: Any): Boolean = msg match {
     case w: Watch ⇒
       if (w.watchee == this && w.watcher != this)
-        w.watcher ! Terminated(w.watchee)(existenceConfirmed = false, 0)
+        w.watcher ! Terminated(w.watchee)(existenceConfirmed = false)
       true
     case _: Unwatch ⇒ true // Just ignore
     case _          ⇒ false
@@ -466,10 +466,11 @@ private[akka] class DeadLetterActorRef(_provider: ActorRefProvider,
   override protected def specialHandle(msg: Any): Boolean = msg match {
     case w: Watch ⇒
       if (w.watchee != this && w.watcher != this)
-        w.watcher ! Terminated(w.watchee)(existenceConfirmed = false, 0)
+        w.watcher ! Terminated(w.watchee)(existenceConfirmed = false)
       true
-    case w: Unwatch ⇒ true // Just ignore
-    case _          ⇒ false
+    case w: Unwatch  ⇒ true // Just ignore
+    case NullMessage ⇒ true
+    case _           ⇒ false
   }
 
   @throws(classOf[java.io.ObjectStreamException])
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/Children.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/Children.scala
index c0988fe13c..53b4dfb99e 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/Children.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/Children.scala
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ private[akka] trait Children { this: ActorCell ⇒
     swapChildrenRefs(c, c.shallDie(ref)) || shallDie(ref)
   }
 
-  @tailrec final protected def removeChild(ref: ActorRef): ChildrenContainer = {
+  @tailrec final private def removeChild(ref: ActorRef): ChildrenContainer = {
     val c = childrenRefs
     val n = c.remove(ref)
     if (swapChildrenRefs(c, n)) n
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/DeathWatch.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/DeathWatch.scala
index 2c78075764..031019f3f6 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/DeathWatch.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/DeathWatch.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ private[akka] trait DeathWatch { this: ActorCell ⇒
 
   protected def tellWatchersWeDied(actor: Actor): Unit = {
     if (!watchedBy.isEmpty) {
-      val terminated = Terminated(self)(existenceConfirmed = true, uid)
+      val terminated = Terminated(self)(existenceConfirmed = true)
       try {
         watchedBy foreach {
           watcher ⇒
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/FaultHandling.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/FaultHandling.scala
index 4e5eeedcc6..0c0f9bb9c0 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/FaultHandling.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/cell/FaultHandling.scala
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import akka.event.Logging.{ Warning, Error, Debug }
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 import akka.dispatch.SystemMessage
 import akka.event.Logging
+import akka.dispatch.NullMessage
 
 private[akka] trait FaultHandling { this: ActorCell ⇒
 
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ private[akka] trait FaultHandling { this: ActorCell ⇒
     try if (a ne null) a.postStop()
     finally try dispatcher.detach(this)
     finally try parent.sendSystemMessage(ChildTerminated(self))
+    finally try parent.tell(NullMessage) // read ScalaDoc of NullMessage to see why
     finally try tellWatchersWeDied(a)
     finally try unwatchWatchedActors(a)
     finally {
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/AskSupport.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/AskSupport.scala
index ba9558aa84..345d133ea4 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/AskSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/AskSupport.scala
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ private[akka] final class PromiseActorRef private (val provider: ActorRefProvide
     case _: Terminate ⇒ stop()
     case Watch(watchee, watcher) ⇒
       if (watchee == this && watcher != this) {
-        if (!addWatcher(watcher)) watcher ! Terminated(watchee)(existenceConfirmed = true, 0)
+        if (!addWatcher(watcher)) watcher ! Terminated(watchee)(existenceConfirmed = true)
       } else System.err.println("BUG: illegal Watch(%s,%s) for %s".format(watchee, watcher, this))
     case Unwatch(watchee, watcher) ⇒
       if (watchee == this && watcher != this) remWatcher(watcher)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ private[akka] final class PromiseActorRef private (val provider: ActorRefProvide
       result tryComplete Failure(new ActorKilledException("Stopped"))
       val watchers = clearWatchers()
       if (!watchers.isEmpty) {
-        val termination = Terminated(this)(existenceConfirmed = true, 0)
+        val termination = Terminated(this)(existenceConfirmed = true)
         watchers foreach { w ⇒ try w.tell(termination, this) catch { case NonFatal(t) ⇒ /* FIXME LOG THIS */ } }
       }
     }
diff --git a/akka-docs/java/code/docs/actor/FaultHandlingTestBase.java b/akka-docs/java/code/docs/actor/FaultHandlingTestBase.java
index 75d732427a..6f31be6ef4 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/code/docs/actor/FaultHandlingTestBase.java
+++ b/akka-docs/java/code/docs/actor/FaultHandlingTestBase.java
@@ -211,4 +211,4 @@ public class FaultHandlingTestBase {
   }
   //#testkit
 }
-//#testkit
\ No newline at end of file
+//#testkit
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/code/docs/actor/FaultHandlingDocSpec.scala b/akka-docs/scala/code/docs/actor/FaultHandlingDocSpec.scala
index 0387c6e6a6..c5aff099da 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/code/docs/actor/FaultHandlingDocSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/code/docs/actor/FaultHandlingDocSpec.scala
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@ class FaultHandlingDocSpec extends AkkaSpec with ImplicitSender {
     }
   }
 }
-//#testkit
\ No newline at end of file
+//#testkit