diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
index 08252c420..1f4550d8c 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ class BasicEntityPersister
         );
     }
 
-    private function generateFilterConditionSQL(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
+    private function generateFilterConditionSQL(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
     {
         $filterSql = '';
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php
index 1a5bd8e51..190ae7be6 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php
@@ -328,17 +328,8 @@ class JoinedSubclassPersister extends AbstractEntityInheritancePersister
 
                 $joinSql .= $baseTableAlias . '.' . $idColumn . ' = ' . $tableAlias . '.' . $idColumn;
             }
-
-            // Filters for each parent table
-            $filterSql = $this->generateFilterConditionSQL($parentClass, $tableAlias, $parentClass->table['name']);
-            if('' !== $filterSql) {
-                if (!$first) $joinSql .= ' AND ';
-                $joinSql .= $filterSql;
-            }
         }
 
-        //@todo: filters for the sub tables of childs
-
         // OUTER JOIN sub tables
         foreach ($this->_class->subClasses as $subClassName) {
             $subClass = $this->_em->getClassMetadata($subClassName);
@@ -398,13 +389,6 @@ class JoinedSubclassPersister extends AbstractEntityInheritancePersister
             $lockSql = ' ' . $this->_platform->getWriteLockSql();
         }
 
-        // Filters for the base table
-        $filterSql = $this->generateFilterConditionSQL($this->_class, $baseTableAlias, $this->_class->table['name']);
-        if('' !== $filterSql) {
-            if($conditionSql) $conditionSql .= ' AND ';
-            $conditionSql .= $filterSql;
-        }
-
         return $this->_platform->modifyLimitQuery('SELECT ' . $this->_selectColumnListSql
                 . ' FROM ' . $this->_class->getQuotedTableName($this->_platform) . ' ' . $baseTableAlias
                 . $joinSql
@@ -490,13 +474,13 @@ class JoinedSubclassPersister extends AbstractEntityInheritancePersister
         $this->_class->setFieldValue($entity, $this->_class->versionField, $value);
     }
 
-    private function generateFilterConditionSQL(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
+    private function generateFilterConditionSQL(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
     {
         $filterSql = '';
 
         $first =  true;
         foreach($this->_em->getFilters()->getEnabledFilters() as $filter) {
-            if("" !== $filterExpr = $filter->addFilterConstraint($targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable)) {
+            if("" !== $filterExpr = $filter->addFilterConstraint($targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)) {
                 if ( ! $first) $filterSql .= ' AND '; else $first = false;
                 $filterSql .= '(' . $filterExpr . ')';
             }
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Filter/SQLFilter.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Filter/SQLFilter.php
index 6ffe2b6de..81cae335a 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Filter/SQLFilter.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Filter/SQLFilter.php
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ abstract class SQLFilter
     /**
      * @return string The constraint if there is one, empty string otherwise
      */
-    abstract public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '');
+    abstract public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias);
 }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SQLFilterTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SQLFilterTest.php
index 92016bc69..107b4ca84 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SQLFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SQLFilterTest.php
@@ -449,44 +449,6 @@ class SQLFilterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertEquals(1, count($user->groups->slice(0,10)));
     }
 
-    public function testJoinSubclassPersister_FilterOnBaseTable()
-    {
-        $this->loadCompanyFixtureData();
-        $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyManager')->findAll()));
-
-        // Enable the filter
-        $conf = $this->_em->getConfiguration();
-        $conf->addFilter("manager_title", "\Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\CompanyManagerTitleFilter");
-        $this->_em->getFilters()
-            ->enable("manager_title")
-            ->setParameter("title", "devlead", \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::getType(\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::STRING)->getBindingType());
-
-        $this->_em->getConnection()->getConfiguration()->setSQLLogger(new \Doctrine\DBAL\Logging\EchoSQLLogger);
-
-        $managers = $this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyManager')->findAll();
-        $this->assertEquals(1, count($managers));
-        $this->assertEquals("Guilherme", $managers[0]->getName());
-    }
-
-    public function testJoinSubclassPersister_FilterOnParentTable()
-    {
-        $this->loadCompanyFixtureData();
-        $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyManager')->findAll()));
-
-        // Enable the filter
-        $conf = $this->_em->getConfiguration();
-        $conf->addFilter("employee_department", "\Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\CompanyEmployeeDepartmentFilter");
-        $this->_em->getFilters()
-            ->enable("employee_department")
-            ->setParameter("department", "parsers", \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::getType(\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::STRING)->getBindingType());
-
-        $this->_em->getConnection()->getConfiguration()->setSQLLogger(new \Doctrine\DBAL\Logging\EchoSQLLogger);
-
-        $managers = $this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyManager')->findAll();
-        $this->assertEquals(1, count($managers));
-        $this->assertEquals("Guilherme", $managers[0]->getName());
-    }
-
     private function loadFixtureData()
     {
         $user = new CmsUser;
@@ -574,7 +536,7 @@ class SQLFilterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
 
 class MySoftDeleteFilter extends SQLFilter
 {
-    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
+    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
     {
         if ($targetEntity->name != "MyEntity\SoftDeleteNewsItem") {
             return "";
@@ -586,7 +548,7 @@ class MySoftDeleteFilter extends SQLFilter
 
 class MyLocaleFilter extends SQLFilter
 {
-    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
+    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
     {
         if (!in_array("LocaleAware", $targetEntity->reflClass->getInterfaceNames())) {
             return "";
@@ -598,7 +560,7 @@ class MyLocaleFilter extends SQLFilter
 
 class CMSCountryFilter extends SQLFilter
 {
-    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
+    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
     {
         if ($targetEntity->name != "Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsAddress") {
             return "";
@@ -610,7 +572,7 @@ class CMSCountryFilter extends SQLFilter
 
 class CMSGroupPrefixFilter extends SQLFilter
 {
-    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
+    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
     {
         if ($targetEntity->name != "Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsGroup") {
             return "";
@@ -621,7 +583,7 @@ class CMSGroupPrefixFilter extends SQLFilter
 }
 class CMSArticleTopicFilter extends SQLFilter
 {
-    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
+    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
     {
         if ($targetEntity->name != "Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsArticle") {
             return "";
@@ -630,27 +592,3 @@ class CMSArticleTopicFilter extends SQLFilter
         return $targetTableAlias.'.topic = ' . $this->getParameter('topic'); // getParam uses connection to quote the value.
     }
 }
-
-class CompanyManagerTitleFilter extends SQLFilter
-{
-    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
-    {
-        if ($targetEntity->name != "Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyManager") {
-            return "";
-        }
-
-        return $targetTableAlias.'.title = ' . $this->getParameter('title'); // getParam uses connection to quote the value.
-    }
-}
-
-class CompanyEmployeeDepartmentFilter extends SQLFilter
-{
-    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
-    {
-        if ($targetEntity->name != "Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyEmployee") {
-            return "";
-        }
-
-        return $targetTableAlias.'.department = ' . $this->getParameter('department'); // getParam uses connection to quote the value.
-    }
-}