diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/BeanstalkdQueue.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/BeanstalkdQueue.php
index d6b0761d4c1..24dc9c0b4f8 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/BeanstalkdQueue.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/BeanstalkdQueue.php
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public function deleteMessage($queue, $id)
      */
     public function getQueue($queue)
     {
-        return $this->getQueuePrefix().($queue ?: $this->default);
+        return $queue ?: $this->default;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/DatabaseQueue.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/DatabaseQueue.php
index 59f58a75473..51a30a7df78 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/DatabaseQueue.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/DatabaseQueue.php
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ protected function getNextAvailableJob($queue)
     {
         $job = $this->database->table($this->table)
                     ->lockForUpdate()
-                    ->where('queue', $queue)
+                    ->where('queue', $this->getQueue($queue))
                     ->where(function ($query) {
                         $this->isAvailable($query);
                         $this->isReservedButExpired($query);
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public function deleteReserved($queue, $id)
      */
     protected function getQueue($queue)
     {
-        return $this->getQueuePrefix().($queue ?: $this->default);
+        return $queue ?: $this->default;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Queue.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Queue.php
index fdccfc78db4..c53dcf35539 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Queue.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Queue.php
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ abstract class Queue
      */
     protected $connectionName;
 
-    /**
-     * The queue prefix.
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $queuePrefix;
-
     /**
      * Push a new job onto the queue.
      *
@@ -185,29 +178,6 @@ public function setConnectionName($name)
         return $this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Set the queue name prefix.
-     *
-     * @param  string  $prefix
-     * @return $this
-     */
-    public function setQueuePrefix($prefix = null)
-    {
-        $this->queuePrefix = $prefix;
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the queue name prefix.
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getQueuePrefix()
-    {
-        return $this->queuePrefix;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Set the IoC container instance.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueManager.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueManager.php
index d86ce6a4e50..b8fcb3c91b0 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueManager.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueManager.php
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ protected function resolve($name)
 
         return $this->getConnector($config['driver'])
                         ->connect($config)
-                        ->setConnectionName($name)
-                        ->setQueuePrefix($this->getQueuePrefix());
+                        ->setConnectionName($name);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -244,16 +243,6 @@ public function getName($connection = null)
         return $connection ?: $this->getDefaultDriver();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the queue name prefix.
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getQueuePrefix()
-    {
-        return $this->app['config']->get('queue.prefix');
-    }
-
     /**
      * Determine if the application is in maintenance mode.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php
index 6cb489b1e4d..9dad2419fdf 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/RedisQueue.php
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ protected function getRandomId()
      */
     protected function getQueue($queue)
     {
-        return 'queues:'.$this->getQueuePrefix().($queue ?: $this->default);
+        return 'queues:'.($queue ?: $this->default);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/SqsQueue.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/SqsQueue.php
index 8388fd21606..dc85d9771a6 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/SqsQueue.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/SqsQueue.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public function pop($queue = null)
      */
     public function getQueue($queue)
     {
-        $queue = $this->getQueuePrefix().($queue ?: $this->default);
+        $queue = $queue ?: $this->default;
 
         return filter_var($queue, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) === false
                         ? rtrim($this->prefix, '/').'/'.$queue : $queue;
diff --git a/tests/Queue/QueueManagerTest.php b/tests/Queue/QueueManagerTest.php
index 6cd35ecb532..d5b08b0e590 100755
--- a/tests/Queue/QueueManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Queue/QueueManagerTest.php
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ public function tearDown()
 
     public function testDefaultConnectionCanBeResolved()
     {
-        $config = new Repository([
-            'queue.default' => 'sync',
-            'queue.connections.sync' => ['driver' => 'sync'],
-        ]);
-
         $app = [
-            'config' => $config,
+            'config' => [
+                'queue.default' => 'sync',
+                'queue.connections.sync' => ['driver' => 'sync'],
+            ],
             'encrypter' => $encrypter = m::mock('Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter'),
         ];
 
@@ -30,25 +28,22 @@ public function testDefaultConnectionCanBeResolved()
         $connector = m::mock('StdClass');
         $queue = m::mock('StdClass');
         $queue->shouldReceive('setConnectionName')->once()->with('sync')->andReturnSelf();
-        $queue->shouldReceive('setQueuePrefix')->once()->with('')->andReturnSelf();
         $connector->shouldReceive('connect')->once()->with(['driver' => 'sync'])->andReturn($queue);
         $manager->addConnector('sync', function () use ($connector) {
             return $connector;
         });
-        $queue->shouldReceive('setContainer')->once()->with($app);
 
+        $queue->shouldReceive('setContainer')->once()->with($app);
         $this->assertSame($queue, $manager->connection('sync'));
     }
 
     public function testOtherConnectionCanBeResolved()
     {
-        $config = new Repository([
-            'queue.default' => 'sync',
-            'queue.connections.foo' => ['driver' => 'bar'],
-        ]);
-
         $app = [
-            'config' => $config,
+            'config' => [
+                'queue.default' => 'sync',
+                'queue.connections.foo' => ['driver' => 'bar'],
+            ],
             'encrypter' => $encrypter = m::mock('Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter'),
         ];
 
@@ -56,7 +51,6 @@ public function testOtherConnectionCanBeResolved()
         $connector = m::mock('StdClass');
         $queue = m::mock('StdClass');
         $queue->shouldReceive('setConnectionName')->once()->with('foo')->andReturnSelf();
-        $queue->shouldReceive('setQueuePrefix')->once()->with('')->andReturnSelf();
         $connector->shouldReceive('connect')->once()->with(['driver' => 'bar'])->andReturn($queue);
         $manager->addConnector('bar', function () use ($connector) {
             return $connector;
@@ -68,12 +62,10 @@ public function testOtherConnectionCanBeResolved()
 
     public function testNullConnectionCanBeResolved()
     {
-        $config = new Repository([
-            'queue.default' => 'null',
-        ]);
-
         $app = [
-            'config' => $config,
+            'config' => [
+                'queue.default' => 'null',
+            ],
             'encrypter' => $encrypter = m::mock('Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter'),
         ];
 
@@ -81,7 +73,6 @@ public function testNullConnectionCanBeResolved()
         $connector = m::mock('StdClass');
         $queue = m::mock('StdClass');
         $queue->shouldReceive('setConnectionName')->once()->with('null')->andReturnSelf();
-        $queue->shouldReceive('setQueuePrefix')->once()->with('')->andReturnSelf();
         $connector->shouldReceive('connect')->once()->with(['driver' => 'null'])->andReturn($queue);
         $manager->addConnector('null', function () use ($connector) {
             return $connector;