diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
index 6fcc1cb6b0..baa5701b7d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class Form implements \IteratorAggregate, FormInterface
             return null;
         }
 
-        if ($this->hasParent() && null === $this->getParent()->getConfig()->getDataClass()) {
+        if ($this->parent && null === $this->parent->getConfig()->getDataClass()) {
             return new PropertyPath('[' . $this->getName() . ']');
         }
 
@@ -271,7 +271,12 @@ class Form implements \IteratorAggregate, FormInterface
     }
 
     /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
+     * Returns whether the form has a parent.
+     *
+     * @return Boolean
+     *
+     * @deprecated Deprecated since version 2.1, to be removed in 2.3. Use
+     *             {@link getParent()} or inverse {@link isRoot()} instead.
      */
     public function hasParent()
     {
@@ -291,7 +296,7 @@ class Form implements \IteratorAggregate, FormInterface
      */
     public function isRoot()
     {
-        return !$this->hasParent();
+        return null === $this->parent;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormInterface.php
index 31582205b3..8b307660ca 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormInterface.php
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ interface FormInterface extends \ArrayAccess, \Traversable, \Countable
      */
     public function getParent();
 
-    /**
-     * Returns whether the form has a parent.
-     *
-     * @return Boolean
-     */
-    public function hasParent();
-
     /**
      * Adds a child to the form.
      *