diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs
index 998c19ee90..cddf8189b1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs
@@ -244,25 +244,20 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             if (part.ParentGroup.RootPart.LocalId != part.LocalId)
                 return;
 
-            bool isAttachment = false;
-            
             // This is wrong, wrong, wrong. Selection should not be
             // handled by group, but by prim. Legacy cruft.
             // TODO: Make selection flagging per prim!
             //
             part.ParentGroup.IsSelected = false;
             
-            if (part.ParentGroup.IsAttachment)
-                isAttachment = true;
-            else
-                part.ParentGroup.ScheduleGroupForFullUpdate();
+            part.ParentGroup.ScheduleGroupForFullUpdate();
 
             // If it's not an attachment, and we are allowed to move it,
             // then we might have done so. If we moved across a parcel
             // boundary, we will need to recount prims on the parcels.
             // For attachments, that makes no sense.
             //
-            if (!isAttachment)
+            if (!part.ParentGroup.IsAttachment)
             {
                 if (Permissions.CanEditObject(
                         part.UUID, remoteClient.AgentId) 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index b3e6b67b11..9e6c25de7e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -2700,7 +2700,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 return;
 
             // This was pulled from SceneViewer. Attachments always receive full updates.
-            // I could not verify if this is a requirement but this maintains existing behavior
+            // This is needed because otherwise if only the root prim changes position, then
+            // it looks as if the entire object has moved (including the other prims).
             if (ParentGroup.IsAttachment)
             {
                 ScheduleFullUpdate();