diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
index 795da3f3f4..7d3a168f03 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
@@ -1671,8 +1671,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
                 writer.WriteElementString("ProfileBegin", shp.ProfileBegin.ToString());
                 writer.WriteElementString("ProfileEnd", shp.ProfileEnd.ToString());
                 writer.WriteElementString("ProfileHollow", shp.ProfileHollow.ToString());
-                // There's no such thing as a primitive with state != 0 (attachment)
-                writer.WriteElementString("State", (shp.PCode == (byte)PCodeEnum.Primitive ? "0" : shp.State.ToString()));
+                writer.WriteElementString("State", shp.State.ToString());
                 writer.WriteElementString("LastAttachPoint", shp.LastAttachPoint.ToString());
 
                 WriteFlags(writer, "ProfileShape", shp.ProfileShape.ToString(), options);
@@ -1800,10 +1799,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
 
             reader.ReadEndElement(); // Shape
 
-            if (shape.PCode == (byte)PCodeEnum.Primitive && shape.State != 0)
-                // This should not happen!
-                shape.State = 0;
-
             errorNodeNames = internalErrorNodeNames;
 
             return shape;