diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/AvatarAnimations.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/AvatarAnimations.cs
index daaa3194ee..be882e077f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/AvatarAnimations.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/AvatarAnimations.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 * 
 */
+
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Xml;
@@ -35,18 +36,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
 {
     public class AvatarAnimations
     {
-        private static readonly log4net.ILog m_log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
-
         public Dictionary<string, LLUUID> AnimsLLUUID = new Dictionary<string, LLUUID>();
         public Dictionary<LLUUID, string> AnimsNames = new Dictionary<LLUUID, string>();
 
         public AvatarAnimations()
         {
-        }
-
-        public void LoadAnims()
-        {
-            //m_log.Info("[CLIENT]: Loading avatar animations");
             using (XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader("data/avataranimations.xml"))
             {
                 XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
@@ -55,25 +49,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
                 {
                     if (nod.Attributes["name"] != null)
                     {
-                        AnimsLLUUID.Add((string)nod.Attributes["name"].Value, (LLUUID)nod.InnerText);
+                        string name = (string)nod.Attributes["name"].Value;
+                        LLUUID id = (LLUUID)nod.InnerText;
+
+                        AnimsLLUUID.Add(name, id);
+                        AnimsNames.Add(id, name);
                     }
                 }
             }
-
-            // m_log.Info("[CLIENT]: Loaded " + AnimsLLUUID.Count.ToString() + " animation(s)");
-
-            try
-            {
-                //Mantis: 0000224: 2755 - Enumeration Operation may not execute [immediate crash] (ODE/2750/WIN2003) 
-                foreach (KeyValuePair<string, LLUUID> kp in ScenePresence.Animations.AnimsLLUUID)
-                {
-                    AnimsNames.Add(kp.Value, kp.Key);
-                }
-            }
-            catch (InvalidOperationException)
-            {
-                m_log.Warn("[AVATAR]: Unable to load animation names for an Avatar");
-            }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 40a80c487a..b4283aeef5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             m_log.Info("[SCENE]: Creating LandMap");
             Terrain = new TerrainEngine((int) RegionInfo.RegionLocX, (int) RegionInfo.RegionLocY);
 
-            ScenePresence.LoadAnims();
-
             httpListener = httpServer;
             m_dumpAssetsToFile = dumpAssetsToFile;
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
index 5c33dfc513..109f23cc10 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
     {
         private static readonly log4net.ILog m_log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
-        public static AvatarAnimations Animations;
+        public static AvatarAnimations Animations = new AvatarAnimations();
         public static byte[] DefaultTexture;
+
         public LLUUID currentParcelUUID = LLUUID.Zero;
         private List<LLUUID> m_animations = new List<LLUUID>();
         private List<int> m_animationSeqs = new List<int>();
@@ -333,12 +334,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
 
             AbsolutePosition = m_controllingClient.StartPos;
 
-            Animations = new AvatarAnimations();
-            lock (Animations)
-            {
-                Animations.LoadAnims();
-            }
-
             // TODO: m_animations and m_animationSeqs should always be of the same length.
             // Move them into an object to (hopefully) avoid threading issues.
             try
@@ -1642,13 +1637,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             //m_velocity = cAgentData.Velocity;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// 
-        /// </summary>
-        public static void LoadAnims()
-        {
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Handles part of the PID controller function for moving an avatar.
         /// </summary>