diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/CoalescedSceneObjectsSerializer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/CoalescedSceneObjectsSerializer.cs
index abcd440689..abcb573a2b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/CoalescedSceneObjectsSerializer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/CoalescedSceneObjectsSerializer.cs
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
                     using (XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(sr))
                     {
                         reader.ProhibitDtd = true;
-                        reader.XmlResolver = null;
 
                         reader.MoveToContent(); // skip possible xml declaration
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
index 2d8f3cdb36..c5a3a222b4 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
             String fixedData = ExternalRepresentationUtils.SanitizeXml(xmlData);
             using (XmlTextReader wrappedReader = new XmlTextReader(fixedData, XmlNodeType.Element, null))
             {
-                using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(wrappedReader, new XmlReaderSettings() { IgnoreWhitespace = true, ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment, ProhibitDtd = true, XmlResolver = null }))
+                using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(wrappedReader, new XmlReaderSettings() { IgnoreWhitespace = true, ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment, ProhibitDtd = true }))
                 {
                     try
                     {
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
                     using(XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(sr))
                     {
                         reader.ProhibitDtd = true;
-                        reader.XmlResolver = null;
 
                         sceneObject = new SceneObjectGroup(SceneObjectPart.FromXml(reader));
                     }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneXmlLoader.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneXmlLoader.cs
index e486580bce..0ebc645f30 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneXmlLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneXmlLoader.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
                 {
                     reader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;
                     reader.ProhibitDtd = true;
-                    reader.XmlResolver = null;
 
                     doc.Load(reader);
                 }