diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
index e041eef77e..06dc900d84 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
@@ -638,6 +638,22 @@ namespace OpenSim
                     CreateRegion(new RegionInfo(cmdparams[0], "Regions/" + cmdparams[1])).ServerListener();
                     break;
 
+                case "remove-region":
+                    string regName = CombineParams(cmdparams, 0);
+
+                    Scene killScene;
+                    if(m_sceneManager.TryGetScene(regName, out killScene))
+                    {
+                        if (m_sceneManager.CurrentScene.RegionInfo.RegionID == killScene.RegionInfo.RegionID)
+                        {
+                            m_sceneManager.TrySetCurrentScene("..");
+                        }
+                        m_regionData.Remove(killScene.RegionInfo);
+                        m_sceneManager.CloseScene(killScene);
+                        
+                    }
+                    break;
+
                 case "quit":
                 case "shutdown":
                     Shutdown();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneBase.cs
index ace178877e..1bb7d10825 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneBase.cs
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             get { return m_eventManager; }
         }
 
-        public RegionInfo RegionsInfo
-        {
-            get { return m_regInfo; }
-        }
-
         protected string m_datastore;
 
         private uint m_nextLocalId = 8880000;