diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs
index 3c4f737f9e..236adb05ed 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
 #endif
 
         private bool cacheSculptMaps = true;
-        private bool cacheSculptAlphaMaps = true;
-
         private string decodedSculptMapPath = null;
         private bool useMeshiesPhysicsMesh = false;
 
@@ -89,16 +87,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
             IConfig mesh_config = config.Configs["Mesh"];
 
             decodedSculptMapPath = start_config.GetString("DecodedSculptMapPath","j2kDecodeCache");
-
             cacheSculptMaps = start_config.GetBoolean("CacheSculptMaps", cacheSculptMaps);
-
-            if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Unix)
-            {
-                cacheSculptAlphaMaps = false;
-            }
-            else
-                cacheSculptAlphaMaps = cacheSculptMaps;      
-
             if(mesh_config != null)
                 useMeshiesPhysicsMesh = mesh_config.GetBoolean("UseMeshiesPhysicsMesh", useMeshiesPhysicsMesh);
 
@@ -279,18 +268,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
                 {
                     if (!GenerateCoordsAndFacesFromPrimSculptData(primName, primShape, size, lod, out coords, out faces))
                         return null;
-                    // Remove the reference to any JPEG2000 sculpt data so it can be GCed
-                    // don't loose it
-                    //            primShape.SculptData = Utils.EmptyBytes;
                 }
-//                primShape.SculptDataLoaded = true;
             }
             else
             {
                 if (!GenerateCoordsAndFacesFromPrimShapeData(primName, primShape, size, lod, out coords, out faces))
                     return null;
             }
-            // keep compatible
+
+            // Remove the reference to any JPEG2000 sculpt data so it can be GCed
             primShape.SculptData = Utils.EmptyBytes;
 
             int numCoords = coords.Count;
@@ -335,7 +321,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
 
             if (primShape.SculptData.Length <= 0)
             {
-                m_log.InfoFormat("[MESH]: asset data for {0} is zero length", primName);
+//                m_log.ErrorFormat("[MESH]: asset data for {0} is zero length", primName);
                 return false;
             }
 
@@ -496,8 +482,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
 
                     //idata = CSJ2K.J2kImage.FromBytes(primShape.SculptData);
 
-                    if (cacheSculptMaps && (cacheSculptAlphaMaps || (((ImageFlags)(idata.Flags) & ImageFlags.HasAlpha) ==0)))
-                        // don't cache images with alpha channel in linux since mono can't load them correctly)
+                    if (cacheSculptMaps)
                     {
                         try { idata.Save(decodedSculptFileName, ImageFormat.MemoryBmp); }
                         catch (Exception e) { m_log.Error("[SCULPT]: unable to cache sculpt map " + decodedSculptFileName + " " + e.Message); }
@@ -717,11 +702,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
             return CreateMesh(primName, primShape, size, lod, false);
         }
 
-        public IMesh CreateMesh(String primName, PrimitiveBaseShape primShape, Vector3 size, float lod, bool isPhysical, bool convex)
-        {
-            return CreateMesh(primName, primShape, size, lod, false);
-        }
-
         public IMesh CreateMesh(String primName, PrimitiveBaseShape primShape, Vector3 size, float lod, bool isPhysical)
         {
 #if SPAM
@@ -763,7 +743,5 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
 
             return mesh;
         }
-        public void ReleaseMesh(IMesh imesh) { }
-        public void ExpireReleaseMeshs() { }
     }
 }