diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
index b8080ec573..122f104ef8 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         private static readonly DateTime unixEpoch =
             DateTime.ParseExact("1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0", "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss z", DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo).ToUniversalTime();
 
-        private static readonly Regex UUIDPattern = new Regex("^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$");
+        public static readonly Regex UUIDPattern 
+            = new Regex("^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$");
 
         #region Vector Equations
 
@@ -799,6 +800,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             y += ry;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Is the given string a UUID?
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="s"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
         public static bool isUUID(string s)
         {
             return UUIDPattern.IsMatch(s);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestPreparation.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestPreparation.cs
index b520642fb4..1fbc20fe1c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestPreparation.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestPreparation.cs
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.World.Archiver
         protected Scene m_scene;
         protected string m_savePath;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Used for identifying uuids embedded in scripts
-        /// </summary>
-        protected static readonly Regex m_uuidRegex
-            = new Regex(
-                "[0-9a-eA-E]{8}-[0-9a-eA-E]{4}-[0-9a-eA-E]{4}-[0-9a-eA-E]{4}-[0-9a-eA-E]{12}",
-                RegexOptions.Compiled);
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Used as a temporary store of an asset which represents an object.  This can be a null if no appropriate
         /// asset was found by the asset service.
@@ -136,7 +128,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.World.Archiver
             {
                 string script = Utils.BytesToString(scriptAsset.Data);
                 //m_log.DebugFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Script {0}", script);
-                MatchCollection uuidMatches = m_uuidRegex.Matches(script);
+                MatchCollection uuidMatches = Util.UUIDPattern.Matches(script);
                 //m_log.DebugFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Found {0} matches in script", uuidMatches.Count);
 
                 foreach (Match uuidMatch in uuidMatches)