diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/VectorRenderModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/VectorRenderModule.cs
index 6b80eb146d..19bcc88590 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/VectorRenderModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/VectorRenderModule.cs
@@ -229,12 +229,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules
                 {
                     nextLine = nextLine.Remove(0, 9);
                     nextLine = nextLine.Trim();
+                    
+                    // Linux Compile error if Color is compared against null
+                    // Documentation for System.Drawing.Color says it returns 
+                    // a Color with all Components as 0 if the String passed 
+                    // isn't a known color
                     Color newColour = Color.FromName(nextLine);
-                    if (newColour != null)
-                    {
+                    //if (newColour != null)
+                    //{
                         myBrush.Color = newColour;
                         drawPen.Color = newColour;
-                    }
+                    //}
                 }
             }
         }