diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 826cda103d..bc2630f0f8 100755
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -257,11 +257,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         public bool m_useFlySlow;
         public bool m_useTrashOnDelete = true;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Temporarily setting to trigger appearance resends at 60 second intervals.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates { get; set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// How much a root agent has to change position before updates are sent to viewers.
         /// </summary>
@@ -1147,17 +1142,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
             }
 
-
-            // FIXME: Ultimately this should be in a module.
-            SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates = false;
-
-            IConfig appearanceConfig = m_config.Configs["Appearance"];
-            if (appearanceConfig != null)
-            {
-                SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates
-                    = appearanceConfig.GetBoolean("ResendAppearanceUpdates", SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates);
-            }
-
             #endregion Region Config
 
             IConfig entityTransferConfig = m_config.Configs["EntityTransfer"];
@@ -1715,16 +1699,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     });
                 }
 
-                if (SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates && MaintenanceRun % 60 == 0)
-                {
-                    // m_log.DebugFormat("[SCENE]: Sending periodic appearance updates");
-
-                    if (AvatarFactory != null)
-                    {
-                        ForEachRootScenePresence(sp => AvatarFactory.SendAppearance(sp.UUID));
-                    }
-                }
-
+/* this is done on heartbeat
                 // Delete temp-on-rez stuff
                 if (MaintenanceRun % m_update_temp_cleaning == 0 && !m_cleaningTemps)
                 {
@@ -1739,7 +1714,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
                     tempOnRezMS = Util.EnvironmentTickCountSubtract(tmpMS);
                 }
-
+*/
                 Watchdog.UpdateThread();
 
                 previousMaintenanceTick = m_lastMaintenanceTick;
@@ -1864,7 +1839,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     if (Frame % m_update_temp_cleaning == 0 && !m_cleaningTemps)
                     {
                         m_cleaningTemps = true;
-                        Util.FireAndForget(delegate { CleanTempObjects(); m_cleaningTemps = false;  });
+                        WorkManager.RunInThread(
+                            delegate { CleanTempObjects(); m_cleaningTemps = false; }, null, string.Format("CleanTempObjects ({0})", Name));
                         tmpMS2 = Util.GetTimeStampMS();
                         tempOnRezMS = (float)(tmpMS2 - tmpMS); // bad.. counts the FireAndForget, not CleanTempObjects
                         tmpMS = tmpMS2;
@@ -2091,7 +2067,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             if (!m_backingup)
             {
                 m_backingup = true;
-                WorkManager.RunInThread(o => Backup(false), null, string.Format("BackupWaitCallback ({0})", Name));
+                WorkManager.RunInThread(o => Backup(false), null, string.Format("BackupWorker ({0})", Name));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/World/SceneCommands/SceneCommandsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/World/SceneCommands/SceneCommandsModule.cs
index d0d726c96b..45edbda446 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/World/SceneCommands/SceneCommandsModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/OptionalModules/World/SceneCommands/SceneCommandsModule.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.Avatar.Attachments
                 "List current scene options.",
                       "active          - if false then main scene update and maintenance loops are suspended.\n"
                     + "animations      - if true  then extra animations debug information is logged.\n"
-                    + "appear-refresh  - if true  then appearance is resent to other avatars every 60 seconds.\n"
                     + "client-pos-upd  - the tolerance before clients are updated with new rotation information for an avatar.\n"
                     + "client-rot-upd  - the tolerance before clients are updated with new rotation information for an avatar.\n"
                     + "client-vel-upd  - the tolerance before clients are updated with new velocity information for an avatar.\n"
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.Avatar.Attachments
                 "Turn on scene debugging options.",
                       "active          - if false then main scene update and maintenance loops are suspended.\n"
                     + "animations      - if true  then extra animations debug information is logged.\n"
-                    + "appear-refresh  - if true  then appearance is resent to other avatars every 60 seconds.\n"
                     + "client-pos-upd  - the tolerance before clients are updated with new rotation information for an avatar.\n"
                     + "client-rot-upd  - the tolerance before clients are updated with new rotation information for an avatar.\n"
                     + "client-vel-upd  - the tolerance before clients are updated with new velocity information for an avatar.\n"
@@ -153,7 +151,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.Avatar.Attachments
             ConsoleDisplayList cdl = new ConsoleDisplayList();
             cdl.AddRow("active", m_scene.Active);
             cdl.AddRow("animations", m_scene.DebugAnimations);
-            cdl.AddRow("appear-refresh", m_scene.SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates);
             cdl.AddRow("client-pos-upd", m_scene.RootPositionUpdateTolerance);
             cdl.AddRow("client-rot-upd", m_scene.RootRotationUpdateTolerance);
             cdl.AddRow("client-vel-upd", m_scene.RootVelocityUpdateTolerance);
@@ -207,15 +204,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.Avatar.Attachments
                     m_scene.DebugAnimations = active;
             }
 
-            if (options.ContainsKey("appear-refresh"))
-            {
-                bool newValue;
-
-                // FIXME: This can only come from the console at the moment but might not always be true.
-                if (ConsoleUtil.TryParseConsoleBool(MainConsole.Instance, options["appear-refresh"], out newValue))
-                    m_scene.SendPeriodicAppearanceUpdates = newValue;
-            }
-
             if (options.ContainsKey("client-pos-upd"))
             {
                 float newValue;