diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
index 552c51e192..38545bc8b0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
@@ -2009,7 +2009,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
 
         protected void IncomingPacketHandler()
         {
-            Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
             IncomingPacket incomingPacket;
             // Set this culture for the thread that incoming packets are received
             // on to en-US to avoid number parsing issues
@@ -2051,8 +2050,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
 
         protected void OutgoingPacketHandler()
         {
-            Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
-
             // Set this culture for the thread that outgoing packets are sent
             // on to en-US to avoid number parsing issues
             Culture.SetCurrentCulture();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/BulletS/BSScene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/BulletS/BSScene.cs
index fde7840d77..a53e2bc2a6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/BulletS/BSScene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/BulletS/BSScene.cs
@@ -907,7 +907,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.PhysicsModule.BulletS
 
         public void BulletSPluginPhysicsThread()
         {
-            Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
             m_updateWaitEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false);
 
             while (m_initialized)