diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/ContentManagementSystem/MetaEntity.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/ContentManagementSystem/MetaEntity.cs
index 16edc2c60e..fe685a5bbf 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/ContentManagementSystem/MetaEntity.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/ContentManagementSystem/MetaEntity.cs
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.ContentManagement
                 part.LocalId = m_Entity.Scene.PrimIDAllocate();
 
             //finalize
-            m_Entity.UpdateParentIDs();
             m_Entity.RootPart.PhysActor = null;
             m_Entity.Children = parts;
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
index 093024efa0..27a3d8a82d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
@@ -503,8 +503,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
 
             reader.Close();
             sr.Close();
-
-            UpdateParentIDs();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -576,8 +574,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             m_rootPart.ParentID = 0;
             m_rootPart.LocalId = m_scene.PrimIDAllocate();
             
-            //UpdateParentIDs();
-            
             // No need to lock here since the object isn't yet in a scene
             foreach (SceneObjectPart part in m_parts.Values)
             {
@@ -904,7 +900,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        ///
+        /// Add a new part to this scene object
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="part"></param>
         public void AddPart(SceneObjectPart part)
@@ -933,7 +929,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         /// <summary>
         /// Make sure that every non root part has the proper parent root part local id
         /// </summary>
-        public void UpdateParentIDs()
+        private void UpdateParentIDs()
         {
             lock (m_parts)
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleModule/ComplexObject.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleModule/ComplexObject.cs
index 910bb280c1..3a0b05d15f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleModule/ComplexObject.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleModule/ComplexObject.cs
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Examples.SimpleModule
                                   new Quaternion(0, -0.5f, -0.05f)));
 
             RootPart.Flags |= PrimFlags.Touch;
-
-            UpdateParentIDs();
         }
 
         public override void OnGrabPart(SceneObjectPart part, Vector3 offsetPos, IClientAPI remoteClient)