diff --git a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETHandler.cs b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETHandler.cs
index d812e24f90..35b4d8aeba 100644
--- a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETHandler.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Servers;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications;
+using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Interfaces;
 using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes;
 using OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.Rest;
 
@@ -219,7 +220,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.Rest.Regions
         {
             httpResponse.SendChunked = true;
             httpResponse.ContentType = "text/xml";
-            scene.SavePrimsToXml2(new StreamWriter(httpResponse.OutputStream), min, max);
+            
+            IRegionSerialiserModule serialiser = scene.RequestModuleInterface<IRegionSerialiserModule>();
+            if (serialiser != null)              
+                serialiser.SavePrimsToXml2(scene, new StreamWriter(httpResponse.OutputStream), min, max);
+            
             return "";
         }
     }
diff --git a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/POSTHandler.cs b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/POSTHandler.cs
index 73a1b9b826..932f512cb2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/POSTHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/POSTHandler.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Servers;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications;
+using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Interfaces;
 using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes;
 using OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.Rest;
 
@@ -120,7 +121,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.Rest.Regions
 
         public string LoadPrims(string requestBody, OSHttpRequest request, OSHttpResponse response, Scene scene)
         {
-            scene.LoadPrimsFromXml2(new StringReader(requestBody), true);
+            IRegionSerialiserModule serialiser = scene.RequestModuleInterface<IRegionSerialiserModule>();
+            if (serialiser != null)                
+                serialiser.LoadPrimsFromXml2(scene, new StringReader(requestBody), true);
+            
             return "";
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 7d83ee28ec..eaf04eabdd 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -1880,34 +1880,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             return false;
         }
 
-        public void LoadPrimsFromXml2(string fileName)
-        {
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[SCENE]: Loading prims in xml2 format to region {0} from {1}", RegionInfo.RegionName, fileName);
-
-            m_serialiser.LoadPrimsFromXml2(this, fileName);
-        }
-
-        public void LoadPrimsFromXml2(TextReader reader, bool startScripts)
-        {
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[SCENE]: Loading prims in xml2 format to region {0} from stream", RegionInfo.RegionName);
-
-            m_serialiser.LoadPrimsFromXml2(this, reader, startScripts);
-        }
-
-        public void SavePrimsToXml2(string fileName)
-        {
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[SCENE]: Saving prims in xml2 format for region {0} to {1}", RegionInfo.RegionName, fileName);
-
-            m_serialiser.SavePrimsToXml2(this, fileName);
-        }
-
-        public void SavePrimsToXml2(TextWriter stream, Vector3 min, Vector3 max)
-        {
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[SCENE]: Saving prims in xml2 format for region {0} to stream", RegionInfo.RegionName);
-
-            m_serialiser.SavePrimsToXml2(this, stream, min, max);
-        }
-
         public void SaveNamedPrimsToXml2(string primName, string fileName)
         {
             m_log.InfoFormat(
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
index b973ced037..9e83f25650 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
@@ -208,7 +208,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         /// <param name="filename"></param>
         public void SaveCurrentSceneToXml2(string filename)
         {
-            CurrentOrFirstScene.SavePrimsToXml2(filename);
+            IRegionSerialiserModule serialiser = CurrentOrFirstScene.RequestModuleInterface<IRegionSerialiserModule>();
+            if (serialiser != null)            
+                serialiser.SavePrimsToXml2(CurrentOrFirstScene, filename);
         }
 
         public void SaveNamedPrimsToXml2(string primName, string filename)
@@ -221,7 +223,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         /// </summary>
         public void LoadCurrentSceneFromXml2(string filename)
         {
-            CurrentOrFirstScene.LoadPrimsFromXml2(filename);
+            IRegionSerialiserModule serialiser = CurrentOrFirstScene.RequestModuleInterface<IRegionSerialiserModule>();
+            if (serialiser != null)              
+                serialiser.LoadPrimsFromXml2(CurrentOrFirstScene, filename);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Modules/SvnSerialiser/SvnBackupModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Modules/SvnSerialiser/SvnBackupModule.cs
index f90c6979d0..ea389d64af 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Modules/SvnSerialiser/SvnBackupModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Modules/SvnSerialiser/SvnBackupModule.cs
@@ -116,11 +116,26 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Modules.SvnSerialiser
 
         public void LoadRegion(Scene scene)
         {
-            scene.LoadPrimsFromXml2(m_svndir + Slash.DirectorySeparatorChar + scene.RegionInfo.RegionID +
-                                    Slash.DirectorySeparatorChar + "objects.xml");
-            scene.RequestModuleInterface<ITerrainModule>().LoadFromFile(m_svndir + Slash.DirectorySeparatorChar + scene.RegionInfo.RegionID +
-                                                                        Slash.DirectorySeparatorChar + "heightmap.r32");
-            m_log.Info("[SVNBACKUP]: Region load successful (" + scene.RegionInfo.RegionName + ").");
+            IRegionSerialiserModule serialiser = scene.RequestModuleInterface<IRegionSerialiserModule>();
+            if (serialiser != null)   
+            {
+                serialiser.LoadPrimsFromXml2(
+                    scene,
+                    m_svndir + Slash.DirectorySeparatorChar + scene.RegionInfo.RegionID 
+                        + Slash.DirectorySeparatorChar + "objects.xml");
+            
+                scene.RequestModuleInterface<ITerrainModule>().LoadFromFile(
+                    m_svndir + Slash.DirectorySeparatorChar + scene.RegionInfo.RegionID 
+                        + Slash.DirectorySeparatorChar + "heightmap.r32");
+            
+                m_log.Info("[SVNBACKUP]: Region load successful (" + scene.RegionInfo.RegionName + ").");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                m_log.ErrorFormat(
+                    "[SVNBACKUP]: Region load of {0} failed - no serialisation module available", 
+                    scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
+            }
         }
 
         private void CheckoutSvn()