diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/AssetDataBase.cs b/OpenSim/Data/AssetDataBase.cs
index ca1de5a839..6e9e085187 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/AssetDataBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/AssetDataBase.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data
         public abstract void CreateAsset(AssetBase asset);
         public abstract void UpdateAsset(AssetBase asset);
         public abstract bool ExistsAsset(LLUUID uuid);
-        public abstract void CommitAssets();
 
         public abstract string Version { get; }
         public abstract string Name { get; }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLAssetData.cs
index 3f2e8a75c9..108ceb19ee 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLAssetData.cs
@@ -203,13 +203,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MSSQL
             return false;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// All writes are immediately commited to the database, so this is a no-op
-        /// </summary>
-        override public void CommitAssets()
-        {
-        }
-
         #endregion
 
         #region IPlugin Members
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
index 35572432bd..6cb0b4cf9a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
@@ -304,13 +304,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
             return assetExists;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// All writes are immediately commited to the database, so this is a no-op
-        /// </summary>
-        override public void CommitAssets()
-        {
-        }
-
         #endregion
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/NHibernateAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/NHibernateAssetData.cs
index 174667e40e..eb4e14cdb9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/NHibernateAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/NHibernate/NHibernateAssetData.cs
@@ -161,12 +161,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.NHibernate
 
         }
 
-        override public void CommitAssets() // force a sync to the database
-        {
-            m_log.Info("[SQLITE]: Attempting commit");
-        }
-
-
         public override string Name {
             get { return "NHibernate"; }
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteAssetData.cs
index 8fa09fc015..dde05bd55d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteAssetData.cs
@@ -223,19 +223,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.SQLite
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// commit
-        /// </summary>
-        override public void CommitAssets() // force a sync to the database
-        {
-            m_log.Info("[ASSET DB]: Attempting commit");
-            // lock (ds)
-            //             {
-            //                 da.Update(ds, "assets");
-            //                 ds.AcceptChanges();
-            // }
-        }
-
         /***********************************************************************
          *
          *  Database Definition Functions
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/AssetServerBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/AssetServerBase.cs
index 74b19762a9..f65b88f95a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/AssetServerBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/AssetServerBase.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         protected IAssetLoader assetLoader = new AssetLoaderFileSystem();
 
         protected abstract void StoreAsset(AssetBase asset);
-        protected abstract void CommitAssets();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// This method must be implemented by a subclass to retrieve the asset named in the
@@ -108,8 +107,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             m_log.Info("[ASSET SERVER]: Setting up asset database");
 
             assetLoader.ForEachDefaultXmlAsset(StoreAsset);
-
-            CommitAssets();
         }
 
         public AssetServerBase()
@@ -167,7 +164,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             lock (m_syncLock)
             {
                 m_assetProvider.UpdateAsset(asset);
-                m_assetProvider.CommitAssets();
             }
         }
 
@@ -176,7 +172,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             lock (m_syncLock)
             {
                 StoreAsset(asset);
-                CommitAssets();
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/GridAssetClient.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/GridAssetClient.cs
index 778780581f..6caabcd640 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/GridAssetClient.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/GridAssetClient.cs
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             }
         }
 
-        protected override void CommitAssets()
-        {
-        }
-
         public override void Close()
         {
             throw new Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/SQLAssetServer.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/SQLAssetServer.cs
index 334c5bd48d..95696eea1d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/SQLAssetServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/SQLAssetServer.cs
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         public override void Close()
         {
             base.Close();
-
-            m_assetProvider.CommitAssets();
         }
 
         protected override AssetBase GetAsset(AssetRequest req)
@@ -93,10 +91,5 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         {
             m_assetProvider.CreateAsset(asset);
         }
-
-        protected override void CommitAssets()
-        {
-            m_assetProvider.CommitAssets();
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/IAssetProvider.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/IAssetProvider.cs
index dcb79ea6f1..a9d0e33a36 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/IAssetProvider.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/IAssetProvider.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         void CreateAsset(AssetBase asset);
         void UpdateAsset(AssetBase asset);
         bool ExistsAsset(LLUUID uuid);
-        void CommitAssets(); // force a sync to the database
         void Initialise(string connect);
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/AssetServer/RestService.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/AssetServer/RestService.cs
index 98f86f168e..372f5f8946 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/AssetServer/RestService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/AssetServer/RestService.cs
@@ -136,9 +136,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer
             XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof (AssetBase));
             AssetBase asset = (AssetBase) xs.Deserialize(request);
 
-            m_log.InfoFormat("[REST]: StoreAndCommitAsset {0}", asset.FullID);
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[REST]: Creating asset {0}", asset.FullID);
             m_assetProvider.CreateAsset(asset);
-            m_assetProvider.CommitAssets();
 
             return new byte[] {};
         }