diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
index a947b3d8ee..138bcc995d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
@@ -5027,14 +5027,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
         {
             m_host.AddScriptLPS(1);
 
-            if (src == null)
-            {
-                return 0;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return src.Length;
-            }
+            return src.Length;
         }
 
         public LSL_Integer llList2Integer(LSL_List src, int index)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/LSL_Types.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/LSL_Types.cs
index bab5156391..a3a2fdf1d9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/LSL_Types.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/LSL_Types.cs
@@ -613,24 +613,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared
 
             public static bool operator ==(list a, list b)
             {
-                int la = -1;
-                int lb = -1;
-                if (a != null)
-                    la = a.Length;
-                if (b != null)
-                    lb = b.Length;
+                int la = a.Length;
+                int lb = b.Length;
 
                 return la == lb;
             }
 
             public static bool operator !=(list a, list b)
             {
-                int la = -1;
-                int lb = -1;
-                if (a != null)
-                    la = a.Length;
-                if (b != null)
-                    lb = b.Length;
+                int la = a.Length;
+                int lb = b.Length;
 
                 return la != lb;
             }