diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b7f85e264..0cf1f8b6a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 3)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 3)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 3)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 113)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 114)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated
 # svn tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
diff --git a/include/osg/State b/include/osg/State
index 6e4b15da1..280c6fbbe 100644
--- a/include/osg/State
+++ b/include/osg/State
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class VertexAttribAlias
   *   which typically stall the graphics pipeline (see, for instance,
   *   \c captureCurrentState() and \c getModelViewMatrix()).
   */
-class OSG_EXPORT State : public Referenced, public Observer
+class OSG_EXPORT State : public Referenced
 {
     public :
 
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ class OSG_EXPORT State : public Referenced, public Observer
         /** reset the state object to an empty stack.*/
         void reset();
 
-
         inline const Viewport* getCurrentViewport() const
         {
             return static_cast<const Viewport*>(getLastAppliedAttribute(osg::StateAttribute::VIEWPORT));
@@ -1329,11 +1328,6 @@ class OSG_EXPORT State : public Referenced, public Observer
             if (_lastAppliedProgramObject!=program)
             {
                 _lastAppliedProgramObject = program;
-                if (program && _appliedProgramObjectSet.count(program)==0)
-                {
-                    _appliedProgramObjectSet.insert(program);
-                    program->addObserver(this);
-                }
             }
         }
         inline const Program::PerContextProgram* getLastAppliedProgramObject() const { return _lastAppliedProgramObject; }
@@ -1463,8 +1457,6 @@ class OSG_EXPORT State : public Referenced, public Observer
         /** Initialize extension used by osg:::State.*/
         void initializeExtensionProcs();
 
-        virtual void objectDeleted(void* object);
-
         /** Get the GL adapter object used to map OpenGL 1.0 glBegin/glEnd usage to vertex arrays.*/
         inline GLBeginEndAdapter& getGLBeginEndAdapter() { return _glBeginEndAdapter; }
 
@@ -1574,8 +1566,6 @@ class OSG_EXPORT State : public Referenced, public Observer
 
         typedef std::vector<ref_ptr<const Matrix> >                     MatrixStack;
 
-        typedef std::set<const Program::PerContextProgram* >            AppliedProgramObjectSet;
-
         inline const ModeMap&                                            getModeMap() const {return _modeMap;};
         inline const AttributeMap&                                       getAttributeMap() const {return _attributeMap;};
         inline const UniformMap&                                         getUniformMap() const {return _uniformMap;};
@@ -1788,7 +1778,6 @@ class OSG_EXPORT State : public Referenced, public Observer
         TextureModeMapList                                              _textureModeMapList;
         TextureAttributeMapList                                         _textureAttributeMapList;
 
-        AppliedProgramObjectSet                                         _appliedProgramObjectSet;
         const Program::PerContextProgram*                               _lastAppliedProgramObject;
 
         StateSetStack                                                   _stateStateStack;
diff --git a/include/osg/Version b/include/osg/Version
index 42d3fa6e1..23e5cf641 100644
--- a/include/osg/Version
+++ b/include/osg/Version
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION    3
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION    3
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    3
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        113
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        114
 
 /* Convenience macro that can be used to decide whether a feature is present or not i.e.
  * #if OSG_MIN_VERSION_REQUIRED(2,9,5)
diff --git a/src/osg/State.cpp b/src/osg/State.cpp
index c7891eb84..0ee23fa12 100644
--- a/src/osg/State.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/State.cpp
@@ -134,28 +134,8 @@ State::~State()
     //_texCoordArrayList.clear();
 
     //_vertexAttribArrayList.clear();
-
-    // OSG_NOTICE<<"State::~State()"<<this<<std::endl;
-    for(AppliedProgramObjectSet::iterator itr = _appliedProgramObjectSet.begin();
-        itr != _appliedProgramObjectSet.end();
-        ++itr)
-    {
-        (*itr)->removeObserver(this);
-    }
 }
 
-void State::objectDeleted(void* object)
-{
-    const Program::PerContextProgram* ppcp = reinterpret_cast<const Program::PerContextProgram*>(object);
-    AppliedProgramObjectSet::iterator itr = _appliedProgramObjectSet.find(ppcp);
-    if (itr != _appliedProgramObjectSet.end())
-    {
-        // OSG_NOTICE<<"Removing _appliedProgramObjectSet entry "<<ppcp<<std::endl;
-        _appliedProgramObjectSet.erase(itr);
-    }
-}
-
-
 void State::releaseGLObjects()
 {
     // release any GL objects held by the shader composer
@@ -208,7 +188,6 @@ void State::releaseGLObjects()
 
 void State::reset()
 {
-
 #if 1
     for(ModeMap::iterator mitr=_modeMap.begin();
         mitr!=_modeMap.end();
@@ -290,17 +269,6 @@ void State::reset()
 
     _lastAppliedProgramObject = 0;
 
-    for(AppliedProgramObjectSet::iterator apitr=_appliedProgramObjectSet.begin();
-        apitr!=_appliedProgramObjectSet.end();
-        ++apitr)
-    {
-        (*apitr)->resetAppliedUniforms();
-        (*apitr)->removeObserver(this);
-    }
-
-    _appliedProgramObjectSet.clear();
-
-
     // what about uniforms??? need to clear them too...
     // go through all active Unfirom's, setting to change to force update,
     // the idea is to leave only the global defaults left.
@@ -1767,14 +1735,6 @@ void State::print(std::ostream& fout) const
         }
         fout<<"}"<<std::endl;
 
-#if 0
-        TextureModeMapList                                              _textureModeMapList;
-        TextureAttributeMapList                                         _textureAttributeMapList;
-
-        AppliedProgramObjectSet                                         _appliedProgramObjectSet;
-        const Program::PerContextProgram*                               _lastAppliedProgramObject;
-#endif
-
 
         fout<<"StateSetStack _stateSetStack {"<<std::endl;
         for(StateSetStack::const_iterator itr = _stateStateStack.begin();
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
index 06e5e9331..54dae014a 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
@@ -940,12 +940,8 @@ void SceneView::releaseAllGLObjects()
     if (!_camera) return;
 
     _camera->releaseGLObjects(_renderInfo.getState());
-
-    // we need to reset State as it keeps handles to Program objects.
-    if (_renderInfo.getState()) _renderInfo.getState()->reset();
 }
 
-
 void SceneView::flushAllDeletedGLObjects()
 {
     _requiresFlush = false;