diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Collections/CompositeStringStringKey.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Collections/CompositeStringStringKey.cs
index 11f123f2d0..e18f91707a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Collections/CompositeStringStringKey.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Collections/CompositeStringStringKey.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Collections
         public CompositeStringStringKey(string key1, string key2)
         {
             _key1 = key1?.ToLowerInvariant() ?? "NULL";
-            _key2 = key2?.ToLowerInvariant() ?? "NULL";
+
+            //fixme - we are changing this to null if it is an empty string, this is because if we don't do this than this key will not match
+            // anything see comments http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-11227#comment=67-46399
+            // since we're not dealing with segments right now and I just need to get something working, this is the 'fix'
+            _key2 = !key2.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() ? key2.ToLowerInvariant() : "NULL";
         }
 
         public bool Equals(CompositeStringStringKey other)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/ThreadStaticVariationContextAccessor.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/ThreadStaticVariationContextAccessor.cs
index f77bb3514c..70e54bb4d6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/ThreadStaticVariationContextAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/ThreadStaticVariationContextAccessor.cs
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-using System;
+//using System;
 
-namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Provides a ThreadStatic-based implementation of <see cref="IVariationContextAccessor"/>.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// <para>Something must set the current context.</para>
-    /// </remarks>
-    public class ThreadStaticVariationContextAccessor : IVariationContextAccessor
-    {
-        [ThreadStatic]
-        private static VariationContext _context;
+//namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent
+//{
+//    /// <summary>
+//    /// Provides a ThreadStatic-based implementation of <see cref="IVariationContextAccessor"/>.
+//    /// </summary>
+//    /// <remarks>
+//    /// <para>Something must set the current context.</para>
+//    /// </remarks>
+//    public class ThreadStaticVariationContextAccessor : IVariationContextAccessor
+//    {
+//        [ThreadStatic]
+//        private static VariationContext _context;
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public VariationContext VariationContext
-        {
-            get => _context;
-            set => _context = value;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+//        /// <inheritdoc />
+//        public VariationContext VariationContext
+//        {
+//            get => _context;
+//            set => _context = value;
+//        }
+//    }
+//}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/ContentService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/ContentService.cs
index 6531e0081f..be9dee5d15 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/ContentService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/ContentService.cs
@@ -1075,7 +1075,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services.Implement
                     //we need to unpublish everything if this is a mandatory language
                     var unpublishAll = _languageRepository.GetMany().Where(x => x.Mandatory).Select(x => x.IsoCode).Contains(culture, StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
 
-                    //fixme - this needs to be changed when 11227 is merged!
                     content.ClearPublishedValues(culture, segment);
                     //now we just publish with the name cleared
                     SaveAndPublish(content, userId);