=== modified file 'includes/menu.inc'
--- includes/menu.inc	2006-12-12 06:02:52 +0000
+++ includes/menu.inc	2006-12-23 17:17:08 +0000
@@ -437,10 +437,6 @@ function menu_set_active_item($path = NU
     }
     else {
       $_GET['q'] = $path;
-
-      // If we change ?q= we need to rebuild the contextual menu items
-      // because they are often variable depending on the value of ?q=.
-      _menu_append_contextual_items();
     }
     $menu = menu_get_menu();
 

=== modified file 'modules/user/user.module'
--- modules/user/user.module	2006-12-19 09:22:22 +0000
+++ modules/user/user.module	2006-12-23 17:17:37 +0000
@@ -784,9 +784,8 @@ function user_menu($may_cache) {
     drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'user') .'/user.css', 'module');
     if ($_GET['q'] == 'user' && $user->uid) {
       // We want to make the current user's profile accessible without knowing
-      // their uid, so just linking to /user is enough. To achieve this goal,
-      // we do an internal redirect.
-      menu_set_active_item('user/'. $user->uid);
+      // their uid, so just linking to /user is enough.
+      drupal_goto('user/'. $user->uid);
     }
 
     if (arg(0) == 'user' && is_numeric(arg(1)) && arg(1) > 0) {