diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
index ad5fb33e39..41f456d308 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
@@ -874,7 +874,6 @@
     <Compile Include="UpdateRules\Rules\SplitAimAnimations.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UpdateRules\Rules\RenameWormSpawner.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UpdateRules\Rules\RemoveWithReloadingSpriteTurret.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="UpdateRules\Rules\AddEditorPlayer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UpdateRules\Rules\RemovePaletteFromCurrentTileset.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Player\PlayerResources.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UtilityCommands\DumpSequenceSheetsCommand.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/AddEditorPlayer.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/AddEditorPlayer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index e5c6847078..0000000000
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/AddEditorPlayer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#region Copyright & License Information
-/*
- * Copyright 2007-2018 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
- * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
- * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
- * information, see COPYING.
- */
-#endregion
-
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-
-namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules.Rules
-{
-	public class AddEditorPlayer : UpdateRule
-	{
-		public override string Name { get { return "Add EditorPlayer"; } }
-		public override string Description
-		{
-			get
-			{
-				return "Map editor now requires an EditorPlayer to avoid loading unnecessary player traits.\n" +
-					"A warning is displayed if this actor has not been defined.";
-			}
-		}
-
-		bool warningRequired = true;
-
-		public override IEnumerable<string> AfterUpdate(ModData modData)
-		{
-			if (warningRequired)
-			{
-				warningRequired = false;
-				yield return "The map editor now requires an EditorPlayer actor.\n" +
-					"Please add an EditorPlayer with the traits AlwaysVisible and Shroud to player.yaml\n(or a different rules yaml file of your choice).";
-			}
-		}
-
-		public override IEnumerable<string> UpdateActorNode(ModData modData, MiniYamlNode actorNode)
-		{
-			if (actorNode.KeyMatches("EditorPlayer"))
-				warningRequired = false;
-
-			yield break;
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
index b33804af68..9882844fa3 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules
 				new ChangeIntensityToDuration(),
 				new IgnoreAbstractActors(),
 				new AddShakeToBridge(),
-				new AddEditorPlayer(),
 				new RemovePaletteFromCurrentTileset(),
 				new DefineLocomotors(),
 				new DefineOwnerLostAction(),