diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
index a3ab0ef66e..b9f1ed46bf 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 			anim.PlayRepeating("idle");
 		}
 
-		public PaletteReference Palette(Player p, WorldRenderer wr)
+		protected PaletteReference Palette(Player p, WorldRenderer wr)
 		{
 			return wr.Palette(Info.Palette ?? Info.PlayerPalette + p.InternalName);
 		}