diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/FieldLoader.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/FieldLoader.cs
index ab5557c539..65038a4880 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/FieldLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/FieldLoader.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 		public static void Load(object self, MiniYaml my)
 		{
 			foreach (var x in my.Nodes)
-				LoadField( self, x.Key, x.Value.Value );
+				if (!x.Key.StartsWith("-"))
+					LoadField( self, x.Key, x.Value.Value );
 		}
 
 		public static void LoadField( object self, string key, string value )
diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/MiniYaml.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/MiniYaml.cs
index 8376fe8146..2657350579 100755
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/MiniYaml.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/MiniYaml.cs
@@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 				a.TryGetValue( key, out aa );
 				b.TryGetValue( key, out bb );
 
-				if( key.Length > 0 && key[ 0 ] == '-' )
-					continue;
-				else if( noInherit.Contains( key ) )
+//				if( key.Length > 0 && key[ 0 ] == '-' )
+//					continue;
+			//	else 
+				if( noInherit.Contains( key ) )
 				{
 					if( aa != null )
 						ret.Add( key, aa );
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/ActorInfo.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/ActorInfo.cs
index 3141d3b383..8a7ab90de0 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/ActorInfo.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/ActorInfo.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 				Category = categoryNode.Value;
 
 			foreach( var t in mergedNode )
-				if( t.Key != "Inherits" && t.Key != "Category" )
+				if( t.Key != "Inherits" && t.Key != "Category" && !t.Key.StartsWith("-") )
 					Traits.Add( LoadTraitInfo( t.Key, t.Value ) );
 		}