diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/Traits/Render/WithPermanentInjury.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/Traits/Render/WithPermanentInjury.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index b2d38ecad6..0000000000
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/Traits/Render/WithPermanentInjury.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#region Copyright & License Information
-/*
- * Copyright 2007-2020 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 OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits;
-using OpenRA.Traits;
-
-namespace OpenRA.Mods.Cnc.Traits.Render
-{
-	[Desc("Change the sprite after a certain amount of damage is taken, even when the hitpoints are regenerated.")]
-	public class WithPermanentInjuryInfo : ITraitInfo
-	{
-		public readonly DamageState TriggeringDamageStage = DamageState.Critical;
-
-		public readonly string InjuredSequencePrefix = "crippled-";
-
-		public object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new WithPermanentInjury(init, this); }
-	}
-
-	public class WithPermanentInjury : INotifyDamage, IRenderInfantrySequenceModifier
-	{
-		readonly WithPermanentInjuryInfo info;
-
-		bool isInjured;
-
-		bool IRenderInfantrySequenceModifier.IsModifyingSequence { get { return isInjured; } }
-		string IRenderInfantrySequenceModifier.SequencePrefix { get { return info.InjuredSequencePrefix; } }
-
-		public WithPermanentInjury(ActorInitializer init, WithPermanentInjuryInfo info)
-		{
-			this.info = info;
-		}
-
-		void INotifyDamage.Damaged(Actor self, AttackInfo e)
-		{
-			if (e.DamageState == info.TriggeringDamageStage)
-				isInjured = true;
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20191117/RemoveWithPermanentInjury.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20191117/RemoveWithPermanentInjury.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4709ee59fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20191117/RemoveWithPermanentInjury.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2020 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 RemoveWithPermanentInjury : UpdateRule
+	{
+		public override string Name { get { return "WithPermanentInjury trait has been removed."; } }
+		public override string Description
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return "The WithPermanentInjury trait has been removed, and should be replaced by\n" +
+				       "TakeCover with negative ProneTime value + GrantConditionOnDamageState/-Health.\n" +
+				       "Affected actors are listed so that these traits can be defined.";
+			}
+		}
+
+		readonly List<string> locations = new List<string>();
+
+		public override IEnumerable<string> AfterUpdate(ModData modData)
+		{
+			if (locations.Any())
+				yield return "The WithPermanentInjury trait has been removed from the following actors.\n" +
+				             "You must manually define TakeCover with a negative ProneTime and use\n" +
+				             "GrantConditionOnDamageState/-Health with 'GrantPermanently: true'\n" +
+							 "to enable TakeCover at the desired damage state:\n" +
+				             UpdateUtils.FormatMessageList(locations);
+
+			locations.Clear();
+		}
+
+		public override IEnumerable<string> UpdateActorNode(ModData modData, MiniYamlNode actorNode)
+		{
+			if (actorNode.RemoveNodes("WithPermanentInjury") > 0)
+				locations.Add("{0} ({1})".F(actorNode.Key, actorNode.Location.Filename));
+
+			yield break;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
index 5e75b50f98..aff5214b67 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules
 				new RemoveAirdropActorTypeDefault(),
 				new RenameProneTime(),
 				new ReplaceAttackTypeStrafe(),
+				new RemoveWithPermanentInjury(),
 			})
 		};