diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
index ee96b6545c..c5a35d08db 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Traits\Render\RenderSpritesEditorOnly.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Render\WithTurretedSpriteBody.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Render\RenderNameTag.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Traits\Render\RenderSimple.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Render\RenderSprites.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Render\WithWallSpriteBody.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Render\RenderDetectionCircle.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bcdd33c73..0000000000
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#region Copyright & License Information
-/*
- * Copyright 2007-2015 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. For more information,
- * see COPYING.
- */
-#endregion
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using OpenRA.Graphics;
-using OpenRA.Mods.Common.Graphics;
-using OpenRA.Traits;
-
-namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
-{
-	[Desc("Basic render trait for immobile actors. Deprecated, use RenderSprites + WithSpriteBody instead.")]
-	public class RenderSimpleInfo : RenderSpritesInfo, IRenderActorPreviewSpritesInfo, Requires<IBodyOrientationInfo>
-	{
-		[SequenceReference] public readonly string Sequence = "idle";
-
-		public override object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new RenderSimple(init, this); }
-
-		public virtual IEnumerable<IActorPreview> RenderPreviewSprites(ActorPreviewInitializer init, RenderSpritesInfo rs, string image, int facings, PaletteReference p)
-		{
-			var ifacing = init.Actor.Traits.GetOrDefault<IFacingInfo>();
-			var facing = ifacing != null ? init.Contains<FacingInit>() ? init.Get<FacingInit, int>() : ifacing.GetInitialFacing() : 0;
-
-			var anim = new Animation(init.World, image, () => facing);
-			anim.PlayRepeating(RenderSprites.NormalizeSequence(anim, init.GetDamageState(), Sequence));
-
-			yield return new SpriteActorPreview(anim, WVec.Zero, 0, p, rs.Scale);
-		}
-	}
-
-	public class RenderSimple : RenderSprites, IAutoSelectionSize
-	{
-		public readonly Animation DefaultAnimation;
-
-		readonly RenderSimpleInfo info;
-
-		public RenderSimple(ActorInitializer init, RenderSimpleInfo info, Func<int> baseFacing)
-			: base(init, info)
-		{
-			this.info = info;
-
-			DefaultAnimation = new Animation(init.World, GetImage(init.Self), baseFacing);
-			Add(DefaultAnimation);
-		}
-
-		public RenderSimple(ActorInitializer init, RenderSimpleInfo info)
-			: this(init, info, MakeFacingFunc(init.Self))
-		{
-			DefaultAnimation.PlayRepeating(NormalizeSequence(init.Self, info.Sequence));
-		}
-
-		public int2 SelectionSize(Actor self) { return AutoSelectionSize(self); }
-
-		public string NormalizeSequence(Actor self, string sequence)
-		{
-			return NormalizeSequence(DefaultAnimation, self.GetDamageState(), sequence);
-		}
-
-		public void PlayCustomAnim(Actor self, string name)
-		{
-			if (DefaultAnimation.HasSequence(name))
-				DefaultAnimation.PlayThen(NormalizeSequence(self, name),
-					() => DefaultAnimation.PlayRepeating(NormalizeSequence(self, info.Sequence)));
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
index fab7f4f625..2a0d9b7f3e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 			return sequence;
 		}
 
-		// Required by RenderSimple, WithSpriteBody and WithInfantryBody
+		// Required by WithSpriteBody and WithInfantryBody
 		public int2 AutoSelectionSize(Actor self)
 		{
 			return anims.Where(b => b.IsVisible
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UtilityCommands/UpgradeRules.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UtilityCommands/UpgradeRules.cs
index b6b42cecfd..51ad3a69e9 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UtilityCommands/UpgradeRules.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UtilityCommands/UpgradeRules.cs
@@ -2058,6 +2058,32 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UtilityCommands
 						node.Key = "RotationPaletteEffect";
 				}
 
+				// Replace RenderSimple with RenderSprites + WithSpriteBody + AutoSelectionSize
+				if (engineVersion < 20150909)
+				{
+					if (depth == 0)
+					{
+						var rs = node.Value.Nodes.FirstOrDefault(n => n.Key.StartsWith("RenderSimple"));
+						if (rs != null)
+						{
+							rs.Key = "RenderSprites";
+
+							var wsbNodes = rs.Value.Nodes.Where(n => n.Key == "Sequence").ToList();
+							if (wsbNodes.Any())
+								node.Value.Nodes.Add(new MiniYamlNode("WithSpriteBody", new MiniYaml("", wsbNodes)));
+							else
+								node.Value.Nodes.Add(new MiniYamlNode("WithSpriteBody", ""));
+
+							node.Value.Nodes.Add(new MiniYamlNode("AutoSelectionSize", ""));
+							rs.Value.Nodes.RemoveAll(n => wsbNodes.Contains(n));
+						}
+
+						var rrs = node.Value.Nodes.FirstOrDefault(n => n.Key.StartsWith("-RenderSimple"));
+						if (rrs != null)
+							rrs.Key = "-WithSpriteBody";
+					}
+				}
+
 				UpgradeActorRules(engineVersion, ref node.Value.Nodes, node, depth + 1);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/mods/ra/rules/misc.yaml b/mods/ra/rules/misc.yaml
index 2c404a1c98..7ea617fd95 100644
--- a/mods/ra/rules/misc.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/rules/misc.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ MINP:
 		NotifyAppliedDamage: false
 	Armor:
 		Type: Light
-	RenderSimple:
+	RenderSprites:
+	WithSpriteBody:
+	AutoSelectionSize:
 	Cloak:
 		CloakSound:
 		UncloakSound:
@@ -43,7 +45,9 @@ MINV:
 		NotifyAppliedDamage: false
 	Armor:
 		Type: Light
-	RenderSimple:
+	RenderSprites:
+	WithSpriteBody:
+	AutoSelectionSize:
 	Cloak:
 		CloakSound:
 		UncloakSound: