diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
index 36bd1e9e8e..8e22ea5b4f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@
     <Compile Include="UpdateRules\Rules\20181215\RequireProductionType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UpdateRules\Rules\20190106\MakeMobilePausableConditional.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UpdateRules\Rules\20190106\MultipleDeploySounds.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UpdateRules\Rules\20190106\RemoveSimpleBeacon.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UtilityCommands\CheckYaml.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UtilityCommands\ConvertPngToShpCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UtilityCommands\ConvertSpriteToPngCommand.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20190106/RemoveSimpleBeacon.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20190106/RemoveSimpleBeacon.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..123d5cc5d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20190106/RemoveSimpleBeacon.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2019 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;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules.Rules
+{
+	public class RemoveSimpleBeacon : UpdateRule
+	{
+		public override string Name { get { return "Remove 'PlaceSimpleBeacon'."; } }
+		public override string Description
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return "The 'PlaceSimpleBeacon' trait was removed.\n" +
+					"Use the new functionality of the 'PlaceBeacon' trait instead.";
+			}
+		}
+
+		public override IEnumerable<string> UpdateActorNode(ModData modData, MiniYamlNode actorNode)
+		{
+			var psb = actorNode.LastChildMatching("PlaceSimpleBeacon");
+			if (psb == null)
+				yield break;
+
+			psb.RenameKey("PlaceBeacon");
+
+			var palette = psb.LastChildMatching("Palette");
+			var isPlayer = psb.LastChildMatching("IsPlayerPalette");
+			var sequence = psb.LastChildMatching("BeaconSequence");
+
+			if (palette == null)
+				psb.AddNode("Palette", "effect");
+
+			if (isPlayer == null)
+				psb.AddNode("IsPlayerPalette", "false");
+
+			if (sequence == null)
+				psb.AddNode("BeaconSequence", "idle");
+
+			psb.AddNode("ArrowSequence", "");
+			psb.AddNode("CircleSequence", "");
+
+			yield break;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
index d6d1b5a2bf..6988ce7c68 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdatePath.cs
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules
 				// Bleed only changes here
 				new RemoveAttackSuicides(),
 				new MultipleDeploySounds(),
+				new RemoveSimpleBeacon(),
 				new MakeMobilePausableConditional(),
 				new StreamlineRepairableTraits(),
 			})