diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/physicssystem.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/physicssystem.cpp
index 6be42affb..2709ced4f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/physicssystem.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/physicssystem.cpp
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ namespace MWPhysics
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
     PhysicsSystem::PhysicsSystem(Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> parentNode)
-        : mShapeManager(new NifBullet::BulletShapeManager(resourceSystem->getVFS(), resourceSystem->getSceneManager()))
+        : mShapeManager(new NifBullet::BulletShapeManager(resourceSystem->getVFS()))
         , mDebugDrawEnabled(false)
         , mTimeAccum(0.0f)
         , mWaterHeight(0)
diff --git a/components/nifbullet/bulletshapemanager.cpp b/components/nifbullet/bulletshapemanager.cpp
index 57848ab81..6acfdd408 100644
--- a/components/nifbullet/bulletshapemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/nifbullet/bulletshapemanager.cpp
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@
 
 #include <components/nifbullet/bulletnifloader.hpp>
 
-#include <components/resource/scenemanager.hpp>
-
 namespace NifBullet
 {
 
-BulletShapeManager::BulletShapeManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs, Resource::SceneManager* sceneManager)
+BulletShapeManager::BulletShapeManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs)
     : mVFS(vfs)
-    , mSceneManager(sceneManager)
 {
 
 }
diff --git a/components/nifbullet/bulletshapemanager.hpp b/components/nifbullet/bulletshapemanager.hpp
index 9db674d6d..6b9ec60de 100644
--- a/components/nifbullet/bulletshapemanager.hpp
+++ b/components/nifbullet/bulletshapemanager.hpp
@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ namespace NifBullet
     class BulletShapeManager
     {
     public:
-        BulletShapeManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs, Resource::SceneManager* sceneManager);
+        BulletShapeManager(const VFS::Manager* vfs);
         ~BulletShapeManager();
 
         osg::ref_ptr<BulletShapeInstance> createInstance(const std::string& name);
 
     private:
         const VFS::Manager* mVFS;
-        // need to load keyframes to know what nodes are going to be animated
-        Resource::SceneManager* mSceneManager;
 
         typedef std::map<std::string, osg::ref_ptr<BulletShape> > Index;
         Index mIndex;