diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 07f16ac81b..eff35bfa53 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     Bug #6657: Distant terrain tiles become black when using FWIW mod
     Bug #6661: Saved games that have no preview screenshot cause issues or crashes
     Bug #6716: mwscript comparison operator handling is too restrictive
+    Bug #6754: Beast to Non-beast transformation mod is not working on OpenMW
     Bug #6807: Ultimate Galleon is not working properly
     Bug #6893: Lua: Inconsistent behavior with actors affected by Disable and SetDelete commands
     Bug #6894: Added item combines with equipped stack instead of creating a new unequipped stack
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/actorutil.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/actorutil.cpp
index 6cef42d60f..8da921e532 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/actorutil.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/actorutil.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "actorutil.hpp"
 
 #include <components/settings/values.hpp>
+#include <components/vfs/pathutil.hpp>
 
 namespace MWRender
 {
@@ -29,4 +30,11 @@ namespace MWRender
                 return Settings::models().mXbaseanim1st;
         }
     }
+
+    bool isDefaultActorSkeleton(std::string_view model)
+    {
+        return VFS::Path::pathEqual(Settings::models().mBaseanimkna.get(), model)
+            || VFS::Path::pathEqual(Settings::models().mBaseanimfemale.get(), model)
+            || VFS::Path::pathEqual(Settings::models().mBaseanim.get(), model);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/actorutil.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/actorutil.hpp
index bbffc4ad24..3107bf0183 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/actorutil.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/actorutil.hpp
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 #define OPENMW_APPS_OPENMW_MWRENDER_ACTORUTIL_H
 
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 namespace MWRender
 {
     const std::string& getActorSkeleton(bool firstPerson, bool female, bool beast, bool werewolf);
+    bool isDefaultActorSkeleton(std::string_view model);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
index 900d0d9ae1..e17a1f34a3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
@@ -493,8 +493,16 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         std::string smodel = defaultSkeleton;
         if (!is1stPerson && !isWerewolf && !mNpc->mModel.empty())
-            smodel = Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctActorModelPath(
-                Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctMeshPath(mNpc->mModel), mResourceSystem->getVFS());
+        {
+            // TESCS sometimes writes the default animation nif to the animation subrecord. This harmless (as it
+            // will match the NPC's race) until the NPC's race is changed. If the player record contains a default
+            // non-beast race animation and the player selects a beast race in chargen, animations aren't applied
+            // properly. Morrowind.exe appears to handle an NPC using any of the base animations as not having custom
+            // animations.
+            std::string model = Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctMeshPath(mNpc->mModel);
+            if (!isDefaultActorSkeleton(model))
+                smodel = Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctActorModelPath(model, mResourceSystem->getVFS());
+        }
 
         setObjectRoot(smodel, true, true, false);
 
@@ -511,7 +519,7 @@ namespace MWRender
 
             addAnimSource(smodel, smodel);
 
-            if (!isWerewolf && mNpc->mRace.contains("argonian"))
+            if (!isWerewolf && isBeast && mNpc->mRace.contains("argonian"))
                 addAnimSource("meshes\\xargonian_swimkna.nif", smodel);
         }
         else
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/esmstore.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/esmstore.cpp
index d5d2c03b8b..7ecaaa217d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/esmstore.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/esmstore.cpp
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 #include <components/loadinglistener/loadinglistener.hpp>
 #include <components/lua/configuration.hpp>
 #include <components/misc/algorithm.hpp>
-#include <components/misc/resourcehelpers.hpp>
-#include <components/vfs/pathutil.hpp>
 
 #include "../mwmechanics/spelllist.hpp"
-#include "../mwrender/actorutil.hpp"
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -136,32 +133,11 @@ namespace
             }
 
             const ESM::Race* race = races.search(npc.mRace);
-            if (race)
-            {
-                // TESCS sometimes writes the default animation nif to the animation subrecord. This harmless (as it
-                // will match the NPC's race) until the NPC's race is changed. If the player record contains a default
-                // non-beast race animation and the player selects a beast race in chargen, animations aren't applied
-                // properly. Morrowind.exe handles this gracefully, so we clear the animation here to force the default
-                // values to be used.
-                if (!npc.mModel.empty() && npc.mId == "player")
-                {
-                    const bool isBeast = (race->mData.mFlags & ESM::Race::Beast) != 0;
-                    const std::string& defaultModel = MWRender::getActorSkeleton(false, !npc.isMale(), isBeast, false);
-                    std::string model = Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctMeshPath(npc.mModel);
-                    if (VFS::Path::pathEqual(defaultModel, model))
-                    {
-                        npc.mModel.clear();
-                        changed = true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else
+            if (!race)
             {
                 Log(Debug::Verbose) << "NPC " << npc.mId << " (" << npc.mName << ") has nonexistent race " << npc.mRace
                                     << ", using " << defaultRace << " race as replacement.";
                 npc.mRace = defaultRace;
-                // Remove animations that might be race specific
-                npc.mModel.clear();
                 changed = true;
             }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw_test_suite/CMakeLists.txt
index 421e9e82f1..967511953d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ file(GLOB UNITTEST_SRC_FILES
     ../openmw/mwworld/store.cpp
     ../openmw/mwworld/esmstore.cpp
     ../openmw/mwworld/timestamp.cpp
-    ../openmw/mwrender/actorutil.cpp
 
     mwworld/test_store.cpp
     mwworld/testduration.cpp