diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index 8c9f5f4939..f8ff3780d3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -782,8 +782,6 @@ namespace MWRender
             NodeMap::const_iterator found = nodeMap.find("bip01");
             if (found == nodeMap.end())
                 found = nodeMap.find("root bone");
-            if (found == nodeMap.end())
-                found = nodeMap.find("root");
 
             if (found != nodeMap.end())
                 mAccumRoot = found->second;
diff --git a/components/resource/keyframemanager.cpp b/components/resource/keyframemanager.cpp
index 0ffe597122..d739392e8b 100644
--- a/components/resource/keyframemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/keyframemanager.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Resource
 
     void RetrieveAnimationsVisitor::apply(osg::Node& node)
     {
-        if (node.libraryName() == std::string("osgAnimation") && node.className() == std::string("Bone") && node.getName() == std::string("root"))
+        if (node.libraryName() == std::string("osgAnimation") && node.className() == std::string("Bone") && node.getName() == std::string("bip01"))
             {
                 osg::ref_ptr<SceneUtil::OsgAnimationController> callback = new SceneUtil::OsgAnimationController();
 
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/osgacontroller.cpp b/components/sceneutil/osgacontroller.cpp
index f0eb7da6f9..37aa525af1 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/osgacontroller.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/osgacontroller.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil
         {
             osgAnimation::UpdateMatrixTransform* umt = dynamic_cast<osgAnimation::UpdateMatrixTransform*>(cb);
             if (umt)
-                if (node.getName() != "root") link(umt);
+                if (node.getName() != "bip01") link(umt);
             cb = cb->getNestedCallback();
         }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil
 
             for (const auto& channel: channels)
             {
-                if (channel->getTargetName() != "root" || channel->getName() != "transform") continue;
+                if (channel->getTargetName() != "bip01" || channel->getName() != "transform") continue;
 
                 if ( osgAnimation::MatrixLinearSampler* templateSampler = dynamic_cast<osgAnimation::MatrixLinearSampler*> (channel->getSampler()) )
                 {