diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 326bafa6f8..d00d576eec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
     Bug #6129: Player avatar not displayed correctly for large window sizes when GUI scaling active
     Bug #6131: Item selection in the avatar window not working correctly for large window sizes
     Bug #6133: Cannot reliably sneak or steal in the sight of the NPCs siding with player
+    Feature #5489: MCP: Telekinesis fix for activators
     Feature #6017: Separate persistent and temporary cell references when saving
-    
+
 0.47.0
 ------
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwclass/activator.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwclass/activator.cpp
index 2e8553920f..8ffcf70253 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwclass/activator.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwclass/activator.cpp
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ namespace MWClass
         return !getName(ptr).empty();
     }
 
-    bool Activator::allowTelekinesis(const MWWorld::ConstPtr &ptr) const {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     MWGui::ToolTipInfo Activator::getToolTipInfo (const MWWorld::ConstPtr& ptr, int count) const
     {
         const MWWorld::LiveCellRef<ESM::Activator> *ref = ptr.get<ESM::Activator>();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwclass/activator.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwclass/activator.hpp
index 4dc85bd507..f7497f01bc 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwclass/activator.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwclass/activator.hpp
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ namespace MWClass
             bool hasToolTip (const MWWorld::ConstPtr& ptr) const override;
             ///< @return true if this object has a tooltip when focused (default implementation: true)
 
-            bool allowTelekinesis(const MWWorld::ConstPtr& ptr) const override;
-            ///< Return whether this class of object can be activated with telekinesis
-
             MWGui::ToolTipInfo getToolTipInfo (const MWWorld::ConstPtr& ptr, int count) const override;
             ///< @return the content of the tool tip to be displayed. raises exception if the object has no tooltip.