diff --git a/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp b/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp
index 8ebb663025..ba00da7a64 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp
@@ -3588,6 +3588,9 @@ bool InsetTableCell::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
 {
 	bool enabled = true;
 	switch (cmd.action()) {
+	case LFUN_INSET_DISSOLVE:
+		enabled = false;
+		break;
 	case LFUN_MATH_DISPLAY:
 		if (!hasFixedWidth()) {
 			enabled = false;
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
index 930ea1475c..da195b04ec 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
@@ -318,10 +318,8 @@ void InsetText::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 		bool const main_inset = text_.isMainText();
 		bool const target_inset = cmd.argument().empty()
 			|| cmd.getArg(0) == insetName(lyxCode());
-		// cur.inset() is the tabular when this is a single cell (bug #9954)
-		bool const one_cell = cur.inset().nargs() == 1;
 
-		if (!main_inset && target_inset && one_cell) {
+		if (!main_inset && target_inset) {
 			// Text::dissolveInset assumes that the cursor
 			// is inside the Inset.
 			if (&cur.inset() != this)
@@ -351,11 +349,9 @@ bool InsetText::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
 		bool const main_inset = text_.isMainText();
 		bool const target_inset = cmd.argument().empty()
 			|| cmd.getArg(0) == insetName(lyxCode());
-		// cur.inset() is the tabular when this is a single cell (bug #9954)
-		bool const one_cell = cur.inset().nargs() == 1;
 
 		if (target_inset)
-			status.setEnabled(!main_inset && one_cell);
+			status.setEnabled(!main_inset);
 		return target_inset;
 	}
 
diff --git a/status.23x b/status.23x
index b08b2656cc..22b9b5dd23 100644
--- a/status.23x
+++ b/status.23x
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Enable dissolve in undefined Flex inset context menu (bug 8650).
 
+- Enable dissolve in context menu of element in table cells.
+
 - Fix bad caret position when row scrolls horizontally (bug 11603).
 
 - Fix crash when inserting some insets in math split insets  (bug 11686).