diff --git a/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_1.py b/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_1.py
index 0c6aa6050a..b838f9e0e7 100644
--- a/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_1.py
+++ b/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_1.py
@@ -488,12 +488,12 @@ convert = [
            [422, [convert_use_packages]],
            [423, [convert_use_mathtools]],
            [424, [convert_cite_engine_type]],
-           [425, []]
+           [425, []],
           ]
 
 revert =  [
            [424, [revert_cancel]],
-           [423, [revert_cite_engine_type, revert_cancel]],
+           [423, [revert_cite_engine_type]],
            [422, [revert_use_mathtools]],
            [421, [revert_use_packages]],
            [420, [revert_longtable_captions]],
diff --git a/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp b/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp
index da13ccb347..58daaac6fc 100644
--- a/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp
+++ b/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ char const * simplefeatures[] = {
 	"mathrsfs",
 	"mathabx",
 	"mathtools",
+	"cancel",
 	"ascii",
 	"url",
 	"covington",
@@ -728,9 +729,6 @@ string const LaTeXFeatures::getPackages() const
 		params_.use_package("undertilde") != BufferParams::package_off)
 		packages << "\\usepackage{undertilde}\n";
 
-	if (mustProvide("cancel"))
-		packages << "\\usepackage{cancel}\n";
-
 	// [x]color and pdfcolmk are handled in getColorOptions() above
 
 	// makeidx.sty