diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 337c1d2ef..76105e9b5 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 - `autolabor`: work detail override warning now only appears on the work details screen
 
 ## Misc Improvements
+- `autodump`: no longer checks for a keyboard cursor before executing, so ``autodump destroy`` (which doesn't require a cursor) can still function
 - `orders`: update orders in orders library for prepared meals, bins, archer uniforms, and weapons
 - Terminal console no longer appears in front of the game window on startup
 - `gui/control-panel`: new preference for whether filters in lists search for substrings in the middle of words (e.g. if set to true, then "ee" will match "steel")
diff --git a/plugins/autodump.cpp b/plugins/autodump.cpp
index 2514dd91a..839b3b727 100644
--- a/plugins/autodump.cpp
+++ b/plugins/autodump.cpp
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ DFhackCExport command_result plugin_init ( color_ostream &out, vector <PluginCom
     commands.push_back(PluginCommand(
         "autodump",
         "Teleport items marked for dumping to the keyboard cursor.",
-        df_autodump,
-        Gui::cursor_hotkey));
+        df_autodump));
     commands.push_back(PluginCommand(
         "autodump-destroy-here",
         "Destroy items marked for dumping under the keyboard cursor.",