diff --git a/eeschema/annotate.cpp b/eeschema/annotate.cpp
index bee46330ef..22b1bc6021 100644
--- a/eeschema/annotate.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/annotate.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ void SCH_EDIT_FRAME::AnnotateSymbols( ANNOTATE_SCOPE_T  aAnnotateScope,
     // that these references must be reannotated, but keeps the original reference
     // so that we can reannotate multi-unit symbols together.
     if( aResetAnnotation )
-        references.RemoveAnnotation( false );
+        references.RemoveAnnotation();
 
     // Build additional list of references to be used during reannotation
     // to avoid duplicate designators (no additional references when annotating
diff --git a/eeschema/sch_reference_list.h b/eeschema/sch_reference_list.h
index d83340e588..92dea919bf 100644
--- a/eeschema/sch_reference_list.h
+++ b/eeschema/sch_reference_list.h
@@ -327,13 +327,10 @@ public:
      * symbols.
      * @see SCH_REFERENCE_LIST::UpdateAnnotation
      */
-    void RemoveAnnotation( bool aIncludePowerSymbols )
+    void RemoveAnnotation()
     {
         for( unsigned ii = 0; ii < GetCount(); ii++ )
-        {
-            if( !m_flatList[ii].m_libPart->IsPower() || aIncludePowerSymbols )
-                m_flatList[ii].m_isNew = true;
-        }
+            m_flatList[ii].m_isNew = true;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/qa/unittests/eeschema/test_sch_reference_list.cpp b/qa/unittests/eeschema/test_sch_reference_list.cpp
index f33746c54b..7b90c1e050 100644
--- a/qa/unittests/eeschema/test_sch_reference_list.cpp
+++ b/qa/unittests/eeschema/test_sch_reference_list.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( Reannotate )
 
         loadTestCase( c.m_SchematicRelativePath, c.m_ExpectedReannotations );
 
-        m_refsToReannotate.RemoveAnnotation( true );
+        m_refsToReannotate.RemoveAnnotation();
         m_refsToReannotate.SplitReferences();
         m_refsToReannotate.Annotate( false, 0, c.m_StartNumber, m_lockedRefs, getAdditionalRefs() );
         m_refsToReannotate.UpdateAnnotation();