Setup The following steps must be executed before applying the patch: Login as admin. Go to Site administration > Plugins > Admin tools > Recycle bin" and disable "Enable course recycle bin".  Download the attached MDL-80949.feature . Run the following command to create a course with a few subsection activities:  php admin/tool/generator/cli/runtestscenario.php --feature="absolute/path/to/file.feature" It might fail while trying to create the users if s1 and s2 already exist in your local instance. If that's the case, this error can be ignored. Run the following SQL and confirm it returns 1 or higher: SELECT count(*) FROM mdl_data_fields WHERE type = 'text' AND param1 != '' Testing scenario Apply the patch. Upgrade the site. Go to the course MDL-80949 . Access the Database 1 activity. Go to the Fields section and edit the short text field. Confirm that the "Allow autolink" checkbox is not displayed anymore. Run the following SQL and confirm it returns 0: SELECT count(*) FROM mdl_data_fields WHERE type = 'text' AND param1 != '' Delete the "Database 1" activity. Run the following command to recreate the database activity again:  php admin/tool/generator/cli/runtestscenario.php --feature="absolute/path/to/file.feature" Check it returns "3/5 steps executed successfully." Access the Database 1 activity. Go to the Fields section and check the short text field has been created. Run the following SQL and confirm it returns 0: SELECT count(*) FROM mdl_data_fields WHERE type = 'text' AND param1 != ''