diff --git a/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.amazonechocontrol/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml b/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.amazonechocontrol/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
index 3836b57798..da40f13c91 100644
--- a/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.amazonechocontrol/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.amazonechocontrol/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <thing:thing-descriptions xmlns:thing="https://openhab.org/schemas/thing-description/v1.0.0"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" bindingId="amazonechocontrol"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="https://openhab.org/schemas/thing-description/v1.0.0 https://openhab.org/schemas/thing-description-1.0.0.xsd">
-	<bridge-type id="account" extensible="refreshActivity">
+	<bridge-type id="account">
 		<label>Amazon Account</label>
 		<description>Amazon Account where the amazon echo devices are registered.</description>
 		<channels>
diff --git a/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.amazonechocontrol/src/main/resources/OH-INF/update/instructions.xml b/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.amazonechocontrol/src/main/resources/OH-INF/update/instructions.xml
index 870ad03a1f..7f1c46bb7a 100644
--- a/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.amazonechocontrol/src/main/resources/OH-INF/update/instructions.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.amazonechocontrol/src/main/resources/OH-INF/update/instructions.xml
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 	xmlns:update="https://openhab.org/schemas/update-description/v1.0.0"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="https://openhab.org/schemas/update-description/v1.0.0 https://openhab.org/schemas/update-description-1.0.0.xsd">
 
-	<!-- disabled due to a bug in openhab-core -->
-	<!--thing-type uid="amazonechocontrol:account">
+	<thing-type uid="amazonechocontrol:account">
 		<instruction-set targetVersion="1">
-		<add-channel id="refreshActivity">
-		<type>amazonechocontrol:refreshActivity</type>
-		</add-channel>
+			<update-channel id="refreshActivity">
+				<type>amazonechocontrol:refreshActivity</type>
+			</update-channel>
 		</instruction-set>
-		</thing-type -->
+	</thing-type>
 	<thing-type uid="amazonechocontrol:echo">
 		<instruction-set targetVersion="1">
 			<add-channel id="lastSpokenText">