diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
index 5e5f01c58f..7f95f5b001 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ PrefsManager::PrefsManager() :
 	m_bInterlaced			( "Interlaced",				false ),
 	m_bPAL					( "PAL",					false ),
 	m_bDelayedTextureDelete	( "DelayedTextureDelete",	true ),
-	m_bDelayedScreenLoad	( "DelayedScreenLoad",		false ),
 	m_bDelayedModelDelete	( "DelayedModelDelete",		false ),
 	m_BannerCache			( "BannerCache",			BNCACHE_LOW_RES_PRELOAD ),
 	m_bPalettedBannerCache	( "PalettedBannerCache",	false ),
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
index c8d5f158e9..a8eacf5ff7 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ public:
 	Preference<bool>	m_bInterlaced;
 	Preference<bool>	m_bPAL;
 	Preference<bool>	m_bDelayedTextureDelete;
-	Preference<bool>	m_bDelayedScreenLoad;
 	Preference<bool>	m_bDelayedModelDelete;
 	enum BannerCache {
 		BNCACHE_OFF,
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp
index 7a8ba33ede..57b4503b8e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@
 
 ScreenManager*	SCREENMAN = NULL;	// global and accessable from anywhere in our program
 
-static Preference<bool> g_bConcurrentLoading( "ConcurrentLoading",	false );
+static Preference<bool> g_bConcurrentLoading( "ConcurrentLoading", false );
+static Preference<bool> g_bDelayedScreenLoad( "DelayedScreenLoad", false );
 
 // Screen registration
 static map<RString,CreateScreenFn>	*g_pmapRegistrees = NULL;
@@ -682,7 +683,7 @@ void ScreenManager::LoadDelayedScreen()
 		 *
 		 * If DelayedScreenLoad is true, delete them now; this lowers memory requirements,
 		 * but results in redundant loads as we unload common data. */
-		if( PREFSMAN->m_bDelayedScreenLoad )
+		if( g_bDelayedScreenLoad )
 			DeletePreparedScreens();
 		else
 			GrabPreparedActors( apActorsToDelete );