diff --git a/stepmania/src/Preference.cpp b/stepmania/src/Preference.cpp
index f89c320b2b..36261616fb 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Preference.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Preference.cpp
@@ -73,20 +73,6 @@ void IPreference::SetFromStack( lua_State *L )
 
 	lua_pop( L, 1 );
 }
-#define READFROM_AND_WRITETO( type ) \
-	template<> RString PrefToString( const type &v ) \
-	{ \
-		return ::ToString( v ); \
-	} \
-	template<> void PrefFromString( const RString &s, type &v ) \
-	{ \
-		::FromString( s, v ); \
-	}
-
-READFROM_AND_WRITETO( int )
-READFROM_AND_WRITETO( float )
-READFROM_AND_WRITETO( bool )
-READFROM_AND_WRITETO( RString )
 
 void IPreference::ReadFrom( const XNode* pNode, bool bIsStatic )
 {
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Preference.h b/stepmania/src/Preference.h
index 7749fe21a0..e89b448b6f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Preference.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/Preference.h
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ private:
 
 void BroadcastPreferenceChanged( const RString& sPreferenceName );
 
-template <class BasicType> RString PrefToString( const BasicType &v );
-template <class BasicType> void PrefFromString( const RString &s, BasicType &v );
-
 template <class T, class BasicType=T>
 class Preference : public IPreference
 {