diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
index 03e0d38202..37be13d0d9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
@@ -907,8 +907,6 @@ int ThemeManager::GetMetricI( const RString &sClassName, const RString &sValueNa
 {
 	RString sValue = GetMetricRaw( g_pLoadedThemeData->iniMetrics, sClassName, sValueName );
 
-	LuaHelpers::RunAtExpressionS( sValue );
-
 	LuaHelpers::PrepareExpression( sValue );
 
 	return LuaHelpers::RunExpressionI( sValue );
@@ -918,8 +916,6 @@ float ThemeManager::GetMetricF( const RString &sClassName, const RString &sValue
 {
 	RString sValue = GetMetricRaw( g_pLoadedThemeData->iniMetrics, sClassName, sValueName );
 
-	LuaHelpers::RunAtExpressionS( sValue );
-
 	LuaHelpers::PrepareExpression( sValue );
 
 	return LuaHelpers::RunExpressionF( sValue );
@@ -930,8 +926,6 @@ bool ThemeManager::GetMetricB( const RString &sClassName, const RString &sValueN
 {
 	RString sValue = GetMetricRaw( g_pLoadedThemeData->iniMetrics, sClassName, sValueName );
 
-	LuaHelpers::RunAtExpressionS( sValue );
-
 	if( sValue.Left(1) == "0" || sValue.Left(1) == "1" )
 		RageException::Throw( "Theme metric %s::%s: boolean value \"%s\" should be true or false",
 			sClassName.c_str(), sValueName.c_str(), sValue.c_str() );