diff --git a/stepmania/src/CourseLoaderCRS.cpp b/stepmania/src/CourseLoaderCRS.cpp
index 457f11d5a2..c80b6c8815 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/CourseLoaderCRS.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/CourseLoaderCRS.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@
 
 const int MAX_EDIT_COURSE_SIZE_BYTES	= 30*1024;	// 30KB
 
+const char *g_CRSDifficultyNames[] =
+{
+	"Beginner",
+	"Easy",
+	"Regular",
+	"Difficult",
+	"Challenge",
+	"Edit",
+};
+
+static CourseDifficulty CRSStringToDifficulty( const RString& s )
+{
+	FOREACH_Difficulty(i)
+		if( !s.CompareNoCase(g_CRSDifficultyNames[i]) )
+			return i;
+	return Difficulty_Invalid;
+}
+
+
 bool CourseLoaderCRS::LoadFromBuffer( const RString &sPath, const RString &sBuffer, Course &out )
 {
 	MsdFile msd;
@@ -72,7 +91,7 @@ bool CourseLoaderCRS::LoadFromMsd( const RString &sPath, const MsdFile &msd, Cou
 			}
 			else if( sParams.params.size() == 3 )
 			{
-				const CourseDifficulty cd = StringToCourseDifficulty( sParams[1] );
+				const CourseDifficulty cd = CRSStringToDifficulty( sParams[1] );
 				if( cd == Difficulty_Invalid )
 				{
 					LOG->UserLog( "Course file", sPath, "contains an invalid #METER string: \"%s\"", sParams[1].c_str() );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/CourseWriterCRS.cpp b/stepmania/src/CourseWriterCRS.cpp
index 9aa40a1737..b740e124e6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/CourseWriterCRS.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/CourseWriterCRS.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 #include "song.h"
 #include "RageFileDriverMemory.h"
 
+extern const char *g_CRSDifficultyNames[]; // in CourseLoaderCRS
+
+static RString DifficultyToCRSString( CourseDifficulty iVal )
+{
+	return g_CRSDifficultyNames[iVal];
+}
 
 bool CourseWriterCRS::Write( const Course &course, const RString &sPath, bool bSavingCache )
 {
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ bool CourseWriterCRS::Write( const Course &course, RageFileBasic &f, bool bSavin
 	{
 		if( course.m_iCustomMeter[cd] == -1 )
 			continue;
-		f.PutLine( ssprintf("#METER:%s:%i;", CourseDifficultyToString(cd).c_str(), course.m_iCustomMeter[cd]) );
+		f.PutLine( ssprintf("#METER:%s:%i;", DifficultyToCRSString(cd).c_str(), course.m_iCustomMeter[cd]) );
 	}
 
 	if( bSavingCache )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Difficulty.cpp b/stepmania/src/Difficulty.cpp
index 8a6c7eedd1..ba6275e498 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Difficulty.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Difficulty.cpp
@@ -47,20 +47,6 @@ Difficulty StringToDifficulty( const RString& sDC )
 	else						return Difficulty_Invalid;
 }
 
-static const char *CourseDifficultyNames[] =
-{
-	"Beginner",
-	"Easy",
-	"Regular",
-	"Difficult",
-	"Challenge",
-	"Edit",
-};
-const RString& CourseDifficultyToString( CourseDifficulty x )
-{
-	static auto_ptr<RString> as_CourseDifficultyName[NUM_CourseDifficulty+2];
-	return EnumToString( x, NUM_CourseDifficulty, CourseDifficultyNames, as_CourseDifficultyName );
-}
 
 const RString &CourseDifficultyToLocalizedString( CourseDifficulty x )
 {
@@ -76,16 +62,6 @@ const RString &CourseDifficultyToLocalizedString( CourseDifficulty x )
 	return g_CourseDifficultyName[x]->GetValue();
 }
 
-CourseDifficulty StringToCourseDifficulty( const RString& s )
-{
-	RString s2 = s;
-	s2.MakeLower();
-	for( unsigned i = 0; i < ARRAYLEN(CourseDifficultyNames); ++i )
-		if( !s2.CompareNoCase(CourseDifficultyNames[i]) )
-			return (CourseDifficulty)i;
-	return CourseDifficulty_Invalid;
-}
-
 LuaFunction( CourseDifficultyToLocalizedString, CourseDifficultyToLocalizedString(Enum::Check<Difficulty>(L, 1)) );
 
 CourseDifficulty GetNextShownCourseDifficulty( CourseDifficulty cd )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Difficulty.h b/stepmania/src/Difficulty.h
index 46f9c8c8ee..6befb2142f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Difficulty.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/Difficulty.h
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ typedef Difficulty CourseDifficulty;
 #define FOREACH_CourseDifficulty FOREACH_Difficulty
 #define FOREACH_ShownCourseDifficulty( cd ) for( Difficulty cd=GetNextShownCourseDifficulty((CourseDifficulty)-1); cd!=Difficulty_Invalid; cd=GetNextShownCourseDifficulty(cd) )
 
-const RString& CourseDifficultyToString( Difficulty dc );
 const RString& CourseDifficultyToLocalizedString( Difficulty dc );
-Difficulty StringToCourseDifficulty( const RString& sDC );
 
 Difficulty GetNextShownCourseDifficulty( Difficulty pn );