diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
index b70c98de09..b5d9a1e0e2 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ PrefsManager::PrefsManager() :
 	m_iSoundDevice					( "SoundDevice",				"" ),
 	m_iSoundPreferredSampleRate		( "SoundPreferredSampleRate",	44100 ),
 	m_sInputDrivers					( "InputDrivers",				"" ),
-	m_sMovieDrivers					( "MovieDrivers",				"" ),
 	m_sLightsStepsDifficulty		( "LightsStepsDifficulty",		"medium" ),
 	m_bBlinkGameplayButtonLightsOnNote	( "BlinkGameplayButtonLightsOnNote",false ),
 	m_bAllowUnacceleratedRenderer	( "AllowUnacceleratedRenderer",	false ),
@@ -522,14 +521,6 @@ CString PrefsManager::GetInputDrivers()	{
 		return m_sInputDrivers;
 }
 
-CString PrefsManager::GetMovieDrivers()
-{ 
-	if ( m_sMovieDrivers.Get().empty() )
-		return (CString)DEFAULT_MOVIE_DRIVER_LIST;
-	else
-		return m_sMovieDrivers; 
-}
-
 bool PrefsManager::MessageIsIgnored( const CString &ID )
 {
 	vector<CString> list;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
index 787aa54787..047c894b55 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ public:
 private:
 	Preference<CString>	m_sInputDrivers;	// "" == default
 public:
-	Preference<CString>	m_sMovieDrivers;	// "" == default
 	Preference<CString>	m_sLightsStepsDifficulty;
 	Preference<bool>	m_bBlinkGameplayButtonLightsOnNote;
 	Preference<bool>	m_bAllowUnacceleratedRenderer;
@@ -258,7 +257,6 @@ public:
 	CString GetSoundDrivers();
 	float GetSoundVolume();
 	CString GetInputDrivers();
-	CString GetMovieDrivers();
 
 
 	void ReadPrefsFromIni( const IniFile &ini, const CString &sSection );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/arch.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/arch.cpp
index f53f28d316..78c851c792 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/arch.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/arch.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "arch_platform.h"
 #include "Foreach.h"
 #include "LocalizedString.h"
+#include "arch/arch_default.h"
 
 #include "InputHandler/Selector_InputHandler.h"
 static LocalizedString INPUT_HANDLERS_EMPTY( "Arch", "Input Handlers cannot be empty." );
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ MemoryCardDriver *MakeMemoryCardDriver()
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static Preference<CString> g_sMovieDrivers( "MovieDrivers", "" ); // "" == default
 #include "MovieTexture/Selector_MovieTexture.h"
 static void DumpAVIDebugInfo( const CString& fn );
 /* Try drivers in order of preference until we find one that works. */
@@ -185,8 +187,12 @@ RageMovieTexture *MakeRageMovieTexture( RageTextureID ID )
 {
 	DumpAVIDebugInfo( ID.filename );
 
+	RString sDrivers = g_sMovieDrivers;
+	if( sDrivers.empty() )
+		sDrivers = DEFAULT_MOVIE_DRIVER_LIST;
+
 	vector<CString> DriversToTry;
-	split( PREFSMAN->GetMovieDrivers(), ",", DriversToTry, true );
+	split( sDrivers, ",", DriversToTry, true );
 	
 	if( DriversToTry.empty() )
 		RageException::Throw( MOVIE_DRIVERS_EMPTY.GetValue() );