diff --git a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
index 4a483df691..24d3434fa0 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
@@ -171,17 +171,10 @@ void BitmapText::BuildChars()
 			const glyph &g = m_pFont->GetGlyph(szLine[j]);
 
 			/* set vertex positions */
-			float vshift = float(g.fp->vshift);
-
-			/* If either the font or the glyph is kanji, align the character
-			 * centers.  (Otherwise, leave it aligned at the baseline.) */
-			if(m_pFont->IsKanjiFont() || g.fp->kanji)
-				vshift += g.fp->GetCenter() - m_pFont->GetCenter();
-
-			v[0].p = RageVector3( iX+g.hshift,			iY+vshift,		  0 );	// top left
-			v[1].p = RageVector3( iX+g.hshift,			iY+vshift+g.height, 0 );// bottom left
-			v[2].p = RageVector3( iX+g.hshift+g.width,	iY+vshift+g.height, 0 );// bottom right
-			v[3].p = RageVector3( iX+g.hshift+g.width,	iY+vshift,		  0 );	// top right
+			v[0].p = RageVector3( iX+g.hshift,			iY+g.fp->vshift,		  0 );	// top left
+			v[1].p = RageVector3( iX+g.hshift,			iY+g.fp->vshift+g.height, 0 );	// bottom left
+			v[2].p = RageVector3( iX+g.hshift+g.width,	iY+g.fp->vshift+g.height, 0 );	// bottom right
+			v[3].p = RageVector3( iX+g.hshift+g.width,	iY+g.fp->vshift,		  0 );	// top right
 
 			/* Advance the cursor. */
 			iX += g.hadvance;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Font.cpp b/stepmania/src/Font.cpp
index 03f2004653..8964c45f56 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Font.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Font.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ void FontPage::Load( const FontPageSettings &cfg )
 	m_pTexture = TEXTUREMAN->LoadTexture( m_sTexturePath );
 	ASSERT( m_pTexture != NULL );
 
-	kanji = cfg.Kanji;
-
 	// load character widths
 	vector<int> FrameWidths;
 	int i;
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ void FontPage::Load( const FontPageSettings &cfg )
 	}
 
 	/* Shift the character up so the top will be rendered at the baseline. */
-	vshift = -baseline;
+	vshift = (float) -baseline;
 
 	SetTextureCoords(FrameWidths);
 	SetExtraPixels(cfg.DrawExtraPixelsLeft, cfg.DrawExtraPixelsRight);
@@ -440,7 +438,6 @@ void Font::LoadFontPageSettings(FontPageSettings &cfg, IniFile &ini, const CStri
 	ini.GetValueI( PageName, "LineSpacing", cfg.LineSpacing );
 	ini.GetValueI( PageName, "Top", cfg.Top );
 	ini.GetValueI( PageName, "Baseline", cfg.Baseline );
-	ini.GetValueB( PageName, "Kanji", cfg.Kanji );
 
 	/* Iterate over all keys. */
 	const IniFile::key *k = ini.GetKey(PageName);
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Font.h b/stepmania/src/Font.h
index 0475e19e2c..1cbebb72e4 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Font.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/Font.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct FontPageSettings
 		Top,
 		Baseline;
 	float ScaleAllWidthsBy;
-	bool Kanji;
 	
 	map<longchar,int> CharToGlyphNo;
 	/* If a value is missing, the width of the texture frame is used. */
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ struct FontPageSettings
 		LineSpacing(-1),
 		ScaleAllWidthsBy(1),
 		Top(-1),
-		Baseline(-1),
-		Kanji(false)
+		Baseline(-1)
 	{ }
 };
 
@@ -81,8 +79,8 @@ public:
 
 	/* Page-global properties. */
 	int height;
-	bool kanji;
-	int LineSpacing, vshift;
+	int LineSpacing;
+	float vshift;
 	int GetCenter() const { return height/2; }
 
 private:
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ public:
 	void CapsOnly();
 
 	int GetHeight() const { return def->height; }
-	bool IsKanjiFont() const { return def->kanji; }
 	int GetCenter() const { return def->GetCenter(); }
 	int GetLineSpacing() const { return def->LineSpacing; }