diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
index 587e1a3db5..217161df2d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ void RageBitmapTexture::Create()
 
 	/* Create (and return) a surface ready to be loaded to OpenGL */
 	/* Load the image into an SDL surface. */
-	ResolvePath( actualID.filename );
 	SDL_Surface *img = SDL_LoadImage( actualID.filename );
 
 	/* Tolerate corrupt/unknown images. */
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
index ec66a71a70..6221c5ced6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSound.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ bool RageSound::Load(CString sSoundFilePath, int precache)
 	Unload();
 
 	m_sFilePath = sSoundFilePath;
-	ResolvePath( m_sFilePath );
 	position = 0;
 
 	
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index 265f04e564..72dbf7d83d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ CString DerefRedir(const CString &path)
 	if( GetExtension(path) != "redir" )
 	{
 		CString path2 = path;
-		ResolvePath( path2 );
 		return path2;
 	}
 
@@ -550,8 +549,6 @@ CString DerefRedir(const CString &path)
 
 	CollapsePath( path2 );
 
-	ResolvePath( path2 );
-
 	if( !DoesFileExist(path2) )
 		RageException::Throw( "The redirect '%s' references a file '%s' which doesn't exist.", path.c_str(), path2.c_str() );