diff --git a/stepmania/src/BannerCache.cpp b/stepmania/src/BannerCache.cpp
index 9c42bf61df..f8c0fd19b6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BannerCache.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BannerCache.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #include "Banner.h"
 
+static Preference<bool> g_bPalettedBannerCache( "PalettedBannerCache", false );
+
 /* Neither a global or a file scope static can be used for this because
  * the order of initialization of nonlocal objects is unspecified. */
 //const RString BANNER_CACHE_INDEX = SpecialFiles::CACHE_DIR + "banners.cache";
@@ -458,7 +460,7 @@ void BannerCache::CacheBannerInternal( RString sBannerPath )
 	 * one cached banner into a texture at once, and the speed hit may not matter on
 	 * newer ATI cards.  RGBA is safer, though.
 	 */
-	if( PREFSMAN->m_bPalettedBannerCache )
+	if( g_bPalettedBannerCache )
 	{
 		if( pImage->fmt.BytesPerPixel != 1 )
 			RageSurfaceUtils::Palettize( pImage );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
index 8795690355..fdd41252d3 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ PrefsManager::PrefsManager() :
 	m_bDelayedTextureDelete	( "DelayedTextureDelete",	true ),
 	m_bDelayedModelDelete	( "DelayedModelDelete",		false ),
 	m_BannerCache		( "BannerCache",		BNCACHE_LOW_RES_PRELOAD ),
-	m_bPalettedBannerCache	( "PalettedBannerCache",	false ),
 	m_bFastLoad		( "FastLoad",			false ),
 	m_bFastLoadAdditionalSongs      ( "FastLoadAdditionalSongs",    false ),
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
index dbe31ff851..ee598c1d0f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ public:
 	Preference<bool>	m_bDelayedTextureDelete;
 	Preference<bool>	m_bDelayedModelDelete;
 	Preference<BannerCacheMode>		m_BannerCache;
-	Preference<bool>	m_bPalettedBannerCache;
 	Preference<bool>	m_bFastLoad;
 	Preference<bool>        m_bFastLoadAdditionalSongs;