diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
index 70836c776f..333153bc58 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ PrefsManager::PrefsManager() :
 	m_iMovieColorDepth		( "MovieColorDepth",		16 ),
 	m_iMaxTextureResolution	( "MaxTextureResolution",	2048 ),
 	m_iRefreshRate			( "RefreshRate",			REFRESH_DEFAULT ),
-	m_fDisplayAspectRatio	( "DisplayAspectRatio",		ASPECT_AUTO ),
 	m_bAllowMultitexture	( "AllowMultitexture",		true ),
 	m_bShowStats			( "ShowStats",				TRUE_IF_DEBUG),
 	m_bShowBanners			( "ShowBanners",			true ),
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
index 26d039c2e0..c3ddfb876d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 class IniFile;
 
 const int MAX_SONGS_PER_PLAY = 7;
-#define ASPECT_AUTO -1
 
 class PrefsManager
 {
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ public:
 	Preference<int>		m_iMovieColorDepth;
 	Preference<int>		m_iMaxTextureResolution;
 	Preference<int>		m_iRefreshRate;
-	Preference<float>	m_fDisplayAspectRatio;	// -1 == auto
 	Preference<bool>	m_bAllowMultitexture;
 	Preference<bool>	m_bShowStats;
 	Preference<bool>	m_bShowBanners;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenDimensions.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenDimensions.cpp
index 57354fc96e..8028c25457 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenDimensions.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenDimensions.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "global.h"
 #include "ScreenDimensions.h"
 #include "PrefsManager.h"
+#include "Preference.h"
 #include "LuaManager.h"
 #include "LuaFunctions.h"
 #include "ThemeManager.h"
@@ -25,9 +26,12 @@ static ThemeMetric<float> THEME_SCREEN_HEIGHT("Common","ScreenHeight");
  */
 #define THEME_NATIVE_ASPECT (THEME_SCREEN_WIDTH/THEME_SCREEN_HEIGHT)
 
+#define ASPECT_AUTO -1
+static Preference<float> g_fDisplayAspectRatio( "DisplayAspectRatio", ASPECT_AUTO );
+
 float ScreenDimensions::GetScreenAspectRatio()
 {
-	float fAspect = PREFSMAN->m_fDisplayAspectRatio;
+	float fAspect = g_fDisplayAspectRatio;
 	if( fAspect == ASPECT_AUTO )
 	{
 		/* Most PC monitor resolutions have square pixels (PAR 1:1), so the DAR