diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
index eaca28ec82..75fe0a56e1 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #include "XmlFileUtil.h"
 #include "LuaManager.h"
 #include "Foreach.h"
-#include "Command.h"
-#include <sstream>
 
 #include "arch/Dialog/Dialog.h"
 
@@ -396,92 +394,10 @@ Actor* ActorUtil::MakeActor( const RString &sPath_, const XNode *pParent, Actor
 	}
 }
 
-void ActorUtil::ParseActorCommands( Lua *L, const RString &sCommands, const RString &sName )
-{
-	RString sLuaFunction;
-	if( sCommands.size() > 0 && sCommands[0] == '\033' )
-	{
-		/* This is a compiled Lua chunk.  Just pass it on directly. */
-		sLuaFunction = sCommands;
-	}
-	else if( sCommands.size() > 0 && sCommands[0] == '%' )
-	{
-		sLuaFunction = "return ";
-		sLuaFunction.append( sCommands.begin()+1, sCommands.end() );
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		Commands cmds;
-		ParseCommands( sCommands, cmds );
-		
-		//
-		// Convert cmds to a Lua function
-		//
-		ostringstream s;
-		
-		s << "return function(self,parent)\n";
-
-		FOREACH_CONST( Command, cmds.v, c )
-		{
-			const Command& cmd = (*c);
-			RString sName = cmd.GetName();
-			TrimLeft( sName );
-			TrimRight( sName );
-			s << "\tself:" << sName << "(";
-
-			bool bFirstParamIsString =
-				sName == "effectclock" ||
-				sName == "playcommand" ||
-				sName == "queuecommand" ||
-				sName == "queuemessage";
-
-			for( unsigned i=1; i<cmd.m_vsArgs.size(); i++ )
-			{
-				RString sArg = cmd.m_vsArgs[i];
-
-				// "+200" -> "200"
-				if( sArg[0] == '+' )
-					sArg.erase( sArg.begin() );
-
-				if( i==1 && bFirstParamIsString ) // string literal
-				{
-					sArg.Replace( "'", "\\'" );	// escape quote
-					s << "'" << sArg << "'";
-				}
-				else if( sArg[0] == '#' )	// HTML color
-				{
-					RageColor c;	// in case FromString fails
-					c.FromString( sArg );
-					// c is still valid if FromString fails
-					s << c.r << "," << c.g << "," << c.b << "," << c.a;
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					s << sArg;
-				}
-
-				if( i != cmd.m_vsArgs.size()-1 )
-					s << ",";
-			}
-			s << ")\n";
-		}
-
-		s << "end\n";
-
-		sLuaFunction = s.str();
-	}
-
-	RString sError;
-	if( !LuaHelpers::RunScript( L, sLuaFunction, sName, sError, 1 ) )
-		LOG->Warn( "Compiling \"%s\": %s", sLuaFunction.c_str(), sError.c_str() );
-
-	/* The function is now on the stack. */
-}
-
 apActorCommands ActorUtil::ParseActorCommands( const RString &sCommands, const RString &sName )
 {
 	Lua *L = LUA->Get();
-	ParseActorCommands( L, sCommands, sName );
+	LuaHelpers::ParseCommandList( L, sCommands, sName );
 	LuaReference *pRet = new LuaReference;
 	pRet->SetFromStack( L );
 	LUA->Release( L );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.h b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.h
index 6e5cb2d7ee..0d2e4730a5 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ namespace ActorUtil
 	void Register( const RString& sClassName, CreateActorFn pfn );
 	Actor* Create( const RString& sClassName, const RString& sDir, const XNode* pNode, Actor *pParentActor );
 
-	void ParseActorCommands( Lua *L, const RString &sCommands, const RString &sName = "" );
 	apActorCommands ParseActorCommands( const RString &sCommands, const RString &sName = "" );
 	void SetXY( Actor& actor, const RString &sType );
 	void LoadCommand( Actor& actor, const RString &sType, const RString &sCommandName );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp
index 02a8f19496..8242ed5111 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 #include "Foreach.h"
 #include "arch/Dialog/Dialog.h"
 #include "XmlFile.h"
+#include "Command.h"
 
+#include <sstream>
 #include <csetjmp>
 #include <cassert>
 
@@ -572,6 +574,88 @@ bool LuaHelpers::RunAtExpressionS( RString &sStr )
 	return true;
 }
 
+void LuaHelpers::ParseCommandList( Lua *L, const RString &sCommands, const RString &sName )
+{
+	RString sLuaFunction;
+	if( sCommands.size() > 0 && sCommands[0] == '\033' )
+	{
+		/* This is a compiled Lua chunk.  Just pass it on directly. */
+		sLuaFunction = sCommands;
+	}
+	else if( sCommands.size() > 0 && sCommands[0] == '%' )
+	{
+		sLuaFunction = "return ";
+		sLuaFunction.append( sCommands.begin()+1, sCommands.end() );
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		Commands cmds;
+		ParseCommands( sCommands, cmds );
+		
+		//
+		// Convert cmds to a Lua function
+		//
+		ostringstream s;
+		
+		s << "return function(self,parent)\n";
+
+		FOREACH_CONST( Command, cmds.v, c )
+		{
+			const Command& cmd = (*c);
+			RString sName = cmd.GetName();
+			TrimLeft( sName );
+			TrimRight( sName );
+			s << "\tself:" << sName << "(";
+
+			bool bFirstParamIsString =
+				sName == "effectclock" ||
+				sName == "playcommand" ||
+				sName == "queuecommand" ||
+				sName == "queuemessage";
+
+			for( unsigned i=1; i<cmd.m_vsArgs.size(); i++ )
+			{
+				RString sArg = cmd.m_vsArgs[i];
+
+				// "+200" -> "200"
+				if( sArg[0] == '+' )
+					sArg.erase( sArg.begin() );
+
+				if( i==1 && bFirstParamIsString ) // string literal
+				{
+					sArg.Replace( "'", "\\'" );	// escape quote
+					s << "'" << sArg << "'";
+				}
+				else if( sArg[0] == '#' )	// HTML color
+				{
+					RageColor c;	// in case FromString fails
+					c.FromString( sArg );
+					// c is still valid if FromString fails
+					s << c.r << "," << c.g << "," << c.b << "," << c.a;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					s << sArg;
+				}
+
+				if( i != cmd.m_vsArgs.size()-1 )
+					s << ",";
+			}
+			s << ")\n";
+		}
+
+		s << "end\n";
+
+		sLuaFunction = s.str();
+	}
+
+	RString sError;
+	if( !LuaHelpers::RunScript( L, sLuaFunction, sName, sError, 1 ) )
+		LOG->Warn( "Compiling \"%s\": %s", sLuaFunction.c_str(), sError.c_str() );
+
+	/* The function is now on the stack. */
+}
+
 /* Like luaL_typerror, but without the special case for argument 1 being "self"
  * in method calls, so we give a correct error message after we remove self. */
 int LuaHelpers::TypeError( Lua *L, int iArgNo, const char *szName )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.h b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.h
index ad0211fea4..7725e82be2 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaManager.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ namespace LuaHelpers
 	/* If sStr begins with @, evaluate the rest as an expression and store the result over sStr. */
 	bool RunAtExpressionS( RString &sStr );
 
+	void ParseCommandList( lua_State *L, const RString &sCommands, const RString &sName );
+
 	/* Pops the last iArgs arguments from the stack, and return a function that returns
 	 * those values. */
 	void PushValueFunc( lua_State *L, int iArgs );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
index e369167740..a4b2011794 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ void ThemeManager::PushMetric( Lua *L, const RString &sClassName, const RString
 #if !defined(SMPACKAGE)
 	if( EndsWith(sValueName, "Command") )
 	{
-		ActorUtil::ParseActorCommands( L, sValue, sName );
+		LuaHelpers::ParseCommandList( L, sValue, sName );
 	}
 	else
 #endif