diff --git a/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/01 alias.lua b/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/01 alias.lua
index e0e3841f07..05935425bf 100644
--- a/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/01 alias.lua	
+++ b/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/01 alias.lua	
@@ -20,12 +20,4 @@ local _screen = {
 	h  = SCREEN_HEIGHT,
 	cx = SCREEN_CENTER_X,
 	cy = SCREEN_CENTER_Y
-}
-
-if Screen.String then
-	ScreenString = Screen.String
-end
-
-if Screen.Metric then
-	ScreenMetric = Screen.Metric
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/01 compat.lua b/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/01 compat.lua
index 36b5327aa2..4103cc9dbc 100644
--- a/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/01 compat.lua	
+++ b/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/01 compat.lua	
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ function ActorScroller:setfastcatchup(bFastCatchup)
 	self:SetFastCatchup(bFastCatchup)
 end
 
--- renaming various StepMania functions to sm-ssc ones:
-if ScreenString then
-	ScreenString = Screen.String
-end
-
-if ScreenMetric then
-	ScreenMetric = Screen.Metric
-end
-
 --[[ GameState ]]
 --Aliases for old GAMESTATE timing functions.
 --These have been converted to SongPosition, but most themes still use these old functions.
diff --git a/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/02 Other.lua b/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/02 Other.lua
index ea544d1dd4..91f81f06e1 100644
--- a/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/02 Other.lua	
+++ b/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/02 Other.lua	
@@ -102,11 +102,13 @@ Screen.Metric = function ( sName )
 	local sClass = Var "LoadingScreen"
 	return THEME:GetMetric( sClass, sName )
 end
+ScreenMetric = Screen.Metric
 
 Screen.String = function ( sName )
 	local sClass = Var "LoadingScreen";
 	return THEME:GetString( sClass, sName )
 end
+ScreenString = Screen.String
 
 function TextBannerAfterSet(self,param) 
 	local Title=self:GetChild("Title");