diff --git a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
index 05dd19a777..56124739c9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.cpp
@@ -367,24 +367,9 @@ void BitmapText::SetText( const CString& _sText, const CString& _sAlternateText,
 		m_vColors.clear();
 
 		int i =	m_sText.Find( "|c0", 0 );
-		int last = 0, iNewlineCount = -3;
-
+		int last = 0;
 		while ( ( i > -1 ) && ( i < ( int( m_sText.length() ) - 9 ) ) )
 		{
-			int j = m_sText.Find( CString("\n"), last+1 );
-			//Count \n's from previous to now.
-
-					LOG->Info("M4");
-
-			while ( ( j < i ) && ( j >= 0 ) )
-			{
-				j = m_sText.Find( CString("\n"), j+1 );
-				iNewlineCount+=2;
-			}
-
-
-					LOG->Info("M5");
-
 			sEndText += m_sText.substr( last, i-last );
 			ColorChange change;
 			int k;
@@ -392,7 +377,7 @@ void BitmapText::SetText( const CString& _sText, const CString& _sAlternateText,
 			sscanf( m_sText.substr( i+5, 2 ).c_str(), "%x", &k ); change.c.g = float( k ) / 255.0f;
 			sscanf( m_sText.substr( i+7, 2 ).c_str(), "%x", &k ); change.c.b = float( k ) / 255.0f;
 			change.c.a = 1;
-			change.l = sEndText.length() - MAX( iNewlineCount, 0 );
+			change.l = sEndText.length();
 			m_vColors.push_back( change );
 			last = i+9;
 			if ( last < (int)m_sText.length() )
@@ -598,42 +583,6 @@ bool BitmapText::StringWillUseAlternate( const CString& sText, const CString& sA
 	return true;
 }
 
-void BitmapText::SetMaxLines( int iNumLines, int iDirection )
-{
-	iNumLines = max( 0, iNumLines );
-	iNumLines = min( (int)m_wTextLines.size(), iNumLines );
-	if( iDirection == 0 ) 
-	{
-		// Crop all bottom lines
-		m_wTextLines.resize( iNumLines );
-		m_iLineWidths.resize( iNumLines );
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		//Because colors are relative to the beginning, we have to crop them back
-		unsigned shift = 0;
-
-		LOG->Info("M1");
-		for ( unsigned i = 0; i < m_wTextLines.size() - iNumLines; i++ )
-			shift  += m_wTextLines[i].length();
-
-		for ( unsigned i = 0; i < m_vColors.size(); i++ )
-		{
-			m_vColors[i].l -= shift;
-			if ( m_vColors[i].l < 0 )
-			{
-				m_vColors.erase( m_vColors.begin() + i );
-				i--;
-			}
-		}
-		LOG->Info("M2");
-
-		m_wTextLines.erase( m_wTextLines.begin(), m_wTextLines.end() - iNumLines );
-		m_iLineWidths.erase( m_iLineWidths.begin(), m_iLineWidths.end() - iNumLines );
-	}
-	BuildChars();
-}
-
 void BitmapText::CropToWidth( int iMaxWidthInSourcePixels )
 {
 	iMaxWidthInSourcePixels = max( 0, iMaxWidthInSourcePixels );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.h b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.h
index 69610af826..f324761f32 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BitmapText.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/BitmapText.h
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ public:
 	void SetMaxWidth( float fMaxWidth );
 	void SetMaxHeight( float fMaxHeight );
 	void SetWrapWidthPixels( int iWrapWidthPixels );
-	void SetMaxLines( int iNumLines, int iDirection = 0 );	//Direction: 0 for crop bottom, 1 for crop top
-
 	void CropToWidth( int iWidthInSourcePixels );
 
 	virtual bool EarlyAbortDraw();
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenNetSelectBase.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenNetSelectBase.cpp
index 9fee17a2c4..ffbcfe2f4f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenNetSelectBase.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenNetSelectBase.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ void ScreenNetSelectBase::Init()
 	this->AddChild( &m_textChatOutput );
 
 	m_textChatOutput.SetText( NSMAN->m_sChatText );
-	m_textChatOutput.SetMaxLines( SHOW_CHAT_LINES, 1 );
 
 	//Users' Background
 	
@@ -192,7 +191,6 @@ void ScreenNetSelectBase::HandleScreenMessage( const ScreenMessage SM )
 	else if( SM == SM_AddToChat )
 	{
 		m_textChatOutput.SetText( NSMAN->m_sChatText );
-		m_textChatOutput.SetMaxLines( SHOW_CHAT_LINES, 1 );
 	}
 	else if( SM == SM_UsersUpdate )
 	{