diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageNetworkClient.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageNetworkClient.cpp
index a58b846a12..26f0f11142 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageNetworkClient.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageNetworkClient.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ RageNetworkClient::RageNetworkClient()
 	m_priSock = 0;
 	m_priSockSet = NULL;
 
-	SDL_Init(0);	// this may have already been init'd somewhere else
+	/* Don't do this; it'll fire up things we might not want.  Let StepMania.cpp
+	 * do the initial SDL config. */
+	// SDL_Init(0);	// this may have already been init'd somewhere else
 
 	if( SDLNet_Init() < 0 )
 		throw RageException("SDLNet_Init: %s\n", SDLNet_GetError());
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageNetworkServer.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageNetworkServer.cpp
index f3916ed072..70f8c3e515 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageNetworkServer.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageNetworkServer.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ RageNetworkServer::RageNetworkServer()
 	m_listenSockSet = NULL;
 	m_clientSocksSet = NULL;
 
-	SDL_Init(0);	// this may have already been init'd somewhere else
+	/* Don't do this; it'll fire up things we might not want.  Let StepMania.cpp
+	 * do the initial SDL config. */
+	// SDL_Init(0);	// this may have already been init'd somewhere else
 
 	if( SDLNet_Init() < 0 )
 		throw RageException("SDLNet_Init: %s\n", SDLNet_GetError());