diff --git a/stepmania/src/BannerCache.cpp b/stepmania/src/BannerCache.cpp
index f32b44225b..ef7a8a3974 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BannerCache.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BannerCache.cpp
@@ -325,9 +325,8 @@ void BannerCache::CacheBannerInternal( CString BannerPath )
 		 * This also makes the banner take less memory, though that could also be
 		 * done by RLEing the surface.
 		 */
-		int color = mySDL_MapRGBExact(img->format, 0xFF, 0, 0xFF);
-		if( color != -1 )
-			SDL_SetColorKey( img, SDL_SRCCOLORKEY, color );
+		ApplyHotPinkColorKey( img );
+
 		ConvertSDLSurface(img, img->w, img->h, 32, 0x000000FF, 0x0000FF00, 0x00FF0000, 0xFF000000);
 		
 		SDL_Surface *dst = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(
@@ -339,8 +338,6 @@ void BannerCache::CacheBannerInternal( CString BannerPath )
 			ASSERT( img->format->palette );
 			mySDL_SetPalette(dst, img->format->palette->colors, 0, 256);
 		}
-		if( img->flags & SDL_SRCCOLORKEY )
-			SDL_SetColorKey( dst, SDL_SRCCOLORKEY, img->format->colorkey);
 
 		const float fCustomImageCoords[8] = {
 			0.02f,	0.78f,	// top left
@@ -374,11 +371,7 @@ void BannerCache::CacheBannerInternal( CString BannerPath )
 	width = max( width, min(32, power_of_two(src_width)) );
 	height = max( height, min(32, power_of_two(src_height)) );
 
-	{
-		const int color = mySDL_MapRGBExact(img->format, 0xFF, 0, 0xFF);
-		if( color != -1 )
-			SDL_SetColorKey( img, SDL_SRCCOLORKEY, color );
-	}
+	ApplyHotPinkColorKey( img );
 
 	{
 		ConvertSDLSurface(img, img->w, img->h, 32, 0x000000FF, 0x0000FF00, 0x00FF0000, 0xFF000000);