diff --git a/stepmania/src/global.h b/stepmania/src/global.h
index c6c1a6f947..748f2fb663 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/global.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/global.h
@@ -121,9 +121,13 @@ void ShowWarning( const char *file, int line, const char *message ); // don't pu
 
 /* Use UNIQUE_NAME to get the line number concatenated to x. This is useful for
  * generating unique identifiers in other macros.  */
-#define UNIQUE_NAME3(x,line) x##line
-#define UNIQUE_NAME2(x,line) UNIQUE_NAME3(x, line)
-#define UNIQUE_NAME(x) UNIQUE_NAME2(x, __LINE__)	
+/* XXX: VC2003 expanding __LINE__ to nothing in the first version.  Investigate why. -Chris */
+//#define UNIQUE_NAME3(x,line) x##line
+//#define UNIQUE_NAME2(x,line) UNIQUE_NAME3(x, line)
+//#define UNIQUE_NAME(x) UNIQUE_NAME2(x, __LINE__)	
+#define UNIQUE_NAME3(x) x
+#define UNIQUE_NAME2(x) UNIQUE_NAME3(x)
+#define UNIQUE_NAME(x) UNIQUE_NAME2(x)	
 
 template <bool> struct CompileAssert;
 template <> struct CompileAssert<true> { };