diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp
index 9d0d11c9ba..ca775ee227 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ void ScreenManager::ClearScreenStack()
 void ScreenManager::SetFromNewScreen( Screen *pNewScreen, bool Stack )
 {
 	RefreshCreditsMessages();
-	THEME->ReloadMetricsIfNecessary();
 
 	if( !Stack )
 		ClearScreenStack();
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
index 6c844a1264..91699789d4 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ ThemeManager::ThemeManager()
 	m_pIniBaseMetrics = new IniFile;
 
 	m_sCurThemeName = BASE_THEME_NAME;	// Use the base theme for now.  It's up to PrefsManager to change this.
-	m_uHashForCurThemeMetrics = 0;
-	m_uHashForBaseThemeMetrics = 0;
-	m_uHashForCurThemeCurLanguage = 0;
-	m_uHashForBaseThemeCurLanguage = 0;
-	m_uHashForCurThemeBaseLanguage = 0;
-	m_uHashForBaseThemeBaseLanguage = 0;
 	
 	CStringArray arrayThemeNames;
 	GetThemeNames( arrayThemeNames );
@@ -158,14 +152,6 @@ void ThemeManager::SwitchThemeAndLanguage( CString sThemeName, CString sLanguage
 	for( i = 0; i < NUM_ELEMENT_CATEGORIES; ++i )
 		g_ThemePathCache[i].clear();
 
-	// update hashes for metrics files
-	m_uHashForCurThemeMetrics = GetHashForFile( GetMetricsIniPath(m_sCurThemeName) );
-	m_uHashForBaseThemeMetrics = GetHashForFile( GetMetricsIniPath(BASE_THEME_NAME) );
-	m_uHashForBaseThemeBaseLanguage = GetHashForFile( GetLanguageIniPath(BASE_THEME_NAME,BASE_LANGUAGE) );
-	m_uHashForCurThemeBaseLanguage = GetHashForFile( GetLanguageIniPath(m_sCurThemeName,BASE_LANGUAGE) );
-	m_uHashForBaseThemeCurLanguage = GetHashForFile( GetLanguageIniPath(BASE_THEME_NAME,m_sCurLanguage) );
-	m_uHashForCurThemeCurLanguage = GetHashForFile( GetLanguageIniPath(m_sCurThemeName,m_sCurLanguage) );
-
 	// read new metrics.  First read base metrics, then read cur theme's metrics, overriding base theme
 	m_pIniBaseMetrics->Reset();
 	m_pIniBaseMetrics->ReadFile( GetMetricsIniPath(FALLBACK_THEME_NAME) );
@@ -469,21 +455,6 @@ bool ThemeManager::HasMetric( CString sClassName, CString sValueName )
 	return GetMetricRaw( sClassName, sValueName, sThrowAway );
 }
 
-void ThemeManager::ReloadMetricsIfNecessary()
-{
-	//
-	// reload metrics if file has changed
-	//
-	CString sCurMetricPath = GetMetricsIniPath(m_sCurThemeName);
-	CString sDefaultMetricPath = GetMetricsIniPath(BASE_THEME_NAME);
-
-	if( m_uHashForCurThemeMetrics != GetHashForFile(sCurMetricPath)  ||
-		m_uHashForBaseThemeMetrics != GetHashForFile(sDefaultMetricPath) )
-	{
-		ReloadMetrics();
-	}
-}
-
 void ThemeManager::ReloadMetrics()
 {
 	SwitchThemeAndLanguage(m_sCurThemeName, m_sCurLanguage);	// force a reload of the metrics cache
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.h b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.h
index 8d771586ac..405f92b9d6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public:
 	CString GetCurThemeDir() { return GetThemeDirFromName(m_sCurThemeName); };
 	void NextTheme();
 	void ReloadMetrics();
-	void ReloadMetricsIfNecessary();
 	void GetModifierNames( set<CString>& AddTo );
 
 	/* I renamed these for two reasons.  The overload conflicts with the ones below:
@@ -73,12 +72,6 @@ protected:
 
 	IniFile* m_pIniCurMetrics;	// make this a pointer so we don't have to include IniFile here
 	IniFile* m_pIniBaseMetrics;	// make this a pointer so we don't have to include IniFile here
-	unsigned m_uHashForCurThemeMetrics;
-	unsigned m_uHashForBaseThemeMetrics;
-	unsigned m_uHashForCurThemeCurLanguage;
-	unsigned m_uHashForBaseThemeCurLanguage;
-	unsigned m_uHashForCurThemeBaseLanguage;
-	unsigned m_uHashForBaseThemeBaseLanguage;
 };
 
 extern ThemeManager*	THEME;	// global and accessable from anywhere in our program