diff --git a/stepmania/src/MemoryCardManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/MemoryCardManager.cpp
index f6405363d2..ea6d820ff6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/MemoryCardManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/MemoryCardManager.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "RageUtil_WorkerThread.h"
 #include "arch/arch.h"
 #include "arch/MemoryCard/MemoryCardDriver_Null.h"
-#include "PrefsManager.h"
 
 MemoryCardManager*	MEMCARDMAN = NULL;	// global and accessable from anywhere in our program
 
@@ -40,6 +39,8 @@ static void MemoryCardUsbLevelInit( size_t /*PlayerNumber*/ i, RString &sNameOut
 	defaultValueOut = -1;
 }
 
+static Preference<bool>		g_bMemoryCards( "MemoryCards", true );
+
 // if set, always use the device that mounts to this point
 Preference1D<RString>	MemoryCardManager::m_sMemoryCardOsMountPoint( MemoryCardOsMountPointInit, NUM_PLAYERS );
 // Look for this level, bus, port when assigning cards.  -1 = match any
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ ThreadedMemoryCardWorker::ThreadedMemoryCardWorker( bool bInEditScreens ):
 	RageWorkerThread("MemoryCardWorker"),
 	UsbStorageDevicesMutex("UsbStorageDevicesMutex")
 {
-	if( PREFSMAN->m_bMemoryCards || bInEditScreens )
+	if( g_bMemoryCards || bInEditScreens )
 		m_pDriver = MakeMemoryCardDriver();
 	else
 		m_pDriver = new MemoryCardDriver_Null;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
index 07fa7d1ae8..e5598b92b0 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ PrefsManager::PrefsManager() :
 	m_sLanguage			( "Language",				"" ),	// ThemeManager will deal with this invalid language
 	m_sMemoryCardProfileSubdir	( "MemoryCardProfileSubdir",		PRODUCT_ID ),
 	m_iProductID			( "ProductID",				1 ),
-	m_bMemoryCards			( "MemoryCards",			true ),
 	m_iCenterImageTranslateX	( "CenterImageTranslateX",		0 ),
 	m_iCenterImageTranslateY	( "CenterImageTranslateY",		0 ),
 	m_fCenterImageAddWidth		( "CenterImageAddWidth",		0 ),
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
index 4c28fac601..cd6cbe4b00 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ public:
 	Preference<RString>	m_sLanguage;
 	Preference<RString>	m_sMemoryCardProfileSubdir;	// the directory on a memory card to look in for a profile
 	Preference<int>		m_iProductID;		// Saved in HighScore to track what software version a score came from.
-	Preference<bool>	m_bMemoryCards;
 	Preference<int>		m_iCenterImageTranslateX;
 	Preference<int>		m_iCenterImageTranslateY;
 	Preference<int>		m_fCenterImageAddWidth;