diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenDebugOverlay.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenDebugOverlay.cpp
index 70a5463adc..8cd408787c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenDebugOverlay.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenDebugOverlay.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ static RageTimer g_HaltTimer(RageZeroTimer);
 static float g_fImageScaleCurrent = 1;
 static float g_fImageScaleDestination = 1;
 
-Preference<bool> g_bAllowFastAndSlow ("AllowFastAndSlow", true);
-
 //
 // self-registering debug lines
 // We don't use SubscriptionManager, because we want to keep the line order.
@@ -140,11 +138,8 @@ void ScreenDebugOverlay::Init()
 
 		g_Mappings.holdForDebug1 = DeviceInput(DEVICE_KEYBOARD, KEY_F3);
 		g_Mappings.holdForDebug2.MakeInvalid();
-		if( g_bAllowFastAndSlow )
-		{
-			g_Mappings.holdForSlow = DeviceInput(DEVICE_KEYBOARD, KEY_ACCENT);
-			g_Mappings.holdForFast = DeviceInput(DEVICE_KEYBOARD, KEY_TAB);
-		}
+		g_Mappings.holdForSlow = DeviceInput(DEVICE_KEYBOARD, KEY_ACCENT);
+		g_Mappings.holdForFast = DeviceInput(DEVICE_KEYBOARD, KEY_TAB);
 
 
 		int i=0;