diff --git a/stepmania/src/Actor.cpp b/stepmania/src/Actor.cpp
index 4ab6b6d0ba..c63eb6b848 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Actor.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Actor.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ void Actor::LoadFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode )
 			sCmdName = sKeyName.Left( sKeyName.size()-7 );
 		AddCommand( sCmdName, apac );
 	}
+
+	/* There's an InitCommand.  Run it now.  This can be used to eg. change Z to
+	 * modify draw order between BGAs in a Foreground. */
+	PlayCommand( "Init" );
 }
 
 void Actor::Draw()
diff --git a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
index 0c753243b2..1b19a3b583 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
@@ -179,15 +179,6 @@ void BGAnimation::LoadFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode )
 {
 	DEBUG_ASSERT( pNode->m_sName == "BGAnimation" );
 
-	CString sInitCommand;
-	if( pNode->GetAttrValue( "InitCommand", sInitCommand ) )
-	{
-		/* There's an InitCommand.  Run it now.  This can be used to eg. change Z to
-		 * modify draw order between BGAs in a Foreground.  Most things should be done
-		 * in metrics.ini commands, not here. */
-		this->RunCommands( ActorCommands(ParseCommands(sInitCommand)) );
-	}
-
 	ActorScroller::LoadFromNode( sDir, pNode );
 
 	this->RunCommandsOnChildren( ActorCommands(ParseCommands("PlayCommand,Init")) );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenSelectMaster.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenSelectMaster.cpp
index 6104065d14..0f964d86e9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenSelectMaster.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenSelectMaster.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ ScreenSelectMaster::ScreenSelectMaster( CString sClassName ) : ScreenSelect( sCl
 
 				m_sprScroll[c][0].Load( THEME->GetPathG(m_sName,ssprintf("Scroll Choice%s",mc.m_sName.c_str())) );
 				m_sprScroll[c][0]->SetName( ssprintf("Scroll") );
-				m_sprScroll[c][0]->PlayCommand( "Init" );
 				m_Scroller[0].AddChild( m_sprScroll[c][0] );
 			}
 		}
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ ScreenSelectMaster::ScreenSelectMaster( CString sClassName ) : ScreenSelect( sCl
 
 					m_sprScroll[c][p].Load( THEME->GetPathG(m_sName,ssprintf("Scroll Choice%s P%d",mc.m_sName.c_str(),p+1)) );
 					m_sprScroll[c][p]->SetName( ssprintf("ScrollP%d",p+1) );
-					m_sprScroll[c][p]->PlayCommand( "Init" );
 					m_Scroller[p].AddChild( m_sprScroll[c][p] );
 				}
 			}