diff --git a/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.cpp b/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.cpp
index ed0fe2aec7..f0219bc81b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 CString PLAYER_COLOR_NAME( size_t p ) { return ssprintf("ColorP%d",int(p+1)); }
 
 ThemeMetric<CString>	INITIAL_SCREEN						("Common","InitialScreen");
-ThemeMetric<CString>	FIRST_RUN_INITIAL_SCREEN			("Common","FirstRunInitialScreen");
 ThemeMetric<CString>	DEFAULT_MODIFIERS					("Common","DefaultModifiers" );
 ThemeMetric<CString>	DEFAULT_CPU_MODIFIERS				("Common","DefaultCpuModifiers" );
 ThemeMetric1D<RageColor> PLAYER_COLOR						("Common",PLAYER_COLOR_NAME,NUM_PLAYERS);
diff --git a/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.h b/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.h
index d87d1518e3..c7c2655d83 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/CommonMetrics.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ public:
 // Metrics
 //
 extern ThemeMetric<CString>		INITIAL_SCREEN;
-extern ThemeMetric<CString>		FIRST_RUN_INITIAL_SCREEN;
 extern ThemeMetric<CString>		DEFAULT_MODIFIERS;
 extern ThemeMetric<CString>		DEFAULT_CPU_MODIFIERS;
 extern ThemeMetric1D<RageColor> PLAYER_COLOR;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp b/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp
index 4b50909f48..4fe72a3b6a 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp
@@ -315,16 +315,7 @@ void ResetGame( bool ReturnToFirstScreen )
 
 
 	if( ReturnToFirstScreen )
-	{
-		if( PREFSMAN->m_bFirstRun )
-			SCREENMAN->SetNewScreen( FIRST_RUN_INITIAL_SCREEN );
-		else
-			SCREENMAN->SetNewScreen( INITIAL_SCREEN );
-
-		PREFSMAN->m_bFirstRun.Set( false );
-		PREFSMAN->SaveGlobalPrefsToDisk();	// persist FirstRun setting in case we don't exit normally
-	}
-
+		SCREENMAN->SetNewScreen( INITIAL_SCREEN );
 }
 
 static void GameLoop();