diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.cpp
index a0e922d0a0..60f9508a63 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.cpp
@@ -1,76 +1,8 @@
 #include "global.h"
 #include "ArchHooks.h"
-#include "PrefsManager.h"
-#include "RageUtil.h"
-#include "RageDisplay.h"	// for IsWindowed()
 
 ArchHooks *HOOKS = NULL;
 
-bool ArchHooks::MessageIsIgnored( CString ID )
-{
-  vector<CString> list;
-  split( PREFSMAN->m_sIgnoredMessageWindows, ",", list );
-  for( unsigned i = 0; i < list.size(); ++i )
-    if( !ID.CompareNoCase(list[i]) )
-      return true;
-  return false;
-}
-
-void ArchHooks::IgnoreMessage( CString ID )
-{
-  if( MessageIsIgnored(ID) )
-    return;
-  vector<CString> list;
-  split( PREFSMAN->m_sIgnoredMessageWindows, ",", list );
-  list.push_back( ID );
-  PREFSMAN->m_sIgnoredMessageWindows = join( ",", list );
-  PREFSMAN->SaveGlobalPrefsToDisk();
-}
-
-void ArchHooks::MessageBoxError( CString sMessage, CString ID )
-{
-	if( ID != "" && MessageIsIgnored( ID ) )
-		return;
-
-	MessageBoxErrorPrivate( sMessage, ID );
-}
-
-void ArchHooks::MessageBoxOK( CString sMessage, CString ID )
-{
-	if( ID != "" && MessageIsIgnored( ID ) )
-		return;
-
-	// only show MessageBox if windowed
-	if( DISPLAY && !DISPLAY->IsWindowed() )
-		ArchHooks::MessageBoxOKPrivate( sMessage, ID );
-	else
-		this->MessageBoxOKPrivate( sMessage, ID );	// call derived version
-}
-
-ArchHooks::MessageBoxResult ArchHooks::MessageBoxAbortRetryIgnore( CString sMessage, CString ID )
-{
-	if( ID != "" && MessageIsIgnored( ID ) )
-		return ArchHooks::MessageBoxAbortRetryIgnorePrivate( sMessage, ID );
-
-	// only show MessageBox if windowed
-	if( DISPLAY && !DISPLAY->IsWindowed() )
-		return ArchHooks::MessageBoxAbortRetryIgnorePrivate( sMessage, ID );
-	else
-		return this->MessageBoxAbortRetryIgnorePrivate( sMessage, ID );	// call derived version
-}
-
-ArchHooks::MessageBoxResult ArchHooks::MessageBoxRetryCancel( CString sMessage, CString ID )
-{
-	if( ID != "" && MessageIsIgnored( ID ) )
-		return ArchHooks::MessageBoxRetryCancelPrivate( sMessage, ID );
-
-	// only show MessageBox if windowed
-	if( DISPLAY && !DISPLAY->IsWindowed() )
-		return ArchHooks::MessageBoxRetryCancelPrivate( sMessage, ID );
-	else
-		return this->MessageBoxRetryCancelPrivate( sMessage, ID );	// call derived version
-}
-
 /*
  * (c) 2003-2004 Glenn Maynard, Chris Danford
  * All rights reserved.
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h
index 1ead26d7d8..6fa0b822c7 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h
@@ -17,24 +17,11 @@
  */
 class ArchHooks
 {
-protected:
-    bool MessageIsIgnored( CString ID );
-    void IgnoreMessage( CString ID );
-	
 public:
 	/* This is called as soon as SDL is set up, the loading window is shown
 	 * and we can safely log and throw. */
 	virtual void DumpDebugInfo() { }
 
-	/* Message box stuff.  Not supported on all archs.  The ID can be used
-	 * to identify a class of messages, for "don't display this dialog"-type
-	 * prompts.  (Don't overload these, overload *Private below.) */
-	enum MessageBoxResult { abort, retry, ignore, cancel };
-	void MessageBoxError( CString error, CString ID = "" );
-	void MessageBoxOK( CString sMessage, CString ID = "" );
-	MessageBoxResult MessageBoxAbortRetryIgnore( CString sMessage, CString ID = "" );
-	MessageBoxResult MessageBoxRetryCancel( CString sMessage, CString ID = "" );
-
 	virtual ~ArchHooks() { }
 	/* This is called once each time through the game loop */
 	virtual void Update(float delta) { }
@@ -49,13 +36,6 @@ public:
 	virtual void ExitTimeCriticalSection() { }
 
 	virtual void SetTime( tm newtime ) { }
-
-protected:
-	virtual void MessageBoxErrorPrivate( CString sMessage, CString ID ) { printf("Error: %s\n", sMessage.c_str()); }
-	virtual void MessageBoxOKPrivate( CString sMessage, CString ID ) {}
-	virtual MessageBoxResult MessageBoxAbortRetryIgnorePrivate( CString sMessage, CString ID ) { return ignore; } 
-	virtual MessageBoxResult MessageBoxRetryCancelPrivate( CString sMessage, CString ID ) { return cancel; } 
-
 };
 
 #endif