diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
index 8379f62a44..df8c5c4440 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
@@ -141,22 +141,17 @@ apply_color_key:
 			actualID.iAlphaBits = 0;
 		else if(traits & TRAIT_BOOL_TRANSPARENCY) 
 			actualID.iAlphaBits = 1;
-		if(traits & TRAIT_WHITE_ONLY) 
-			actualID.iTransparencyOnly = 8;
 	}
 
 	// look in the file name for a format hints
 	CString HintString = GetID().filename;
 	HintString.MakeLower();
 
-	if( HintString.Find("4alphaonly") != -1 )		actualID.iTransparencyOnly = 4;
-	else if( HintString.Find("8alphaonly") != -1 )	actualID.iTransparencyOnly = 8;
+	if( HintString.Find("32bpp") != -1 )			actualID.iColorDepth = 32;
+	else if( HintString.Find("16bpp") != -1 )		actualID.iColorDepth = 16;
 	if( HintString.Find("dither") != -1 )			actualID.bDither = true;
 	if( HintString.Find("stretch") != -1 )			actualID.bStretch = true;
 
-	if( actualID.iTransparencyOnly )
-		actualID.iColorDepth = 32;	/* Treat the image as 32-bit, so we don't lose any alpha precision. */
-
 	/* Cap the max texture size to the hardware max. */
 	actualID.iMaxSize = min( actualID.iMaxSize, DISPLAY->GetMaxTextureSize() );
 
@@ -246,18 +241,6 @@ apply_color_key:
 			RageException::Throw( "Invalid color depth: %d bits", actualID.iColorDepth );
 		}
 
-		/* Override the internalformat with an alpha format if it was requested. 
-		 * Don't use iTransparencyOnly with paletted images; there's no point--paletted
-		 * images are as small or smaller (and the load will fail). */
-		/* SDL surfaces don't allow for 8 bpp surfaces that aren't paletted.  Arg! 
-		 * fix this later. -Chris */
-//		if(actualID.iTransparencyOnly > 0)
-//		{
-//			imagePixfmt = FMT_ALPHA8;
-//			texturePixfmt = FMT_ALPHA8;
-//		}
-
-
 		/* It's either not a paletted image, or we can't handle paletted textures.
 		 * Convert to the desired RGBA format, dithering if appropriate. */
 		if( actualID.bDither && 
@@ -351,7 +334,6 @@ apply_color_key:
 	props += PixelFormatToString( pixfmt ) + " ";
 	if(actualID.iAlphaBits == 0) props += "opaque ";
 	if(actualID.iAlphaBits == 1) props += "matte ";
-	if(actualID.iTransparencyOnly) props += "mask ";
 	if(actualID.bStretch) props += "stretch ";
 	if(actualID.bDither) props += "dither ";
 	props.erase(props.size()-1);
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageTexture.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageTexture.cpp
index bdb1519dda..7c815bf09e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageTexture.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageTexture.cpp
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ void RageTextureID::Init()
 	/* If true, enable HOT PINK color keying. (deprecated but needed for
 	 * banners) */
 	bHotPinkColorKey = false;
-
-	/* This indicates that the image is a transparency.  This allows for
-	 * high-resolution, memory-compact transparent layers.  The diffuse
-	 * color will be used with no texture color.  (0, 4, 8) */
-	iTransparencyOnly = 0;
 }
 
 bool RageTextureID::operator<(const RageTextureID &rhs) const
@@ -53,7 +48,6 @@ bool RageTextureID::operator<(const RageTextureID &rhs) const
 	COMP(iMipMaps);
 	COMP(iAlphaBits);
 	COMP(iColorDepth);
-	COMP(iTransparencyOnly);
 	COMP(bDither);
 	COMP(bStretch);
 	COMP(bHotPinkColorKey);
@@ -70,7 +64,6 @@ bool RageTextureID::operator==(const RageTextureID &rhs) const
 		EQUAL(iMipMaps) &&
 		EQUAL(iAlphaBits) &&
 		EQUAL(iColorDepth) &&
-		EQUAL(iTransparencyOnly) &&
 		EQUAL(bDither) &&
 		EQUAL(bStretch) &&
 		EQUAL(bHotPinkColorKey);
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageTexture.h b/stepmania/src/RageTexture.h
index f2b19b798e..fc98bd4de1 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageTexture.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageTexture.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ struct RageTextureID
 	int iMipMaps;
 	int iAlphaBits;
 	int iColorDepth;
-	int iTransparencyOnly;
 	bool bDither;
 	bool bStretch;
 	bool bHotPinkColorKey; /* #FF00FF */