diff --git a/src/gmenu2x.cpp b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
index 2363f2e..cca0d09 100644
--- a/src/gmenu2x.cpp
+++ b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ void GMenu2X::initBG() {
 	OffscreenSurface *bgmain = sc.add(*bg, "bgmain");
 
 	{
-		auto sd = OffscreenSurface::loadImage("imgs/sd.png", confStr["skin"]);
+		auto sd = OffscreenSurface::loadImage(
+				sc.getSkinFilePath("imgs/sd.png"));
 		if (sd) sd->blit(*bgmain, 3, bottomBarIconY);
 	}
 
@@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ void GMenu2X::initBG() {
 	cpuX = font->getTextWidth(df) + 32;
 #ifdef ENABLE_CPUFREQ
 	{
-		auto cpu = OffscreenSurface::loadImage("imgs/cpu.png", confStr["skin"]);
+		auto cpu = OffscreenSurface::loadImage(
+				sc.getSkinFilePath("imgs/cpu.png"));
 		if (cpu) cpu->blit(bgmain, cpuX, bottomBarIconY);
 	}
 	cpuX += 19;
@@ -339,19 +341,19 @@ void GMenu2X::initBG() {
 	if (usbnet) {
 		if (web) {
 			auto webserver = OffscreenSurface::loadImage(
-					"imgs/webserver.png", confStr["skin"]);
+					sc.getSkinFilePath("imgs/webserver.png"));
 			if (webserver) webserver->blit(*bgmain, serviceX, bottomBarIconY);
 			serviceX -= 19;
 		}
 		if (samba) {
 			auto sambaS = OffscreenSurface::loadImage(
-					"imgs/samba.png", confStr["skin"]);
+					sc.getSkinFilePath("imgs/samba.png"));
 			if (sambaS) sambaS->blit(*bgmain, serviceX, bottomBarIconY);
 			serviceX -= 19;
 		}
 		if (inet) {
 			auto inetS = OffscreenSurface::loadImage(
-					"imgs/inet.png", confStr["skin"]);
+					sc.getSkinFilePath("imgs/inet.png"));
 			if (inetS) inetS->blit(*bgmain, serviceX, bottomBarIconY);
 			serviceX -= 19;
 		}
diff --git a/src/selector.cpp b/src/selector.cpp
index f362079..359a8cf 100644
--- a/src/selector.cpp
+++ b/src/selector.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ int Selector::exec(int startSelection) {
 		//Screenshot
 		if (fl.isFile(selected)) {
 			string path = screendir + trimExtension(fl[selected]) + ".png";
-			auto screenshot = OffscreenSurface::loadImage(path, "", false);
+			auto screenshot = OffscreenSurface::loadImage(path, false);
 			if (screenshot) {
 				screenshot->blitRight(s, 320, 0, 320, 240, 128u);
 			}
diff --git a/src/surface.cpp b/src/surface.cpp
index 16bed8d..73b2854 100644
--- a/src/surface.cpp
+++ b/src/surface.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "imageio.h"
-#include "surfacecollection.h"
 #include "utilities.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -292,15 +291,9 @@ unique_ptr<OffscreenSurface> OffscreenSurface::emptySurface(
 }
 
 unique_ptr<OffscreenSurface> OffscreenSurface::loadImage(
-		string const& img,string const& skin, bool loadAlpha)
+		string const& img, bool loadAlpha)
 {
-	string skinpath;
-	if (!skin.empty() && !img.empty() && img[0]!='/')
-	  skinpath = SurfaceCollection::getSkinFilePath(skin, img);
-	else
-	  skinpath = img;
-
-	SDL_Surface *raw = loadPNG(skinpath, loadAlpha);
+	SDL_Surface *raw = loadPNG(img, loadAlpha);
 	if (!raw) {
 		ERROR("Couldn't load surface '%s'\n", img.c_str());
 		return unique_ptr<OffscreenSurface>();
diff --git a/src/surface.h b/src/surface.h
index a4a9f74..10870f5 100644
--- a/src/surface.h
+++ b/src/surface.h
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ public:
 	static std::unique_ptr<OffscreenSurface> emptySurface(
 			int width, int height);
 	static std::unique_ptr<OffscreenSurface> loadImage(
-			std::string const& img, std::string const& skin = "",
-			bool loadAlpha = true);
+			std::string const& img, bool loadAlpha = true);
 
 	OffscreenSurface(Surface const& other) : Surface(other) {}
 	OffscreenSurface(OffscreenSurface const& other) : Surface(other) {}