diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/bundle/TileSetBundle.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/bundle/TileSetBundle.java
index c4ad097c..e8e5382c 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/bundle/TileSetBundle.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/tile/bundle/TileSetBundle.java
@@ -94,11 +94,7 @@ public class TileSetBundle extends HashIntMap
     public BufferedImage loadImage (String path)
         throws IOException
     {
-        if (path.endsWith(FastImageIO.FILE_SUFFIX)) {
-            return _bundle.getImageResource(path, true);
-        } else {
-            return _bundle.getImageResource(path, false);
-        }
+        return _bundle.getImageResource(path, path.endsWith(FastImageIO.FILE_SUFFIX));
     }
 
     // custom serialization process
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/resource/ResourceManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/resource/ResourceManager.java
index 49164a3e..075c03f8 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/resource/ResourceManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/resource/ResourceManager.java
@@ -505,11 +505,7 @@ public class ResourceManager
         // fallback next to an unpacked resource file
         File file = getResourceFile(path);
         if (file != null && file.exists()) {
-            if (path.endsWith(FastImageIO.FILE_SUFFIX)) {
-                return loadImage(file, true);
-            } else {
-                return loadImage(file, false);
-            }
+            return loadImage(file, path.endsWith(FastImageIO.FILE_SUFFIX));
         }
 
         // first try a locale-specific file