diff --git a/code/bmpman/bmpman.cpp b/code/bmpman/bmpman.cpp
index c6308cb..acb6f67 100644
--- a/code/bmpman/bmpman.cpp
+++ b/code/bmpman/bmpman.cpp
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ int bm_load_sub_fast(const char *real_filename, int *handle, int dir_type = CF_T
  */
 int bm_load( const char *real_filename )
 {
-   int i, free_slot = -1;
+   int i, id = -1, free_slot = -1;
    int w, h, bpp = 8;
    int rc = 0;
    int bm_size = 0, mm_lvl = 0;
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ int bm_load( const char *real_filename )
    // Mark the slot as filled, because cf_read might load a new bitmap
    // into this slot.
    strncpy(bm_bitmaps[free_slot].filename, filename, MAX_FILENAME_LEN-1);
+   bm_bitmaps[free_slot].id = id;
    bm_bitmaps[free_slot].type = type;
    bm_bitmaps[free_slot].comp_type = c_type;
    bm_bitmaps[free_slot].signature = Bm_next_signature++;
@@ -1176,16 +1177,6 @@ int bm_get_info( int handle, int *w, int * h, ubyte * flags, int *nframes, int *
    }
 }

-unsigned int bm_get_signature(int handle)
-{
-   if ( !bm_inited ) bm_init();
-
-   int bitmapnum = handle % MAX_BITMAPS;
-   Assertion( bm_bitmaps[bitmapnum].handle == handle, "Invalid bitmap handle %d passed to bm_get_signature().\nThis might be due to an invalid animation somewhere else.\n", handle );     // INVALID BITMAP HANDLE!
-
-   return bm_bitmaps[bitmapnum].signature;
-}
-
 /**
  * Gets the image type
  */