diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ColorBlockWidget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ColorBlockWidget.cs
index 3e2d871789..8f2a63d85e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ColorBlockWidget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/ColorBlockWidget.cs
@@ -25,19 +25,17 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 {
 	class ColorBlockWidget : Widget 
 	{
-		public int PaletteIndex = 0;
 		public Func<int> GetPaletteIndex;
 		
 		public ColorBlockWidget()
 			: base()
 		{
-			GetPaletteIndex = () => { return PaletteIndex; };
+			GetPaletteIndex = () => 0;
 		}
 		
 		public ColorBlockWidget(Widget widget)
 			:base(widget)
 		{
-			PaletteIndex = (widget as ColorBlockWidget).PaletteIndex;
 			GetPaletteIndex = (widget as ColorBlockWidget).GetPaletteIndex;
 		}
 		
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Widget.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Widget.cs
index cd511331c6..0300ecc7d9 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Widget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Widgets/Widget.cs
@@ -82,9 +82,15 @@ namespace OpenRA.Widgets
 		
 		public int2 DrawPosition()
 		{
-			return new int2(Bounds.X, Bounds.Y) + ((Parent == null) ? int2.Zero : Parent.DrawPosition());
+			return new int2(Bounds.X, Bounds.Y) + ParentPosition();
 		}
 		
+		public int2 ParentPosition()
+		{
+			return (Parent == null) ? int2.Zero : Parent.DrawPosition();
+		}
+		
+		
 		public virtual void Initialize()
 		{
 			// Parse the YAML equations to find the widget bounds
diff --git a/mods/ra/menus.yaml b/mods/ra/menus.yaml
index 46a9ed3252..93b2067ef1 100644
--- a/mods/ra/menus.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/menus.yaml
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ Container:
 											Y:7
 											Width:PARENT_RIGHT-10
 											Height:PARENT_BOTTOM-12
-											PaletteIndex:0
 								Button@FACTION:
 									Id:FACTION
 									Text:Faction
@@ -372,7 +371,6 @@ Container:
 									Y:7
 									Width:55
 									Height:13
-									PaletteIndex:0
 								Label@FACTION:
 									Id:FACTION
 									Text:Faction