diff --git a/src/command.cpp b/src/command.cpp
index 73d44393b6..723f7f7dca 100644
--- a/src/command.cpp
+++ b/src/command.cpp
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ DEF_COMMAND(CmdBuildTown);
 DEF_COMMAND(CmdRenameTown);
 DEF_COMMAND(CmdDoTownAction);
 
-DEF_COMMAND(CmdSetRoadDriveSide);
-
 DEF_COMMAND(CmdChangePatchSetting);
 
 DEF_COMMAND(CmdSellShip);
@@ -294,8 +292,6 @@ static const Command _command_proc_table[] = {
 	{CmdRenameTown,                        CMD_SERVER}, /* CMD_RENAME_TOWN */
 	{CmdDoTownAction,                               0}, /* CMD_DO_TOWN_ACTION */
 
-	{CmdSetRoadDriveSide,                  CMD_SERVER}, /* CMD_SET_ROAD_DRIVE_SIDE */
-
 	{CmdSellShip,                                   0}, /* CMD_SELL_SHIP */
 	{CmdBuildShip,                                  0}, /* CMD_BUILD_SHIP */
 	{CmdSendShipToDepot,                            0}, /* CMD_SEND_SHIP_TO_DEPOT */
diff --git a/src/command_type.h b/src/command_type.h
index f64780ed77..f0f2b27a0f 100644
--- a/src/command_type.h
+++ b/src/command_type.h
@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ enum {
 	CMD_RENAME_TOWN,                  ///< rename a town
 	CMD_DO_TOWN_ACTION,               ///< do a action from the town detail window (like advertises or bribe)
 
-	CMD_SET_ROAD_DRIVE_SIDE,          ///< set the side where the road vehicles drive
-
 	CMD_SELL_SHIP,                    ///< sell a ship
 	CMD_BUILD_SHIP,                   ///< build a new ship
 	CMD_SEND_SHIP_TO_DEPOT,           ///< send a ship to a depot
diff --git a/src/road_cmd.cpp b/src/road_cmd.cpp
index 44079d4a47..de2094a321 100644
--- a/src/road_cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/road_cmd.cpp
@@ -45,30 +45,6 @@ bool RoadVehiclesAreBuilt()
 	return false;
 }
 
-/**
- * Change the side of the road vehicles drive on (server only).
- * @param tile unused
- * @param flags operation to perform
- * @param p1 the side of the road; 0 = left side and 1 = right side
- * @param p2 unused
- */
-CommandCost CmdSetRoadDriveSide(TileIndex tile, uint32 flags, uint32 p1, uint32 p2, const char *text)
-{
-	/* Check boundaries and you can only change this if NO vehicles have been built yet,
-	 * except in the intro-menu where of course it's always possible to do so. */
-	if (p1 > 1 || (_game_mode != GM_MENU && RoadVehiclesAreBuilt())) return CMD_ERROR;
-
-	if (flags & DC_EXEC) {
-		if (_game_mode == GM_MENU) {
-			_settings_newgame.vehicle.road_side = p1;
-		} else {
-			_settings_game.vehicle.road_side = p1;
-		}
-		InvalidateWindow(WC_GAME_OPTIONS, 0);
-	}
-	return CommandCost();
-}
-
 #define M(x) (1 << (x))
 /* Level crossings may only be built on these slopes */
 static const uint32 VALID_LEVEL_CROSSING_SLOPES = (M(SLOPE_SEN) | M(SLOPE_ENW) | M(SLOPE_NWS) | M(SLOPE_NS) | M(SLOPE_WSE) | M(SLOPE_EW) | M(SLOPE_FLAT));
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index 1fdb76cfbd..ac58114616 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -1047,6 +1047,17 @@ static bool CheckTownLayout(int32 p1)
 	return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check whether the road side may be changed.
+ * @param p1 unused
+ * @return true if the road side may be changed.
+ */
+static bool CheckRoadSide(int p1)
+{
+	extern bool RoadVehiclesAreBuilt();
+	return _game_mode == GM_MENU || !RoadVehiclesAreBuilt();
+}
+
 /** Conversion callback for _gameopt_settings_game.landscape
  * It converts (or try) between old values and the new ones,
  * without losing initial setting of the user
@@ -1303,7 +1314,7 @@ const SettingDesc _patch_settings[] = {
  SDT_CONDOMANY(GameSettings, game_creation.town_name,              SLE_UINT8, 97, SL_MAX_VERSION, 0,NN, 0, 255, "english|french|german|american|latin|silly|swedish|dutch|finnish|polish|slovakish|norwegian|hungarian|austrian|romanian|czech|swiss|danish|turkish|italian|catalan", STR_NULL, NULL, NULL),
  SDT_CONDOMANY(GameSettings, game_creation.landscape,              SLE_UINT8, 97, SL_MAX_VERSION, 0,NN, 0,   3, "temperate|arctic|tropic|toyland", STR_NULL, NULL, ConvertLandscape),
 	 SDT_CONDVAR(GameSettings, game_creation.snow_line,              SLE_UINT8, 97, SL_MAX_VERSION, 0,NN, 7 * TILE_HEIGHT, 2 * TILE_HEIGHT, 13 * TILE_HEIGHT, 0, STR_NULL, NULL),
- SDT_CONDOMANY(GameSettings, vehicle.road_side,                    SLE_UINT8, 97, SL_MAX_VERSION, 0,NN, 1,   1, "left|right", STR_NULL, NULL, NULL),
+ SDT_CONDOMANY(GameSettings, vehicle.road_side,                    SLE_UINT8, 97, SL_MAX_VERSION, 0,NN, 1,   1, "left|right", STR_NULL, CheckRoadSide, NULL),
 
 	    SDT_BOOL(GameSettings, construction.build_on_slopes,                                        0,NN,  true,                    STR_CONFIG_PATCHES_BUILDONSLOPES,          NULL),
 	SDT_CONDBOOL(GameSettings, construction.autoslope,                          75, SL_MAX_VERSION, 0, 0,  true,                    STR_CONFIG_PATCHES_AUTOSLOPE,              NULL),
diff --git a/src/settings_gui.cpp b/src/settings_gui.cpp
index e3d62622c5..9cae1373f5 100644
--- a/src/settings_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/settings_gui.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@ struct GameOptionsWindow : Window {
 
 			case GAMEOPT_ROADSIDE_BTN: // Road side
 				if (this->opt->vehicle.road_side != index) { // only change if setting changed
-					DoCommandP(0, index, 0, CMD_SET_ROAD_DRIVE_SIDE | CMD_MSG(STR_00B4_CAN_T_DO_THIS));
+					uint i;
+					if (GetPatchFromName("vehicle.road_side", &i) == NULL) NOT_REACHED();
+					SetPatchValue(i, index);
 					MarkWholeScreenDirty();
 				}
 				break;