diff --git a/config/menus_edit.cfg b/config/menus_edit.cfg
index 3796a75c..89d9b855 100644
--- a/config/menus_edit.cfg
+++ b/config/menus_edit.cfg
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ menuitem "Fix heightfielding" [ solid 0; slope 0 0 ]
 
 newmenu skymaps
 menuinit [
-    delmenu skymaps
-    newmenu skymaps
+    resetmenu
     if (&& $editing (! (getautomapconfig))) [
         menuitem [Enable automapconfig to make changes permanent] [automapconfig ; closemenu (curmenu)] (concat loadsky (escape $loadsky))
         menuitem "" -1 (concat loadsky (escape $loadsky))
@@ -189,8 +188,7 @@ menuinit __rebuildmapmodelmenus
 // Edit mapmodel slot
 newmenu [Edit mapmodel slot]
 menuinit [
-    delmenu [Edit mapmodel slot]
-    newmenu [Edit mapmodel slot]
+    resetmenu
     if (strlen $__mmslot) [
         push info (editmapmodelslot $__mmslot)
         menuheader "" (concatword "edit mapmodel slot #" $__mmslot ":\n" (mapmodelslotname $__mmslot))
@@ -232,8 +230,7 @@ tempalias __texslot ""
 // Edit texture slots
 newmenu [Edit texture slots]
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu)
-    newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     menurenderoffset -20 0
     if $editing [
         push ecurmenu (escape (curmenu))
@@ -256,8 +253,7 @@ menuinit [
 // Edit texture slot
 newmenu [Edit texture slot]
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu)
-    newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     if (strlen $__texslot) [
         push info (edittextureslot $__texslot)   // "<scale> <path>"
         chmenutexture (curmenu) (at $info 1)
@@ -305,8 +301,7 @@ tempalias __tex_togo ""
 
 newmenu "Texture slot merge"
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu)
-    newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     if (strlen $__texslot) [
         push info (edittextureslot $__texslot)   // "<scale> <path>"
         chmenutexture (curmenu) (at $info 1)
@@ -348,8 +343,7 @@ menuinit __rebuildtexturemenus
 
 newmenu "Pick texture"
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu)
-    newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     if (strlen $__lastwatchedtexture) [
         chmenutexture (curmenu) $__lastwatchedtexture
         push usedslots (textureslotbyname $__lastwatchedtexture)
@@ -395,8 +389,7 @@ tempalias __sndslot ""
 
 newmenu "Pick mapsound"
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu)
-    newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     if (strlen $__lastwatchedmapsound) [
         push usedslots (mapsoundslotbyname $__lastwatchedmapsound)
         menuitem (concat "Mapsound:" $__lastwatchedmapsound) -1
@@ -424,8 +417,7 @@ menuinit [
 // Edit mapsound slots
 newmenu [Edit mapsound slots]
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu)
-    newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     if $editing [
         push info ""
         loop i 256 [
@@ -446,8 +438,7 @@ tempalias __snd_vol "255"
 
 newmenu [Edit mapsound slot]
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu)
-    newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     if (strlen $__sndslot) [
         push info (editmapsoundslot $__sndslot)   // "<path> <maxuses>"
         menuheader "" (concatword "edit mapsound slot #" $__sndslot ":\n" (at $info 0))
@@ -509,11 +500,8 @@ menuitemtextinput "Make a map backup (.BAK) every: " "$numAutoSaveBackups" [ num
 
 // deleted entities
 newmenu "deleted entities"
-menuinit __rebuilddeletedentitymenu
-
-tempalias __rebuilddeletedentitymenu [
-    delmenu "deleted entities"
-    newmenu "deleted entities"
+menuinit [
+    resetmenu
     if (unlistdeletedentity) [
         push i 0
         looplist (getdeletedentities) [type x y z a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7] [
diff --git a/config/menus_settings.cfg b/config/menus_settings.cfg
index abdd4d4c..92af741c 100644
--- a/config/menus_settings.cfg
+++ b/config/menus_settings.cfg
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ tempalias __pckserv ""
 
 newmenu "Autodownload config"
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu) ; newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     push serverlist (getpckserver)
     push words (listlen $serverlist)
     if (! $words) [
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ menuinit [
 
 newmenu "Configure package server"
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu) ; newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     if (!= (listlen $__pcksrv) 4) [
         menuitem "----- no server selected ------" -1
     ] [
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ tempalias __zip ""
 
 newmenu "Mod package"
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu) ; newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     menurenderoffset -20 0
     push ecurmenu (escape (curmenu))
     push activezips (zipmodlist active)
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ menuinit [
 
 newmenu "Configure mod package"
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu) ; newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     menurenderoffset -20 0
     push ecurmenu (escape (curmenu))
     push activezips (zipmodlist active)
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ menuinit [
 
 newmenu "Show files in package"
 menuinit [
-    delmenu (curmenu) ; newmenu (curmenu)
+    resetmenu
     if (strlen $__zip) [
         menuitem (concat "Files in package\f9" $__zip) -1
         menuitem "" -1
diff --git a/config/scripts.cfg b/config/scripts.cfg
index 0634a9dc..f800a9db 100644
--- a/config/scripts.cfg
+++ b/config/scripts.cfg
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ const editmapmsg [ editsvar mapmsg ]
 const return [ result $arg1 ]
 const run [ exec (concatword config/ $arg1 .cfg) ]
 const closecurmenu [ closemenu (curmenu) ]
+const resetmenu [ delmenu (curmenu) ; newmenu (curmenu) ]
 
 // Auto-completions
 const mapcomplete [complete $arg1 "packages/maps/official packages/maps" cgz]