diff --git a/src/x11/x.c b/src/x11/x.c
index 6b48a16..1fdf58b 100644
--- a/src/x11/x.c
+++ b/src/x11/x.c
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ gboolean x_mainloop_fd_dispatch(GSource *source, GSourceFunc callback, gpointer
                                 draw();
                         }
                         break;
-                case SelectionNotify:
-                        if (ev.xselection.property == xctx.utf8)
-                                break;
                 case ButtonRelease:
                         if (ev.xbutton.window == xctx.win) {
                                 x_handle_click(ev);
@@ -472,7 +469,6 @@ static void x_win_setup(void)
         XSetWindowAttributes wa;
 
         root = RootWindow(xctx.dpy, DefaultScreen(xctx.dpy));
-        xctx.utf8 = XInternAtom(xctx.dpy, "UTF8_STRING", false);
 
         wa.override_redirect = true;
         wa.background_pixmap = ParentRelative;
diff --git a/src/x11/x.h b/src/x11/x.h
index a2afde7..2eee3b5 100644
--- a/src/x11/x.h
+++ b/src/x11/x.h
@@ -34,14 +34,12 @@ struct dimensions {
 };
 
 typedef struct _xctx {
-        Atom utf8;
         Display *dpy;
         int cur_screen;
         Window win;
         bool visible;
         const char *colors[3][3];
         XScreenSaverInfo *screensaver_info;
-        unsigned long sep_custom_col;
 } xctx_t;
 
 typedef struct _color_t {