diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index f7b9f1c..2c3879d 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ static const int showsystray             = 1;     /* 0 means no systray */
 static const int showbar                 = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar                  = 1;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
 static const char *fonts[]               = { "monospace:size=10" };
-static const char dmenufont[]            = "monospace:size=10";
 static const char normbgcolor[]          = "#0e0f14";
 static const char normbordercolor[]      = "#363b47";
 static const char normfgcolor[]          = "#dfdfdf";
@@ -74,10 +73,6 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 /* helper for spawning shell commands in the pre dwm-5.0 fashion */
 #define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
 
-/* commands */
-static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-c", "-l", "20", NULL };
-
 static Key keys[] = {
   /* modifier           key         function        argument */
   { MODKEY|ShiftMask,   XK_Escape,  quit,           {0} },
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index f8aa34a..7f49fb9 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -2091,8 +2091,6 @@ sigdwmblocks(const Arg *arg)
 void
 spawn(const Arg *arg)
 {
-	if (arg->v == dmenucmd)
-		dmenumon[0] = '0' + selmon->num;
 	if (fork() == 0) {
 		if (dpy)
 			close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));