3 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/dmenu.h b/dmenu.h
index b58a32b..d4065d2 100644
--- a/dmenu.h
+++ b/dmenu.h
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ extern DC dc;			/* global drawing context */
 /* draw.c */
 extern void drawtext(const char *text,
                         unsigned long col[ColLast]);    /* draws text with the defined color tuple */
-extern unsigned long getcolor(
-        const char *colstr, const char *alternate);     /* returns color of colstr */
+extern unsigned long getcolor(const char *colstr);      /* returns color of colstr */
 extern void setfont(const char *fontstr);               /* sets global font */
 extern unsigned int textw(const char *text);            /* returns width of text in px */
 
diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index dafc107..10a011d 100644
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 }
 
 unsigned long
-getcolor(const char *colstr, const char *alternate) {
+getcolor(const char *colstr) {
         Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
         XColor color;
 
-        if(XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color) != Success)
-                XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, alternate, &color, &color);
+        XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color);
         return color.pixel;
 }
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5a9b3b9..f1bba6b 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         maxname = readstdin();
 
         /* style */
-        dc.norm[ColBG] = getcolor(normbg, NORMBGCOLOR);
-        dc.norm[ColFG] = getcolor(normfg, NORMFGCOLOR);
-        dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(selbg, SELBGCOLOR);
-        dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(selfg, SELFGCOLOR);
+        dc.norm[ColBG] = getcolor(normbg);
+        dc.norm[ColFG] = getcolor(normfg);
+        dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(selbg);
+        dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(selfg);
         setfont(font);
 
         wa.override_redirect = 1;