diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c768d0ce..a0ca5c97 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ WIDGETS += widgets/focusicon.c
 WIDGETS += widgets/progressbar.c
 WIDGETS += widgets/tasklist.c
 WIDGETS += widgets/graph.c
-WIDGETS += widgets/emptybox.c
 WIDGETS += widgets/common.c widgets/common.h
 
 
diff --git a/common/configopts.c b/common/configopts.c
index d45d4d64..701ffce7 100644
--- a/common/configopts.c
+++ b/common/configopts.c
@@ -319,23 +319,6 @@ cfg_opt_t widget_textbox_opts[] =
     CFG_ALIGNMENT((char *) "text_align", (char *) "center", CFGF_NONE),
     CFG_AWESOME_END()
 };
-/** This section defines emptybox widget options. */
-cfg_opt_t widget_emptybox_opts[] =
-{
-    /** X coordinate, do not set for auto. */
-    CFG_INT((char *) "x", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    /** Y coordinate, do not set for auto. */
-    CFG_INT((char *) "y", 0xffffffff, CFGF_NONE),
-    /** Widget alignment. */
-    CFG_ALIGNMENT((char *) "align", (char *) "auto", CFGF_NONE),
-    /** Mouse bindings. */
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "mouse", mouse_generic_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
-    /** Widget width. Set to 0 for auto. */
-    CFG_INT((char *) "width", 0, CFGF_NONE),
-    /** Style to use for drawing. */
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "style", style_opts, CFGF_NONE),
-    CFG_AWESOME_END()
-};
 /** This section defines tasklist widget options */
 cfg_opt_t widget_tasklist_opts[] =
 {
@@ -460,8 +443,6 @@ cfg_opt_t statusbar_opts[] =
     CFG_INT((char *) "width", 0, CFGF_NONE),
     /** Textbox widget(s). */
     CFG_SEC((char *) "textbox", widget_textbox_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
-    /** Emptybox widget(s). */
-    CFG_SEC((char *) "emptybox", widget_emptybox_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
     /** Taglist widget(s). */
     CFG_SEC((char *) "taglist", widget_taglist_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI | CFGF_NO_TITLE_DUPES),
     /** Layoutinfo widget(s). */
@@ -748,7 +729,6 @@ cfg_new(void)
     cfg_set_validate_func(cfg, "rules|rule|titlebar|height", config_validate_unsigned_int);
     cfg_set_validate_func(cfg, "rules|rule|screen", config_validate_unsigned_int);
     cfg_set_validate_func(cfg, "screen|statusbar|textbox|width", config_validate_unsigned_int);
-    cfg_set_validate_func(cfg, "screen|statusbar|emptybox|width", config_validate_unsigned_int);
     cfg_set_validate_func(cfg, "screen|statusbar|graph|width", config_validate_unsigned_int);
     cfg_set_validate_func(cfg, "screen|statusbar|progressbar|width", config_validate_unsigned_int);
     cfg_set_validate_func(cfg, "screen|statusbar|progressbar|border_width", config_validate_unsigned_int);
diff --git a/widget.h b/widget.h
index 3cf03629..9e939f6f 100644
--- a/widget.h
+++ b/widget.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ void widget_common_new(widget_t*, statusbar_t *, cfg_t *);
 WidgetConstructor layoutinfo_new;
 WidgetConstructor taglist_new;
 WidgetConstructor textbox_new;
-WidgetConstructor emptybox_new;
 WidgetConstructor iconbox_new;
 WidgetConstructor focusicon_new;
 WidgetConstructor progressbar_new;
diff --git a/widgets/emptybox.c b/widgets/emptybox.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b3d704e6..00000000
--- a/widgets/emptybox.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * emptybox.c - empty widget
- *
- * Copyright © 2008 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- */
-
-#include "widget.h"
-#include "common/configopts.h"
-
-extern AwesomeConf globalconf;
-
-typedef struct
-{
-    style_t style;
-} Data;
-
-static int
-emptybox_draw(widget_t *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset,
-             int used __attribute__ ((unused)))
-{
-    Data *d = widget->data;
-
-    if(!widget->user_supplied_x)
-        widget->area.x = widget_calculate_offset(widget->statusbar->width,
-                                                 widget->area.width,
-                                                 offset,
-                                                 widget->alignment);
-    if(!widget->user_supplied_y)
-        widget->area.y = 0;
-
-    draw_rectangle(ctx, widget->area, 1.0, true, d->style.bg);
-
-    return widget->area.width;
-}
-
-widget_t *
-emptybox_new(statusbar_t *statusbar, cfg_t *config)
-{
-    widget_t *w;
-    Data *d;
-
-    w = p_new(widget_t, 1);
-    widget_common_new(w, statusbar, config);
-    w->draw = emptybox_draw;
-    w->alignment = cfg_getalignment(config, "align");
-
-    w->data = d = p_new(Data, 1);
-
-    draw_style_init(globalconf.connection, statusbar->phys_screen,
-                    cfg_getsec(config, "style"),
-                    &d->style,
-                    &globalconf.screens[statusbar->screen].styles.normal);
-
-    w->area.width = cfg_getint(config, "width");
-    w->area.height = statusbar->height;
-
-    return w;
-}
-// vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80