diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index 2b23d302..1d9535d0 100644
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "globalconf.h"
 #include "screen.h"
 
-#include "common/tokenize.h"
 #include "common/xutil.h"
 
 /** Convert text from any charset to UTF-8 using iconv.
@@ -366,21 +365,22 @@ draw_text_extents(draw_text_context_t *data)
 /** Transform a string to a alignment_t type.
  * Recognized string are flex, fixed, left, center, middle or right.
  * \param align A string with align text.
- * \param len The string length.
  * \return An alignment_t type.
  */
 alignment_t
-draw_align_fromstr(const char *align, ssize_t len)
+draw_align_fromstr(const char *align)
 {
-    switch(a_tokenize(align, len))
-    {
-      case A_TK_CENTER: return AlignCenter;
-      case A_TK_RIGHT:  return AlignRight;
-      case A_TK_TOP:    return AlignTop;
-      case A_TK_BOTTOM: return AlignBottom;
-      case A_TK_MIDDLE: return AlignMiddle;
-      default:          return AlignLeft;
-    }
+    if(a_strcmp(align, "center") == 0)
+        return AlignCenter;
+    if(a_strcmp(align, "right") == 0)
+        return AlignRight;
+    if(a_strcmp(align, "top") == 0)
+        return AlignTop;
+    if(a_strcmp(align, "bottom") == 0)
+        return AlignBottom;
+    if(a_strcmp(align, "middle") == 0)
+        return AlignMiddle;
+    return AlignLeft;
 }
 
 /** Transform an alignment to a string.
diff --git a/draw.h b/draw.h
index 1d776cbb..3295a75b 100644
--- a/draw.h
+++ b/draw.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void draw_rectangle(draw_context_t *, area_t, float, bool, const color_t *);
 void draw_image(draw_context_t *, int, int, double, image_t *);
 void draw_rotate(draw_context_t *, xcb_drawable_t, xcb_drawable_t, int, int, int, int, double, int, int);
 area_t draw_text_extents(draw_text_context_t *);
-alignment_t draw_align_fromstr(const char *, ssize_t);
+alignment_t draw_align_fromstr(const char *);
 const char *draw_align_tostr(alignment_t);
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/objects/widgets/textbox.c b/objects/widgets/textbox.c
index 486d0899..af7ad66e 100644
--- a/objects/widgets/textbox.c
+++ b/objects/widgets/textbox.c
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ luaA_textbox_newindex(lua_State *L, const char *prop)
 
     if(a_strcmp(prop, "bg_align") == 0)
     {
-        buf = luaL_checklstring(L, 3, &len);
-        d->bg_align = draw_align_fromstr(buf, len);
+        buf = luaL_checkstring(L, 3);
+        d->bg_align = draw_align_fromstr(buf);
     }
     else if(a_strcmp(prop, "bg_resize") == 0)
         d->bg_resize = luaA_checkboolean(L, 3);
@@ -352,13 +352,13 @@ luaA_textbox_newindex(lua_State *L, const char *prop)
     }
     else if(a_strcmp(prop, "align") == 0)
     {
-        if((buf = luaL_checklstring(L, 3, &len)))
-            d->align = draw_align_fromstr(buf, len);
+        if((buf = luaL_checkstring(L, 3)))
+            d->align = draw_align_fromstr(buf);
     }
     else if(a_strcmp(prop, "valign") == 0)
     {
-        if((buf = luaL_checklstring(L, 3, &len)))
-            d->valign = draw_align_fromstr(buf, len);
+        if((buf = luaL_checkstring(L, 3)))
+            d->valign = draw_align_fromstr(buf);
     }
     else if(a_strcmp(prop, "border_color") == 0)
     {