diff --git a/awesomerc.lua.in b/awesomerc.lua.in
index 14f920b7..07a4eab0 100644
--- a/awesomerc.lua.in
+++ b/awesomerc.lua.in
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ mytasklist:text_set({ ["focus"] = "<bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/> <span color='"..
 -- Create a textbox widget
 mytextbox = widget.new({ type = "textbox", name = "mytextbox", align = "right" })
 -- Set the default text in textbox
-mytextbox:text_set("<b><small> awesome " .. AWESOME_VERSION .. " </small></b>")
+mytextbox.text = "<b><small> awesome " .. AWESOME_VERSION .. " </small></b>"
 mypromptbox = widget.new({ type = "textbox", name = "mypromptbox", align = "left" })
 
 -- Create an iconbox widget
 myiconbox = widget.new({ type = "textbox", name = "myiconbox", align = "left" })
-myiconbox:text_set("<bg image=\"@AWESOME_ICON_PATH@/awesome16.png\" resize=\"true\"/>")
+myiconbox.text = "<bg image=\"@AWESOME_ICON_PATH@/awesome16.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"
 
 -- Create a systray
 mysystray = widget.new({ type = "systray", name = "mysystray", align = "right" })
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ for s = 1, screen.count() do
     mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse.new({ }, 3, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end))
     mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse.new({ }, 4, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, 1) end))
     mylayoutbox[s]:mouse_add(mouse.new({ }, 5, function () awful.layout.inc(layouts, -1) end))
-    mylayoutbox[s]:text_set("<bg image=\"@AWESOME_ICON_PATH@/layouts/tilew.png\" resize=\"true\"/>")
+    mylayoutbox[s].text = "<bg image=\"@AWESOME_ICON_PATH@/layouts/tilew.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"
 end
 
 -- Create a statusbar for each screen and add it
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ end
 -- (tag switch, new client, etc)
 function hook_arrange(screen)
     local layout = awful.layout.get(screen)
-    mylayoutbox[screen]:text_set("<bg image=\"@AWESOME_ICON_PATH@/layouts/" .. layout .. "w.png\" resize=\"true\"/>")
+    mylayoutbox[screen].text = "<bg image=\"@AWESOME_ICON_PATH@/layouts/" .. layout .. "w.png\" resize=\"true\"/>"
 
     -- Uncomment if you want mouse warping
     --[[
@@ -356,9 +356,9 @@ end
 -- Hook called every second
 function hook_timer ()
     -- For unix time_t lovers
-    mytextbox:text_set(" " .. os.time() .. " time_t ")
+    mytextbox.text = " " .. os.time() .. " time_t "
     -- Otherwise use:
-    -- mytextbox:text_set(" " .. os.date() .. " ")
+    -- mytextbox.text = " " .. os.date() .. " "
 end
 
 -- Set up some hooks
diff --git a/lib/awful.lua b/lib/awful.lua
index c49d1cfb..f449eaa5 100644
--- a/lib/awful.lua
+++ b/lib/awful.lua
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ function P.prompt(args, textbox, exe_callback, completion_callback)
     if not textbox or not exe_callback then
         return
     end
-    textbox:text_set(prompt .. prompt_text_with_cursor(text, inv_col, cur_col, cur_pos))
+    textbox.text = prompt .. prompt_text_with_cursor(text, inv_col, cur_col, cur_pos)
     keygrabber.run(
     function (mod, key)
         local has_ctrl = false
@@ -631,16 +631,16 @@ function P.prompt(args, textbox, exe_callback, completion_callback)
         -- Get out cases
         if has_ctrl then
             if key == "g" then
-                textbox:text_set("")
+                textbox.text = ""
                 return false
             end
         else
             if key == "Return" then
-                textbox:text_set( "")
+                textbox.text = ""
                 exe_callback(command)
                 return false
             elseif key == "Escape" then
-                textbox:text_set("")
+                textbox.text = ""
                 return false
             end
         end
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ function P.prompt(args, textbox, exe_callback, completion_callback)
         end
 
         -- Update textbox
-        textbox:text_set(prompt .. prompt_text_with_cursor(command, inv_col, cur_col, cur_pos))
+        textbox.text = prompt .. prompt_text_with_cursor(command, inv_col, cur_col, cur_pos)
 
         return true
     end)
diff --git a/widgets/textbox.c b/widgets/textbox.c
index aa8b96f0..e342713f 100644
--- a/widgets/textbox.c
+++ b/widgets/textbox.c
@@ -94,49 +94,6 @@ textbox_destructor(widget_t *w)
     p_delete(&d);
 }
 
-/** Set the text of a textbox.
- * \param L The Lua VM state.
- * \return The number of elements pushed on stack.
- * \luastack
- * \lvalue A widget.
- * \lparam The text to set.
- */
-static int
-luaA_textbox_text_set(lua_State *L)
-{
-    widget_t **widget = luaA_checkudata(L, 1, "widget");
-    const char *text = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
-    textbox_data_t *d = (*widget)->data;
-
-    p_delete(&d->text);
-    a_iso2utf8(text, &d->text);
-
-    widget_invalidate_bywidget(*widget);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/** Set the width of a textbox.
- * \param L The Lua VM state.
- * \return The number of elements pushed on stack.
- * \luastack
- * \lvalue A widget.
- * \lparam The width to set.
- */
-static int
-luaA_textbox_width_set(lua_State *L)
-{
-    widget_t **widget = luaA_checkudata(L, 1, "widget");
-    int width = luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
-    textbox_data_t *d = (*widget)->data;
-
-    d->width = width;
-
-    widget_invalidate_bywidget(*widget);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 /** The __index method for a textbox object.
  * \param L The Lua VM state.
  * \return The number of elements pushed on stack.
@@ -151,18 +108,17 @@ luaA_textbox_index(lua_State *L)
 
     switch(a_tokenize(attr, len))
     {
-      case A_TK_TEXT_SET:
-        lua_pushcfunction(L, luaA_textbox_text_set);
-        return 1;
-      case A_TK_WIDTH_SET:
-        lua_pushcfunction(L, luaA_textbox_width_set);
-        return 1;
       case A_TK_TEXT:
         lua_pushstring(L, d->text);
         return 1;
+      case A_TK_WIDTH:
+        lua_pushnumber(L, d->width);
+        return 1;
       default:
         return 0;
     }
+
+    widget_invalidate_bywidget(*widget);
 }
 
 /** The __newindex method for a textbox object.
@@ -174,23 +130,27 @@ luaA_textbox_newindex(lua_State *L)
 {
     size_t len;
     widget_t **widget = luaA_checkudata(L, 1, "widget");
-    const char *value, *attr = luaL_checklstring(L, 2, &len);
+    const char *buf, *attr = luaL_checklstring(L, 2, &len);
     textbox_data_t *d = (*widget)->data;
 
     switch(a_tokenize(attr, len))
     {
       case A_TK_TEXT:
-        if((value = luaL_checkstring(L, 3)))
+        if((buf = luaL_checkstring(L, 3)))
         {
             p_delete(&d->text);
-            d->text = a_strdup(value);
-            widget_invalidate_bywidget(*widget);
+            a_iso2utf8(buf, &d->text);
         }
         break;
+      case A_TK_WIDTH:
+        d->width = luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
+        break;
       default:
         return 0;
     }
 
+    widget_invalidate_bywidget(*widget);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -216,11 +176,4 @@ textbox_new(alignment_t align)
     return w;
 }
 
-/* This is used for building documentation. */
-static const struct luaL_reg awesome_textbox_meta[] __attribute__ ((unused)) =
-{
-    { "text_set", luaA_textbox_text_set },
-    { "width_set", luaA_textbox_width_set }
-};
-
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