diff --git a/common/draw.h b/common/draw.h
index f4feba76..cdc53eb5 100644
--- a/common/draw.h
+++ b/common/draw.h
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ typedef struct
 typedef struct
 {
     xcb_connection_t *connection;
-    int default_screen;
     xcb_drawable_t drawable;
     xcb_visualtype_t *visual;
     int width;
diff --git a/widgets/taglist.c b/widgets/taglist.c
index a257c856..d247e996 100644
--- a/widgets/taglist.c
+++ b/widgets/taglist.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ taglist_draw(widget_t *widget,
         area = p_new(area_t, 1);
         text[i] = taglist_text_get(tag, data);
         text[i] = tag_markup_parse(tag, text[i], a_strlen(text[i]));
-        *area = draw_text_extents(ctx->connection, ctx->default_screen,
+        *area = draw_text_extents(ctx->connection, ctx->phys_screen,
                                   styles[i]->font, text[i]);
         area->x = widget->area.width;
         area->height = widget->statusbar->height;
diff --git a/widgets/textbox.c b/widgets/textbox.c
index 99d8891a..b0e7a482 100644
--- a/widgets/textbox.c
+++ b/widgets/textbox.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ textbox_draw(widget_t *widget, draw_context_t *ctx, int offset, int used)
     else if(widget->alignment == AlignFlex)
         widget->area.width = widget->statusbar->width - used;
     else
-        widget->area.width = MIN(draw_text_extents(ctx->connection, ctx->default_screen,
+        widget->area.width = MIN(draw_text_extents(ctx->connection, ctx->phys_screen,
                                                    globalconf.screens[widget->statusbar->screen].styles.normal.font, d->text).width,
                                  widget->statusbar->width - used);