diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index 599033c81..9e60a3e0a 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -199,22 +199,12 @@ handle_event_configurenotify(XEvent * e)
     int screen;
     Area area;
 
-    /* XXX this is all crap -- need to rewrite everything */
     for(screen = 0; screen < ScreenCount(e->xany.display); screen++)
         if(ev->window == RootWindow(e->xany.display, screen)
            && (ev->width != DisplayWidth(e->xany.display, screen)
                || ev->height != DisplayHeight(e->xany.display, screen)))
-        {
-            DisplayWidth(e->xany.display, screen) = ev->width;
-            DisplayHeight(e->xany.display, screen) = ev->height;
-
-            /* update statusbar */
-            area = get_screen_area(screen, NULL, &globalconf.screens[screen].padding);
-            globalconf.screens[screen].statusbar->sw->geometry.width = area.width;
-
-            widget_invalidate_cache(screen, WIDGET_CACHE_ALL);
-            globalconf.screens[screen].need_arrange = True;
-        }
+            /* it's not that we panic, but restart */
+            uicb_exec(0, globalconf.argv);
 }
 
 void