diff --git a/common/luaobject.h b/common/luaobject.h
index 86caa420b..af75d1af9 100644
--- a/common/luaobject.h
+++ b/common/luaobject.h
@@ -167,15 +167,6 @@ int luaA_object_emit_signal_simple(lua_State *);
     }                                                                          \
                                                                                \
     static inline int                                                          \
-    prefix##_push_item(lua_State *L, type *item, void *ref)                    \
-    {                                                                          \
-        luaA_object_push(L, item);                                             \
-        luaA_object_push_item(L, -1, ref);                                     \
-        lua_remove(L, -2);                                                     \
-        return 1;                                                              \
-    }                                                                          \
-                                                                               \
-    static inline int                                                          \
     luaA_##prefix##_tostring(lua_State *L)                                     \
     {                                                                          \
         lua_pushfstring(L, lua_type ": %p", luaL_checkudata(L, 1, lua_type));  \
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index 6633529cf..64a4b73e0 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ event_handle_leavenotify(void *data __attribute__ ((unused)),
 
         if(wibox->mouse_leave)
         {
-            wibox_push_item(globalconf.L, wibox, wibox->mouse_leave);
+            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+            luaA_object_push_item(globalconf.L, -1, wibox->mouse_leave);
+            lua_remove(globalconf.L, -2);
             luaA_dofunction(globalconf.L, 0, 0);
         }
     }
@@ -475,7 +477,9 @@ event_handle_enternotify(void *data __attribute__ ((unused)),
 
         if(wibox->mouse_enter)
         {
-            wibox_push_item(globalconf.L, wibox, wibox->mouse_enter);
+            luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, wibox);
+            luaA_object_push_item(globalconf.L, -1, wibox->mouse_enter);
+            lua_remove(globalconf.L, -2);
             luaA_dofunction(globalconf.L, 0, 0);
         }
     }