diff --git a/common/luaclass.c b/common/luaclass.c
index 6c7693481..e2f4bf321 100644
--- a/common/luaclass.c
+++ b/common/luaclass.c
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ struct lua_class_property
 {
     /** ID matching the property */
     awesome_token_t id;
-    /** Name of the property */
-    const char *name;
     /** Callback function called when the property is found in object creation. */
     lua_class_propfunc_t new;
     /** Callback function called when the property is found in object __index. */
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ BARRAY_FUNCS(lua_class_property_t, lua_class_property, DO_NOTHING, lua_class_pro
 void
 luaA_class_add_property(lua_class_t *lua_class,
                         awesome_token_t token,
-                        const char *name,
                         lua_class_propfunc_t cb_new,
                         lua_class_propfunc_t cb_index,
                         lua_class_propfunc_t cb_newindex)
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ luaA_class_add_property(lua_class_t *lua_class,
     lua_class_property_array_insert(&lua_class->properties, (lua_class_property_t)
                                     {
                                         .id = token,
-                                        .name = name,
                                         .new = cb_new,
                                         .index = cb_index,
                                         .newindex = cb_newindex
diff --git a/common/luaclass.h b/common/luaclass.h
index 3f1377cf5..2d0325ab8 100644
--- a/common/luaclass.h
+++ b/common/luaclass.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void luaA_openlib(lua_State *, const char *, const struct luaL_reg[], const stru
 void luaA_class_setup(lua_State *, lua_class_t *, const char *, lua_class_allocator_t,
                       const struct luaL_reg[], const struct luaL_reg[]);
 
-void luaA_class_add_property(lua_class_t *, awesome_token_t, const char *,
+void luaA_class_add_property(lua_class_t *, awesome_token_t,
                              lua_class_propfunc_t, lua_class_propfunc_t, lua_class_propfunc_t);
 
 int luaA_usemetatable(lua_State *, int, int);
diff --git a/timer.c b/timer.c
index c8922670f..9ca41dfe5 100644
--- a/timer.c
+++ b/timer.c
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ timer_class_setup(lua_State *L)
 
     luaA_class_setup(L, &timer_class, "timer", (lua_class_allocator_t) timer_new,
                      timer_methods, timer_meta);
-    luaA_class_add_property(&timer_class, A_TK_TIMEOUT, "timeout",
+    luaA_class_add_property(&timer_class, A_TK_TIMEOUT,
                             (lua_class_propfunc_t) luaA_timer_set_timeout,
                             (lua_class_propfunc_t) luaA_timer_get_timeout,
                             (lua_class_propfunc_t) luaA_timer_set_timeout);
-    luaA_class_add_property(&timer_class, A_TK_STARTED, "started",
+    luaA_class_add_property(&timer_class, A_TK_STARTED,
                             NULL,
                             (lua_class_propfunc_t) luaA_timer_get_started,
                             NULL);