diff --git a/awesome.c b/awesome.c
index 2ff811b08..43a9a7371 100644
--- a/awesome.c
+++ b/awesome.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     colors_reqs[1] = xcolor_init_unchecked(&globalconf.colors.bg,
                                            "white", sizeof("white") - 1);
 
-    globalconf.font = draw_font_new(globalconf.default_screen, "sans 8");
+    globalconf.font = draw_font_new("sans 8");
 
     /* init cursors */
     globalconf.cursor[CurNormal] = xutil_cursor_new(globalconf.connection, XUTIL_CURSOR_LEFT_PTR);
diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index 23195ede1..282d75743 100644
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -100,16 +100,15 @@ draw_screen_default_visual(xcb_screen_t *s)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-/** Create a new Pango font
- * \param phys_screen The physical screen number.
- * \param fontname Pango fontname (e.g. [FAMILY-LIST] [STYLE-OPTIONS] [SIZE])
- * \return a new font
+/** Create a new Pango font.
+ * \param fontname Pango fontname (e.g. [FAMILY-LIST] [STYLE-OPTIONS] [SIZE]).
+ * \return A new font.
  */
 font_t *
-draw_font_new(int phys_screen, const char *fontname)
+draw_font_new(const char *fontname)
 {
     cairo_surface_t *surface;
-    xcb_screen_t *s = xutil_screen_get(globalconf.connection, phys_screen);
+    xcb_screen_t *s = xutil_screen_get(globalconf.connection, globalconf.default_screen);
     cairo_t *cr;
     PangoLayout *layout;
     font_t *font = p_new(font_t, 1);
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ draw_font_new(int phys_screen, const char *fontname)
     /* Create a dummy cairo surface, cairo context and pango layout in
      * order to get font informations */
     surface = cairo_xcb_surface_create(globalconf.connection,
-                                       phys_screen,
+                                       globalconf.default_screen,
                                        draw_screen_default_visual(s),
                                        s->width_in_pixels,
                                        s->height_in_pixels);
@@ -817,7 +816,6 @@ draw_rotate(draw_context_t *ctx,
 }
 
 /** Return the width and height of a text in pixel.
- * \param phys_screen Physical screen number.
  * \param font Font to use.
  * \param text The text.
  * \param len The text length.
@@ -825,14 +823,13 @@ draw_rotate(draw_context_t *ctx,
  * \return Text height and width.
  */
 area_t
-draw_text_extents(int phys_screen, font_t *font,
-                  const char *text, ssize_t len, draw_parser_data_t *parser_data)
+draw_text_extents(font_t *font, const char *text, ssize_t len, draw_parser_data_t *parser_data)
 {
     cairo_surface_t *surface;
     cairo_t *cr;
     PangoLayout *layout;
     PangoRectangle ext;
-    xcb_screen_t *s = xutil_screen_get(globalconf.connection, phys_screen);
+    xcb_screen_t *s = xutil_screen_get(globalconf.connection, globalconf.default_screen);
     area_t geom = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
 
     if(!len)
@@ -841,7 +838,8 @@ draw_text_extents(int phys_screen, font_t *font,
     if(!draw_text_markup_expand(parser_data, text, len))
         return geom;
 
-    surface = cairo_xcb_surface_create(globalconf.connection, phys_screen,
+    surface = cairo_xcb_surface_create(globalconf.connection,
+                                       globalconf.default_screen,
                                        draw_screen_default_visual(s),
                                        s->width_in_pixels,
                                        s->height_in_pixels);
diff --git a/draw.h b/draw.h
index b8e61303d..c6931dd80 100644
--- a/draw.h
+++ b/draw.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ draw_context_wipe(draw_context_t *ctx)
     }
 }
 
-font_t *draw_font_new(int, const char *);
+font_t *draw_font_new(const char *);
 void draw_font_delete(font_t **);
 
 char * draw_iso2utf8(const char *, size_t);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void draw_graph_line(draw_context_t *, area_t, int *, int, position_t, vector_t,
                      const xcolor_t *, const xcolor_t *, const xcolor_t *);
 void draw_image(draw_context_t *, int, int, int, image_t *);
 void draw_rotate(draw_context_t *, xcb_drawable_t, xcb_drawable_t, int, int, int, int, double, int, int);
-area_t draw_text_extents(int, font_t *, const char *, ssize_t, draw_parser_data_t *);
+area_t draw_text_extents(font_t *, const char *, ssize_t, draw_parser_data_t *);
 alignment_t draw_align_fromstr(const char *, ssize_t);
 const char *draw_align_tostr(alignment_t);
 
diff --git a/luaa.c b/luaa.c
index 44352fd6c..deb88f8f3 100644
--- a/luaa.c
+++ b/luaa.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ luaA_font(lua_State *L)
     {
         const char *newfont = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
         draw_font_delete(&globalconf.font);
-        globalconf.font = draw_font_new(globalconf.default_screen, newfont);
+        globalconf.font = draw_font_new(newfont);
     }
 
     font = pango_font_description_to_string(globalconf.font->desc);
diff --git a/mouse.c b/mouse.c
index 5ccc5fe76..3591c422c 100644
--- a/mouse.c
+++ b/mouse.c
@@ -283,8 +283,7 @@ mouse_infobox_new(simple_window_t *sw, int phys_screen, int border, area_t geome
 
     draw_parser_data_init(&pdata);
 
-    geom = draw_text_extents(globalconf.default_screen,
-                             globalconf.font,
+    geom = draw_text_extents(globalconf.font,
                              MOUSE_INFOBOX_STRING_DEFAULT,
                              sizeof(MOUSE_INFOBOX_STRING_DEFAULT)-1,
                              &pdata);
diff --git a/widgets/textbox.c b/widgets/textbox.c
index ab92f02b9..f41dbb499 100644
--- a/widgets/textbox.c
+++ b/widgets/textbox.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ luaA_textbox_newindex(lua_State *L, awesome_token_t token)
             if(buf)
             {
                 a_iso2utf8(&d->text, buf, len);
-                d->extents = draw_text_extents(globalconf.default_screen,
-                                               globalconf.font, d->text, d->len, &d->pdata).width;
+                d->extents = draw_text_extents(globalconf.font, d->text, d->len, &d->pdata).width;
             }
             else
                 d->extents = 0;