diff --git a/awesomerc b/awesomerc
index c91ab00ba..616a94fa3 100644
--- a/awesomerc
+++ b/awesomerc
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ awesome:
             (("Mod4", "Control"), "space", "togglefloating"),
             (("Mod4", "Shift"), "c", "killclient"),
             (("Mod4", "Shift"), "q", "quit"),
-            (("Mod4", "Shift"), "r", "reload"),
             (("Mod4"), "0", "view"),
             (("Mod4"), "1", "view", "1"),
             (("Mod4"), "2", "view", "2"),
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 16f908aab..6b8829ad4 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ static const NameFuncLink KeyfuncList[] = {
     {"killclient", uicb_killclient},
     {"moveresize", uicb_moveresize},
     {"settrans", uicb_settrans},
-    /* config.c */
-    {"reload", uicb_reload},
     /* tag.c */
     {"tag", uicb_tag},
     {"togglefloating", uicb_togglefloating},
@@ -155,27 +153,6 @@ name_func_lookup(const char *funcname, const NameFuncLink * list)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-/** \todo remove dc */
-extern DC dc;
-
-/** Reload configuration file
- * \param disp Display ref
- * \param arg unused
- * \ingroup ui_callback
- * \todo not really working nor safe I guess
- */
-void
-uicb_reload(Display *disp, awesome_config *awesomeconf, const char *arg __attribute__ ((unused)))
-{
-    config_destroy(&awesomelibconf);
-    p_delete(&awesomeconf->rules);
-    p_delete(&awesomeconf->tags);
-    p_delete(&awesomeconf->selected_tags);
-    p_delete(&awesomeconf->layouts);
-    p_delete(&awesomeconf->tag_layouts);
-    parse_config(disp, DefaultScreen(disp), &dc, awesomeconf);
-}
-
 /** Set default configuration
  * \param awesomeconf awesome config ref
  */
@@ -374,22 +351,22 @@ parse_config(Display * disp, int scr, DC * drawcontext, awesome_config *awesomec
 
     /* colors */
     tmp = config_lookup_string(&awesomelibconf, "awesome.normal_border_color");
-    dc.norm[ColBorder] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#dddddd", disp, scr);
+    drawcontext->norm[ColBorder] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#dddddd", disp, scr);
 
     tmp = config_lookup_string(&awesomelibconf, "awesome.normal_bg_color");
-    dc.norm[ColBG] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#000000", disp, scr);
+    drawcontext->norm[ColBG] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#000000", disp, scr);
 
     tmp = config_lookup_string(&awesomelibconf, "awesome.normal_fg_color");
-    dc.norm[ColFG] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#ffffff", disp, scr);
+    drawcontext->norm[ColFG] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#ffffff", disp, scr);
 
     tmp = config_lookup_string(&awesomelibconf, "awesome.focus_border_color");
-    dc.sel[ColBorder] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#008b8b", disp, scr);
+    drawcontext->sel[ColBorder] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#008b8b", disp, scr);
 
     tmp = config_lookup_string(&awesomelibconf, "awesome.focus_bg_color");
-    dc.sel[ColBG] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#008b8b", disp, scr);
+    drawcontext->sel[ColBG] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#008b8b", disp, scr);
 
     tmp = config_lookup_string(&awesomelibconf, "awesome.focus_fg_color");
-    dc.sel[ColFG] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#ffffff", disp, scr);
+    drawcontext->sel[ColFG] = initcolor(tmp ? tmp : "#ffffff", disp, scr);
 
     p_delete(&confpath);
 }
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 137f857b2..d1e33edff 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -138,6 +138,5 @@ struct awesome_config
 };
 
 void parse_config(Display *, int, DC *, awesome_config *);        /* parse configuration file */
-void uicb_reload(Display *, awesome_config *, const char *);              /* reload configuration file */
 
 #endif