diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d897e2af0..6c2d2556d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ WIDGETS += widgets/iconbox.c
 WIDGETS += widgets/progressbar.c
 WIDGETS += widgets/tasklist.c
 WIDGETS += widgets/graph.c
-WIDGETS += widgets/common.c widgets/common.h
 
 
 doc_DATA   += README
diff --git a/widgets/common.c b/widgets/common.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e4679aa9b..000000000
--- a/widgets/common.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * widgets/common.c - some functions used by widgets
- *
- * Copyright © 2008 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
- * Copyright © 2008 Marco Candrian <mac@calmar.ws>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- */
-
-#include "widgets/common.h"
-
-extern AwesomeConf globalconf;
-
-widget_tell_status_t
-widget_set_color_for_data(xcolor_t *color, char *new_value, int data_items, char ** data_title)
-{
-    char *title, *setting;
-    int i;
-    title = strtok(new_value, " ");
-    if(!(setting = strtok(NULL, " ")))
-        return WIDGET_ERROR_NOVALUE;
-    for(i = 0; i < data_items; i++)
-        if(!a_strcmp(title, data_title[i]))
-        {
-            if(draw_color_new(globalconf.connection,
-                              globalconf.default_screen,
-                              setting, &color[i]))
-                return WIDGET_NOERROR;
-            else
-                return WIDGET_ERROR_FORMAT_COLOR;
-        }
-    return WIDGET_ERROR_FORMAT_SECTION;
-}
-widget_tell_status_t
-widget_set_color_pointer_for_data(xcolor_t **color, char *new_value, int data_items, char ** data_title)
-{
-    char *title, *setting;
-    int i;
-    bool flag;
-    title = strtok(new_value, " ");
-    if(!(setting = strtok(NULL, " ")))
-        return WIDGET_ERROR_NOVALUE;
-    for(i = 0; i < data_items; i++)
-        if(!a_strcmp(title, data_title[i]))
-        {
-            flag = false;
-            if(!color[i])
-            {
-                flag = true; /* p_delete && restore to NULL, if draw_color_new unsuccessful */
-                color[i] = p_new(xcolor_t, 1);
-            }
-            if(!(draw_color_new(globalconf.connection,
-                                globalconf.default_screen,
-                                setting, color[i])))
-            {
-                if(flag) /* restore */
-                {
-                    p_delete(&color[i]);
-                    color[i] = NULL;
-                }
-                return WIDGET_ERROR_FORMAT_COLOR;
-            }
-            return WIDGET_NOERROR;
-        }
-    return WIDGET_ERROR_FORMAT_SECTION;
-}
-
-// vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/widgets/common.h b/widgets/common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index da4d7bee3..000000000
--- a/widgets/common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * widgets/common.h - some functions headers used by widgets
- *
- * Copyright © 2008 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
- * Copyright © 2008 Marco Candrian <mac@calmar.ws>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef AWESOME_WIDGETS_COMMON_H
-#define AWESOME_WIDGETS_COMMON_H
-#include "widget.h"
-
-widget_tell_status_t widget_set_color_for_data(xcolor_t *, char *, int, char **);
-widget_tell_status_t widget_set_color_pointer_for_data(xcolor_t **, char *, int, char **);
-
-#endif
-// vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/widgets/graph.c b/widgets/graph.c
index 2e9d84743..1a07fe3ca 100644
--- a/widgets/graph.c
+++ b/widgets/graph.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "widget.h"
 #include "screen.h"
 #include "common/draw.h"
-#include "common/configopts.h"
 
 extern AwesomeConf globalconf;
 
diff --git a/widgets/progressbar.c b/widgets/progressbar.c
index f483bd429..8715d960c 100644
--- a/widgets/progressbar.c
+++ b/widgets/progressbar.c
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "screen.h"
-#include "widgets/common.h"
-#include "common/configopts.h"
 
 extern AwesomeConf globalconf;
 
@@ -66,6 +64,62 @@ typedef struct
     xcolor_t *bordercolor;
 } Data;
 
+static widget_tell_status_t
+widget_set_color_for_data(xcolor_t *color, char *new_value, int data_items, char ** data_title)
+{
+    char *title, *setting;
+    int i;
+    title = strtok(new_value, " ");
+    if(!(setting = strtok(NULL, " ")))
+        return WIDGET_ERROR_NOVALUE;
+    for(i = 0; i < data_items; i++)
+        if(!a_strcmp(title, data_title[i]))
+        {
+            if(draw_color_new(globalconf.connection,
+                              globalconf.default_screen,
+                              setting, &color[i]))
+                return WIDGET_NOERROR;
+            else
+                return WIDGET_ERROR_FORMAT_COLOR;
+        }
+    return WIDGET_ERROR_FORMAT_SECTION;
+}
+
+static widget_tell_status_t
+widget_set_color_pointer_for_data(xcolor_t **color, char *new_value, int data_items, char ** data_title)
+{
+    char *title, *setting;
+    int i;
+    bool flag;
+    title = strtok(new_value, " ");
+    if(!(setting = strtok(NULL, " ")))
+        return WIDGET_ERROR_NOVALUE;
+    for(i = 0; i < data_items; i++)
+        if(!a_strcmp(title, data_title[i]))
+        {
+            flag = false;
+            if(!color[i])
+            {
+                flag = true; /* p_delete && restore to NULL, if draw_color_new unsuccessful */
+                color[i] = p_new(xcolor_t, 1);
+            }
+            if(!(draw_color_new(globalconf.connection,
+                                globalconf.default_screen,
+                                setting, color[i])))
+            {
+                if(flag) /* restore */
+                {
+                    p_delete(&color[i]);
+                    color[i] = NULL;
+                }
+                return WIDGET_ERROR_FORMAT_COLOR;
+            }
+            return WIDGET_NOERROR;
+        }
+    return WIDGET_ERROR_FORMAT_SECTION;
+}
+
+
 static bool
 check_settings(Data *d, int status_height)
 {