diff --git a/awesomerc.lua.in b/awesomerc.lua.in
index f9f8a1d9c..1b8f19ce3 100644
--- a/awesomerc.lua.in
+++ b/awesomerc.lua.in
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ function mytasklist.label(c)
         text = text .. "<bg image=\"@AWESOME_ICON_PATH@/floatingw.png\" align=\"right\"/>"
     end
     if client.focus_get() == c then
-        text = text .. " <bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/><span color='"..fg_focus.."'><title/></span> "
+        text = text .. " <bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/><span color='"..awful.escape(fg_focus).."'>"..c.name.."</span> "
     else
-        text = text .. " <title/> "
+        text = text .. " "..awful.escape(c.name).." "
     end
     return text
 end
diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 64ab36414..8f597bbb0 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -794,46 +794,6 @@ client_updatesizehints(client_t *c)
     return size;
 }
 
-/** Markup parsing hook.
- * For now only substitute <title />
- */
-static void
-client_markup_on_elem(markup_parser_data_t *p, const char *elem,
-                      const char **names, const char **values)
-{
-    assert(!a_strcmp(elem, "title"));
-    buffer_add_xmlescaped(&p->text, NONULL(p->priv));
-}
-
-/** Parse a markup string which contains special markup sequence relative to a
- * client, i.e. its title, etc.
- * \param c The client concerned by the markup string.
- * \param str The markup string.
- * \param len The string length.
- */
-char *
-client_markup_parse(client_t *c, const char *str, ssize_t len)
-{
-    static char const * const elements[] = { "title", NULL };
-    markup_parser_data_t p = {
-        .elements   = elements,
-        .priv       = c->name,
-        .on_element = client_markup_on_elem,
-    };
-    char *ret;
-
-    markup_parser_data_init(&p);
-
-    if(markup_parse(&p, str, len))
-        ret = buffer_detach(&p.text);
-    else
-        ret = a_strdup(str);
-
-    markup_parser_data_wipe(&p);
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
 /** Kill a client via a WM_DELETE_WINDOW request or XKillClient if not
  * supported.
  * \param c The client to kill.
diff --git a/client.h b/client.h
index a32043be1..2c52f7925 100644
--- a/client.h
+++ b/client.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ bool client_updatetitle(client_t *);
 void client_saveprops(client_t *);
 void client_kill(client_t *);
 void client_setfloating(client_t *, bool);
-char * client_markup_parse(client_t *, const char *, ssize_t);
 void client_setborder(client_t *, int);
 
 int luaA_client_newindex(lua_State *);
diff --git a/widgets/tasklist.c b/widgets/tasklist.c
index 4a145f3d2..5cae8535d 100644
--- a/widgets/tasklist.c
+++ b/widgets/tasklist.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "widget.h"
-#include "client.h"
 #include "focus.h"
 #include "ewmh.h"
 #include "tag.h"
@@ -114,8 +113,7 @@ tasklist_draw(draw_context_t *ctx, int screen,
     client_t *c;
     tasklist_data_t *d = w->widget->data;
     area_t area;
-    char *text;
-    const char *buf;
+    const char *text;
     int n = 0, i = 0, box_width = 0, icon_width = 0, box_width_rest = 0;
     netwm_icon_t *icon;
     draw_image_t *image;
@@ -152,10 +150,7 @@ tasklist_draw(draw_context_t *ctx, int screen,
             luaA_dofunction(globalconf.L, d->label, 1, 1);
 
             if(lua_isstring(globalconf.L, -1))
-            {
-                buf = lua_tolstring(globalconf.L, -1, &len);
-                text = client_markup_parse(c, buf, len);
-            }
+                text = lua_tolstring(globalconf.L, -1, &len);
             else
                 text = NULL;
 
@@ -217,7 +212,6 @@ tasklist_draw(draw_context_t *ctx, int screen,
 
             draw_text(ctx, globalconf.font, area, text, NULL);
 
-            p_delete(&text);
             i++;
         }
 
@@ -281,6 +275,11 @@ tasklist_button_press(widget_node_t *w,
  * \param L The Lua VM state.
  * \param token The key token.
  * \return The number of elements pushed on stack.
+ * \luastack
+ * \lfield show_icons Show icons near client title.
+ * \lfield show Which windows to show: all, tags, focus.
+ * \lfield label Function used to get the string to display as the window title.
+ * It gets the client as argument, and must return a string.
  */
 static int
 luaA_tasklist_index(lua_State *L, awesome_token_t token)