diff --git a/dmenubar/dmenu.c b/dmenubar/dmenu.c
index bf5a9e0..f34423e 100644
--- a/dmenubar/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenubar/dmenu.c
@@ -57,19 +57,6 @@ static Clr *scheme[SchemeLast];
 static int (*fstrncmp)(const char *, const char *, size_t) = strncmp;
 static char *(*fstrstr)(const char *, const char *) = strstr;
 
-static void
-appenditem(struct item *item, struct item **list, struct item **last)
-{
-	if (*last)
-		(*last)->right = item;
-	else
-		*list = item;
-
-	item->left = *last;
-	item->right = NULL;
-	*last = item;
-}
-
 static void
 calcoffsets(void)
 {
@@ -98,19 +85,6 @@ cleanup(void)
 	XCloseDisplay(dpy);
 }
 
-static int
-drawitem(struct item *item, int x, int y, int w)
-{
-	if (item == sel)
-		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
-	else if (item->out)
-		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeOut]);
-	else
-		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-
-	return drw_text(drw, x, y, w, bh, lrpad / 2, item->text, 0);
-}
-
 static void
 drawmenu(void)
 {
@@ -125,34 +99,6 @@ drawmenu(void)
 	drw_map(drw, win, 0, 0, mw, mh);
 }
 
-static void
-readstdin(void)
-{
-	char buf[sizeof text], *p;
-	size_t i, imax = 0, size = 0;
-	unsigned int tmpmax = 0;
-
-	/* read each line from stdin and add it to the item list */
-	for (i = 0; fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin); i++) {
-		if (i + 1 >= size / sizeof *items)
-			if (!(items = realloc(items, (size += BUFSIZ))))
-				die("cannot realloc %u bytes:", size);
-		if ((p = strchr(buf, '\n')))
-			*p = '\0';
-		if (!(items[i].text = strdup(buf)))
-			die("cannot strdup %u bytes:", strlen(buf) + 1);
-		items[i].out = 0;
-		drw_font_getexts(drw->fonts, buf, strlen(buf), &tmpmax, NULL);
-		if (tmpmax > inputw) {
-			inputw = tmpmax;
-			imax = i;
-		}
-	}
-	if (items)
-		items[i].text = NULL;
-	inputw = items ? TEXTW(items[imax].text) : 0;
-}
-
 static void
 setup(void)
 {
@@ -281,13 +227,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			prompt = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-fn"))  /* font or font set */
 			fonts[0] = argv[++i];
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nb"))  /* normal background color */
-			colors[SchemeNorm][ColBg] = argv[++i];
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nf"))  /* normal foreground color */
-			colors[SchemeNorm][ColFg] = argv[++i];
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-sb"))  /* selected background color */
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-b"))  /* selected background color */
 			colors[SchemeSel][ColBg] = argv[++i];
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-sf"))  /* selected foreground color */
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-f"))  /* selected foreground color */
 			colors[SchemeSel][ColFg] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-w"))   /* embedding window id */
 			embed = argv[++i];
@@ -315,8 +257,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		die("pledge");
 #endif
 
-	readstdin();
-
 	setup();
 	while(1); // bodge