diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 4fbf5ed4b31cc2f22961b430e3c393952741ddff..67f78d0ad0cb07e858113eff94bc348adf59ef15 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ static const char *on_top_active_border_color = "orange";
 static const char *on_top_inactive_border_color = "darkorange";
 
 static const char *widget_font = "Berkeley Mono:size=7:bold";
+static const char *time_format = "%A %d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S";
 static const char *indicator_fg_color = "white";
 static const char *indicator_bg_color = "blue";
-static const char *mic_active_bg_color = "darkred";
-static const char *mic_muted_bg_color = "#333333";
+static const char *mic_active_bg_color = "firebrick";
+static const char *mic_muted_bg_color = "#222222";
 static const char *mic_active_fg_color = "white";
 static const char *mic_muted_fg_color = "white";
-static const char *widget_fg_color = "#999999";
-static const char *time_format = "%A %d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S";
 
 static Shortcut shortcuts[] = {
 	/* Mask                 KeySym                    Shell command */
diff --git a/manager.c b/manager.c
index 9ee8181f8a919e7fd4e1e96cc940d85f2eda7ea9..808c75a38d371fe495c3dfb6b2147eb1280a5ad4 100644
--- a/manager.c
+++ b/manager.c
@@ -308,12 +308,6 @@ 		XRenderColor render_color = {0xFFFF, 0xFFFF, 0xFFFF, 0xFFFF};
 		XftColorAllocValue(wm.dpy, visual, wm.cmap, &render_color, &wm.xft_mic_muted_fg);
 	}
 
-	if (!XftColorAllocName(wm.dpy, visual, wm.cmap, widget_fg_color, &wm.xft_widget_color)) {
-		log_message(stdout, LOG_WARNING, "Failed to allocate color %s, falling back to gray", widget_fg_color);
-		XRenderColor render_color = {0x8888, 0x8888, 0x8888, 0xFFFF};
-		XftColorAllocValue(wm.dpy, visual, wm.cmap, &render_color, &wm.xft_widget_color);
-	}
-
 	wm.running = 1;
 
 	scan_windows();