diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 9efa774..eeb0457 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ static const int resizehints = 1;    /* 1 means respect size hints in tiled resi
 static const int lockfullscreen = 1; /* 1 will force focus on the fullscreen window */
 
 static const Layout layouts[] = {
-	/* symbol     arrange function */
-	{ "[]=",      tile },    /* first entry is default */
-	{ "><>",      NULL },    /* no layout function means floating behavior */
-	{ "[M]",      monocle },
+	/* arrange function */
+	{ tile },    /* first entry is default */
+	{ NULL },    /* no layout function means floating behavior */
+	{ monocle },
 };
 
 /* key definitions */
@@ -98,11 +98,9 @@ static const Key keys[] = {
 };
 
 /* button definitions */
-/* click can be ClkTagBar, ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle, ClkClientWin, or ClkRootWin */
+/* click can be ClkTagBar, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle, ClkClientWin, or ClkRootWin */
 static const Button buttons[] = {
 	/* click                event mask      button          function        argument */
-	{ ClkLtSymbol,          0,              Button1,        setlayout,      {0} },
-	{ ClkLtSymbol,          0,              Button3,        setlayout,      {.v = &layouts[2]} },
 	{ ClkWinTitle,          0,              Button2,        zoom,           {0} },
 	{ ClkStatusText,        0,              Button2,        spawn,          {.v = termcmd } },
 	{ ClkClientWin,         MODKEY,         Button1,        movemouse,      {0} },
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index f1d86b2..e5daa38 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ enum { NetSupported, NetWMName, NetWMState, NetWMCheck,
        NetWMFullscreen, NetActiveWindow, NetWMWindowType,
        NetWMWindowTypeDialog, NetClientList, NetLast }; /* EWMH atoms */
 enum { WMProtocols, WMDelete, WMState, WMTakeFocus, WMLast }; /* default atoms */
-enum { ClkTagBar, ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle,
+enum { ClkTagBar, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle,
        ClkClientWin, ClkRootWin, ClkLast }; /* clicks */
 
 typedef union {
@@ -107,12 +107,10 @@ typedef struct {
 } Key;
 
 typedef struct {
-	const char *symbol;
 	void (*arrange)(Monitor *);
 } Layout;
 
 struct Monitor {
-	char ltsymbol[16];
 	float mfact;
 	int nmaster;
 	int num;
@@ -396,7 +394,6 @@ arrange(Monitor *m)
 void
 arrangemon(Monitor *m)
 {
-	strncpy(m->ltsymbol, m->lt[m->sellt]->symbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol);
 	if (m->lt[m->sellt]->arrange)
 		m->lt[m->sellt]->arrange(m);
 }
@@ -439,9 +436,7 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e)
 		if (i < LENGTH(tags)) {
 			click = ClkTagBar;
 			arg.ui = 1 << i;
-		} else if (ev->x < x + TEXTW(selmon->ltsymbol))
-			click = ClkLtSymbol;
-		else if (ev->x > selmon->ww - (int)TEXTW(stext))
+		} else if (ev->x > selmon->ww - (int)TEXTW(stext))
 			click = ClkStatusText;
 		else
 			click = ClkWinTitle;
@@ -472,7 +467,7 @@ void
 cleanup(void)
 {
 	Arg a = {.ui = ~0};
-	Layout foo = { "", NULL };
+	Layout foo = { NULL };
 	Monitor *m;
 	size_t i;
 
@@ -643,7 +638,6 @@ createmon(void)
 	m->topbar = topbar;
 	m->lt[0] = &layouts[0];
 	m->lt[1] = &layouts[1 % LENGTH(layouts)];
-	strncpy(m->ltsymbol, layouts[0].symbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol);
 	return m;
 }
 
@@ -730,9 +724,7 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 				urg & 1 << i);
 		x += w;
 	}
-	w = TEXTW(m->ltsymbol);
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-	x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, m->ltsymbol, 0);
 
 	if ((w = m->ww - tw - x) > bh) {
 		if (m->sel) {
@@ -1119,8 +1111,6 @@ monocle(Monitor *m)
 	for (c = m->clients; c; c = c->next)
 		if (ISVISIBLE(c))
 			n++;
-	if (n > 0) /* override layout symbol */
-		snprintf(m->ltsymbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol, "[%d]", n);
 	for (c = nexttiled(m->clients); c; c = nexttiled(c->next))
 		resize(c, m->wx, m->wy, m->ww - 2 * c->bw, m->wh - 2 * c->bw, 0);
 }
@@ -1514,7 +1504,6 @@ setlayout(const Arg *arg)
 		selmon->sellt ^= 1;
 	if (arg && arg->v)
 		selmon->lt[selmon->sellt] = (Layout *)arg->v;
-	strncpy(selmon->ltsymbol, selmon->lt[selmon->sellt]->symbol, sizeof selmon->ltsymbol);
 	if (selmon->sel)
 		arrange(selmon);
 	else