diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 4fabae2..e9f73e8 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -102,15 +102,6 @@ calcoffsets(void)
 			break;
 }
 
-static int
-max_textw(void)
-{
-	int len = 0;
-	for (struct item *item = items; item && item->text; item++)
-		len = MAX(TEXTW(item->text), len);
-	return len;
-}
-
 static void
 cleanup(void)
 {
@@ -793,7 +784,7 @@ setup(void)
 				if (INTERSECT(x, y, 1, 1, info[i]))
 					break;
 
-		mw = MIN(MAX(max_textw() + promptw, 100), info[i].width);
+		mw = info[i].width;
 		x = info[i].x_org + ((info[i].width  - mw) / 2);
 		y = info[i].y_org + ((info[i].height - mh) / 2);
 		XFree(info);
@@ -803,7 +794,7 @@ setup(void)
 		if (!XGetWindowAttributes(dpy, parentwin, &wa))
 			die("could not get embedding window attributes: 0x%lx",
 			    parentwin);
-		mw = MIN(MAX(max_textw() + promptw, 100), wa.width);
+		mw = wa.width;
 		x = (wa.width  - mw) / 2;
 		y = (wa.height - mh) / 2;
 	}