diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 2d12b6b..fd72376 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ init_conf(void)
           {
                CFG_STR("fg",           "#FFFFFF",   CFGF_NONE),
                CFG_STR("bg",           "#292929",   CFGF_NONE),
-               CFG_STR("tile_symbol",  "TILE", CFGF_NONE),
                CFG_SEC("layout",       layout_opts, CFGF_MULTI),
                CFG_END()
           };
@@ -414,7 +413,6 @@ init_conf(void)
      /* layout */
      conf.colors.layout_fg  = strdup(var_to_str(cfg_getstr(cfg_layouts, "fg")));
      conf.colors.layout_bg  = getcolor(var_to_str(cfg_getstr(cfg_layouts, "bg")));
-     conf.tile_symbol = var_to_str(cfg_getstr(cfg_layouts, "tile_symbol"));
 
      if((conf.nlayout = cfg_size(cfg_layouts, "layout")) > NUM_OF_LAYOUT
           || !(conf.nlayout = cfg_size(cfg_layouts, "layout")))
diff --git a/src/structs.h b/src/structs.h
index 9c0217d..9bd12f8 100644
--- a/src/structs.h
+++ b/src/structs.h
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ typedef struct
      } titlebar;
      Tag tag[MAXTAG];
      Layout layout[NUM_OF_LAYOUT];
-     char *tile_symbol;
      int ntag;
      int nkeybind;
      int nbutton;
diff --git a/wmfsrc b/wmfsrc
index 4bea550..74595f9 100644
--- a/wmfsrc
+++ b/wmfsrc
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ layouts
         bg = "#7E89A2"
 
         # Tiling layouts
-        tile_symbol = "TILE"
         layout { type = "tile_right"   symbol = "RIGHT" }
         layout { type = "tile_left"    symbol = "LEFT" }
         layout { type = "tile_top"     symbol = "TOP" }