x.c | 18 ------------------

diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index 71165838d1a31f106768c1f77792ea2d87939d8c..732ab225924f25d18cb671b516421b8487dcb374 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -1200,24 +1200,6 @@ 		XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback(xw.dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 	                                       ximinstantiate, NULL);
 	}
 
-	/* white cursor, black outline */
-	cursor = XCreateFontCursor(xw.dpy, mouseshape);
-	XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, cursor);
-
-	if (XParseColor(xw.dpy, xw.cmap, colorname[mousefg], &xmousefg) == 0) {
-		xmousefg.red   = 0xffff;
-		xmousefg.green = 0xffff;
-		xmousefg.blue  = 0xffff;
-	}
-
-	if (XParseColor(xw.dpy, xw.cmap, colorname[mousebg], &xmousebg) == 0) {
-		xmousebg.red   = 0x0000;
-		xmousebg.green = 0x0000;
-		xmousebg.blue  = 0x0000;
-	}
-
-	XRecolorCursor(xw.dpy, cursor, &xmousefg, &xmousebg);
-
 	xw.xembed = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "_XEMBED", False);
 	xw.wmdeletewin = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "WM_DELETE_WINDOW", False);
 	xw.netwmname = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "_NET_WM_NAME", False);