diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index f2bc4ba..253aba7 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static const char broken[] = "broken";
 static char stext[256];
 static int screen;
 static int sw, sh;           /* X display screen geometry width, height */
-static int bh, blw = 0;      /* bar geometry */
+static int bh;               /* bar height */
 static int lrpad;            /* sum of left and right padding for text */
 static int (*xerrorxlib)(Display *, XErrorEvent *);
 static unsigned int numlockmask = 0;
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e)
 		if (i < LENGTH(tags)) {
 			click = ClkTagBar;
 			arg.ui = 1 << i;
-		} else if (ev->x < x + blw)
+		} else if (ev->x < x + TEXTW(selmon->ltsymbol))
 			click = ClkLtSymbol;
 		else if (ev->x > selmon->ww - (int)TEXTW(stext))
 			click = ClkStatusText;
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 				urg & 1 << i);
 		x += w;
 	}
-	w = blw = TEXTW(m->ltsymbol);
+	w = TEXTW(m->ltsymbol);
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 	x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, m->ltsymbol, 0);