diff --git a/home/.config/awesome/rc.lua b/home/.config/awesome/rc.lua
index 1538a14..d0badcc 100644
--- a/home/.config/awesome/rc.lua
+++ b/home/.config/awesome/rc.lua
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ menubar.utils.terminal = terminal -- Set the terminal for applications that requ
 -- }}}
 
 -- {{{ Wibar
+-- Create a textclock widget
+mytextclock = wibox.widget.textclock()
+
 -- Create a wibox for each screen and add it
 local taglist_buttons = gears.table.join(
                     awful.button({ }, 1, function(t) t:view_only() end),
@@ -214,9 +217,7 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
             widgets.temp.widget,
             widgets.bat_icon,
             widgets.bat.widget,
-            wibox.widget.separator({ forced_width = 4, opacity = 0 }),
-            widgets.date,
-            wibox.widget.separator({ forced_width = 4, opacity = 0 }),
+            mytextclock,
             s.mylayoutbox,
         },
     }
diff --git a/home/.config/awesome/widgets.lua b/home/.config/awesome/widgets.lua
index 0f0a8ac..7e88f90 100644
--- a/home/.config/awesome/widgets.lua
+++ b/home/.config/awesome/widgets.lua
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ widgets.bat = lain.widget.bat({
     end
 })
 
-widgets.date = wibox.widget.textclock(markup.font(theme.font, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"))
-
 widgets.bluetooth = wibox.widget.imagebox(iconsdir .. "bluetooth-on.png")
 widgets.bluetooth.pass_state = function(callback)
     helpers.async_with_shell("/sbin/rfkill -n -o SOFT list bluetooth|uniq", function(state)