diff --git a/include/xrmoptions.h b/include/xrmoptions.h
index 573ad810..7e7735f8 100644
--- a/include/xrmoptions.h
+++ b/include/xrmoptions.h
@@ -80,16 +80,6 @@ typedef enum
     xrm_Char    = 4
 } XrmOptionType;
 
-/**
- * @param xcb  Handler object holding connection used to fetch the settings from.
- *
- * Parse the rofi related X resource options of the
- * connected X server.
- *
- * @ingroup CONFXServer
- */
-void config_parse_xresource_options ( xcb_stuff *xcb );
-
 /**
  * @param filename The xresources file to parse
  *
diff --git a/source/rofi.c b/source/rofi.c
index 6d066f54..06ac90ec 100644
--- a/source/rofi.c
+++ b/source/rofi.c
@@ -947,8 +947,6 @@ int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
             }
             g_free ( etc );
         }
-        // Load in config from X resources.
-        config_parse_xresource_options ( xcb );
 
         if ( config_path_new && g_file_test ( config_path_new, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR ) ) {
             if ( rofi_theme_parse_file ( config_path_new ) ) {
diff --git a/source/xrmoptions.c b/source/xrmoptions.c
index 727476fd..549ec240 100644
--- a/source/xrmoptions.c
+++ b/source/xrmoptions.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 /** Different sources of configuration. */
 const char * const ConfigSourceStr[] = {
     "Default",
-    "XResources",
     "File",
     "Rasi File",
     "Commandline",
@@ -54,10 +53,9 @@ const char * const ConfigSourceStr[] = {
 enum ConfigSource
 {
     CONFIG_DEFAULT    = 0,
-    CONFIG_XRESOURCES = 1,
-    CONFIG_FILE       = 2,
-    CONFIG_FILE_THEME = 3,
-    CONFIG_CMDLINE    = 4
+    CONFIG_FILE       = 1,
+    CONFIG_FILE_THEME = 2,
+    CONFIG_CMDLINE    = 3
 };
 
 typedef struct
@@ -335,15 +333,7 @@ static void __config_parse_xresource_options_dynamic ( xcb_xrm_database_t *xDB,
         g_free ( name );
     }
 }
-void config_parse_xresource_options ( xcb_stuff *xcb )
-{
-    xcb_xrm_database_t *xDB = xcb_xrm_database_from_default ( xcb->connection );
-    if ( xDB ) {
-        __config_parse_xresource_options ( xDB, CONFIG_XRESOURCES );
-        __config_parse_xresource_options_dynamic ( xDB, CONFIG_XRESOURCES );
-        xcb_xrm_database_free ( xDB );
-    }
-}
+
 void config_parse_xresource_options_file ( const char *filename )
 {
     if ( !filename ) {