diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 571bc35..7cf253b 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -517,9 +517,9 @@ insert:
 	case XK_Tab:
 		if (!sel)
 			return;
-		strncpy(text, sel->text, sizeof text - 1);
-		text[sizeof text - 1] = '\0';
-		cursor = strlen(text);
+		cursor = strnlen(sel->text, sizeof text - 1);
+		memcpy(text, sel->text, cursor);
+		text[cursor] = '\0';
 		match();
 		break;
 	}
@@ -549,18 +549,18 @@ paste(void)
 static void
 readstdin(void)
 {
-	char buf[sizeof text], *p;
-	size_t i, size = 0;
+	char *line = NULL;
+	size_t i, junk, size = 0;
+	ssize_t len;
 
 	/* read each line from stdin and add it to the item list */
-	for (i = 0; fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin); i++) {
+	for (i = 0; (len = getline(&line, &junk, stdin)) != -1; i++, line = NULL) {
 		if (i + 1 >= size / sizeof *items)
 			if (!(items = realloc(items, (size += BUFSIZ))))
 				die("cannot realloc %zu bytes:", size);
-		if ((p = strchr(buf, '\n')))
-			*p = '\0';
-		if (!(items[i].text = strdup(buf)))
-			die("cannot strdup %zu bytes:", strlen(buf) + 1);
+		if (line[len - 1] == '\n')
+			line[len - 1] = '\0';
+		items[i].text = line;
 		items[i].out = 0;
 	}
 	if (items)
@@ -710,9 +710,8 @@ setup(void)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
-	      "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]\n", stderr);
-	exit(1);
+	die("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+	    "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]");
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index ced7d37..a58a2b4 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -133,19 +133,6 @@ xfont_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontname, FcPattern *fontpattern)
 		die("no font specified.");
 	}
 
-	/* Do not allow using color fonts. This is a workaround for a BadLength
-	 * error from Xft with color glyphs. Modelled on the Xterm workaround. See
-	 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269
-	 * https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1701/30932.html
-	 * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916349
-	 * and lots more all over the internet.
-	 */
-	FcBool iscol;
-	if(FcPatternGetBool(xfont->pattern, FC_COLOR, 0, &iscol) == FcResultMatch && iscol) {
-		XftFontClose(drw->dpy, xfont);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	font = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Fnt));
 	font->xfont = xfont;
 	font->pattern = pattern;
@@ -368,7 +355,6 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 			fcpattern = FcPatternDuplicate(drw->fonts->pattern);
 			FcPatternAddCharSet(fcpattern, FC_CHARSET, fccharset);
 			FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_SCALABLE, FcTrue);
-			FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_COLOR, FcFalse);
 
 			FcConfigSubstitute(NULL, fcpattern, FcMatchPattern);
 			FcDefaultSubstitute(fcpattern);
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index fe044fc..96b82c9 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -6,18 +6,9 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
-void *
-ecalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
-{
-	void *p;
-
-	if (!(p = calloc(nmemb, size)))
-		die("calloc:");
-	return p;
-}
-
 void
-die(const char *fmt, ...) {
+die(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
@@ -33,3 +24,13 @@ die(const char *fmt, ...) {
 
 	exit(1);
 }
+
+void *
+ecalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+{
+	void *p;
+
+	if (!(p = calloc(nmemb, size)))
+		die("calloc:");
+	return p;
+}