diff --git a/awesomerc.lua.in b/awesomerc.lua.in
index e4104956c..d52e15b39 100644
--- a/awesomerc.lua.in
+++ b/awesomerc.lua.in
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ for s = 1, screen.count() do
                                               end, mytasklist.buttons)
 
     -- Create the wibox
-    mywibox[s] = wibox({ position = "top", name = "mywibox" .. s,
-                         fg = beautiful.fg_normal, bg = beautiful.bg_normal })
+    mywibox[s] = wibox({ position = "top", fg = beautiful.fg_normal, bg = beautiful.bg_normal })
     -- Add widgets to the wibox - order matters
     mywibox[s].widgets = { mytaglist[s],
                            mylauncher,