diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index eb3b3c3..6c0859e 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int
 drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const char *text, int invert) {
 	char buf[1024];
 	int tx, ty, th;
-	Extnts tex;
+	unsigned int ew;
 	Colormap cmap;
 	Visual *vis;
 	XftDraw *d;
@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const char *tex
 		}
 
 		if (utf8strlen) {
-			drw_font_getexts(curfont, utf8str, utf8strlen, &tex);
+			drw_font_getexts(curfont, utf8str, utf8strlen, &ew, NULL);
 			/* shorten text if necessary */
-			for(len = MIN(utf8strlen, (sizeof buf) - 1); len && (tex.w > w - drw->fonts[0]->h || w < drw->fonts[0]->h); len--)
-				drw_font_getexts(curfont, utf8str, len, &tex);
+			for(len = MIN(utf8strlen, (sizeof buf) - 1); len && (ew > w - drw->fonts[0]->h || w < drw->fonts[0]->h); len--)
+				drw_font_getexts(curfont, utf8str, len, &ew, NULL);
 
 			if (len) {
 				memcpy(buf, utf8str, len);
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const char *tex
 					XftDrawStringUtf8(d, invert ? &drw->scheme->bg->rgb : &drw->scheme->fg->rgb, curfont->xfont, tx, ty, (XftChar8 *)buf, len);
 				}
 
-				x += tex.w;
-				w -= tex.w;
+				x += ew;
+				w -= ew;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -372,24 +372,16 @@ drw_map(Drw *drw, Window win, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h) {
 
 
 void
-drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, Extnts *tex) {
+drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, unsigned int *w, unsigned int *h) {
 	XGlyphInfo ext;
 
 	if(!font || !text)
 		return;
 	XftTextExtentsUtf8(font->dpy, font->xfont, (XftChar8 *)text, len, &ext);
-	tex->h = font->h;
-	tex->w = ext.xOff;
-}
-
-unsigned int
-drw_font_getexts_width(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len) {
-	Extnts tex;
-
-	if(!font)
-		return -1;
-	drw_font_getexts(font, text, len, &tex);
-	return tex.w;
+	if (w)
+		*w = ext.xOff;
+	if (h)
+		*h = font->h;
 }
 
 Cur *
diff --git a/drw.h b/drw.h
index 536171b..28f7c61 100644
--- a/drw.h
+++ b/drw.h
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	Fnt *fonts[DRW_FONT_CACHE_SIZE];
 } Drw;
 
-typedef struct {
-	unsigned int w;
-	unsigned int h;
-} Extnts;
-
 /* Drawable abstraction */
 Drw *drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window win, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
 void drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
@@ -51,8 +46,7 @@ void drw_free(Drw *drw);
 Fnt *drw_font_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontname);
 void drw_load_fonts(Drw* drw, const char *fonts[], size_t fontcount);
 void drw_font_free(Fnt *font);
-void drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, Extnts *extnts);
-unsigned int drw_font_getexts_width(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len);
+void drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, unsigned int *w, unsigned int *h);
 
 /* Colour abstraction */
 Clr *drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrname);