diff --git a/i3-input/main.c b/i3-input/main.c
index ca6ae7a0..931afc2b 100644
--- a/i3-input/main.c
+++ b/i3-input/main.c
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ static int handle_expose(void *data, xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_expose_event_t
 
     /* re-draw the background */
     xcb_rectangle_t border = {0, 0, 500, font_height + 8}, inner = {2, 2, 496, font_height + 8 - 4};
-    xcb_change_gc_single(conn, pixmap_gc, XCB_GC_FOREGROUND, get_colorpixel(conn, "#FF0000"));
+    xcb_change_gc(conn, pixmap_gc, XCB_GC_FOREGROUND, (uint32_t[]){ get_colorpixel(conn, "#FF0000") });
     xcb_poly_fill_rectangle(conn, pixmap, pixmap_gc, 1, &border);
-    xcb_change_gc_single(conn, pixmap_gc, XCB_GC_FOREGROUND, get_colorpixel(conn, "#000000"));
+    xcb_change_gc(conn, pixmap_gc, XCB_GC_FOREGROUND, (uint32_t[]){ get_colorpixel(conn, "#000000") });
     xcb_poly_fill_rectangle(conn, pixmap, pixmap_gc, 1, &inner);
 
     /* restore font color */
-    xcb_change_gc_single(conn, pixmap_gc, XCB_GC_FOREGROUND, get_colorpixel(conn, "#FFFFFF"));
+    xcb_change_gc(conn, pixmap_gc, XCB_GC_FOREGROUND, (uint32_t[]){ get_colorpixel(conn, "#FFFFFF") });
     uint8_t *con = concat_strings(glyphs_ucs, input_position);
     char *full_text = (char*)con;
     if (prompt != NULL) {
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     xcb_set_input_focus(conn, XCB_INPUT_FOCUS_POINTER_ROOT, win, XCB_CURRENT_TIME);
 
     /* Create graphics context */
-    xcb_change_gc_single(conn, pixmap_gc, XCB_GC_FONT, font_id);
+    xcb_change_gc(conn, pixmap_gc, XCB_GC_FONT, (uint32_t[]){ font_id });
 
     /* Grab the keyboard to get all input */
     xcb_flush(conn);
diff --git a/i3-input/xcb.c b/i3-input/xcb.c
index 3c1d99e1..0c7e9434 100644
--- a/i3-input/xcb.c
+++ b/i3-input/xcb.c
@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@
 
 #include "i3-input.h"
 
-/*
- * Convenience-wrapper around xcb_change_gc which saves us declaring a variable
- *
- */
-void xcb_change_gc_single(xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_gcontext_t gc, uint32_t mask, uint32_t value) {
-        xcb_change_gc(conn, gc, mask, &value);
-}
-
 /*
  * Returns the colorpixel to use for the given hex color (think of HTML).
  *