diff --git a/i38.sh b/i38.sh
index af7ed98..409c028 100755
--- a/i38.sh
+++ b/i38.sh
@@ -282,10 +282,4 @@ echo 'exec /usr/lib/notification-daemon-1.0/notification-daemon'
         echo 'xbrlapi --quiet'
     fi
 fi)
-
-# Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
-# finds out, if available)
-bar {
-        status_command i3status
-}
 EOF