diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 9365505..4e30885 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ static const float urgentcolor[]           = COLOR(0xff0000ff);
 /* To conform the xdg-protocol, set the alpha to zero to restore the old behavior */
 static const float fullscreen_bg[]         = {0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1.0}; /* You can also use glsl colors */
 
-/* tagging - tagcount must be no greater than 31 */
+/* tagging - TAGCOUNT must be no greater than 31 */
 #define TAGCOUNT (9)
-static const int tagcount = TAGCOUNT;
 
 /* logging */
 static int log_level = WLR_ERROR;
diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index 7fe1559..e07560e 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 #define VISIBLEON(C, M)         ((M) && (C)->mon == (M) && ((C)->tags & (M)->tagset[(M)->seltags]))
 #define LENGTH(X)               (sizeof X / sizeof X[0])
 #define END(A)                  ((A) + LENGTH(A))
-#define TAGMASK                 ((1u << tagcount) - 1)
+#define TAGMASK                 ((1u << TAGCOUNT) - 1)
 #define LISTEN(E, L, H)         wl_signal_add((E), ((L)->notify = (H), (L)))
 #define IDLE_NOTIFY_ACTIVITY    wlr_idle_notify_activity(idle, seat), wlr_idle_notifier_v1_notify_activity(idle_notifier, seat)