diff --git a/docs/docs.md b/docs/docs.md
index 7eeb874..70600ed 100644
--- a/docs/docs.md
+++ b/docs/docs.md
@@ -298,12 +298,6 @@ in the config files.
 `-nxrdb, --no-xrdb`
 :   Don't load .Xresources on runtime (X11 only)
 
-`-gbc, --global-colors`
-:   Recognize global colors (such as \*.color1) on runtime (X11 only)
-
-`-ngbc, --no-global-colors`
-:   Don't recognize global colors (such as \*.color1) on runtime (X11 only)
-
 `-m, --monitor monitor`
 :   Specify a monitor to run spmenu on (X11 only)
 
diff --git a/docs/spmenu.conf b/docs/spmenu.conf
index 29058e5..1bd0b82 100644
--- a/docs/spmenu.conf
+++ b/docs/spmenu.conf
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ spmenu = {
 
   /* File options */
   file = ( { xresources           = 1; // Load .Xresources on startup (0/1)
-             global               = 1; // Read global .Xresources colors, programs like Pywal use this. (*.color0, *.color1, etc.) (0/1)
              theme                = 1; // Load theme (~/.config/spmenu/theme.conf) on runtime
              binds                = 1; // Load binds (~/.config/spmenu/binds.conf) on runtime
              themefile            = "NULL"; // Path to theme file to load on runtime. NULL means default.
diff --git a/libs/argv.c b/libs/argv.c
index e3b83b5..e2f3bf7 100644
--- a/libs/argv.c
+++ b/libs/argv.c
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ void readargs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             xresources = 1;
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[k], "-nxrdb") || (!strcmp(argv[k], "--no-xrdb"))) {
             xresources = 0;
-        } else if (!strcmp(argv[k], "-gbc") || (!strcmp(argv[k], "--global-colors"))) {
-            globalcolors = 1;
-        } else if (!strcmp(argv[k], "-ngbc") || (!strcmp(argv[k], "--no-global-colors"))) {
-            globalcolors = 0;
         }
     }
 
@@ -284,10 +280,6 @@ void readargs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "--x11")
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "--load-binds")
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "--no-load-binds")
-                        || !strcmp(argv[i], "-gbc")
-                        || !strcmp(argv[i], "-ngbc")
-                        || !strcmp(argv[i], "--global-colors")
-                        || !strcmp(argv[i], "--no-global-colors")
 #if USECONFIG
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "-cf")
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "--config-file")
@@ -523,10 +515,6 @@ void readargs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "--x11")
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "--load-binds")
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "--no-load-binds")
-                        || !strcmp(argv[i], "-gbc")
-                        || !strcmp(argv[i], "-ngbc")
-                        || !strcmp(argv[i], "--global-colors")
-                        || !strcmp(argv[i], "--no-global-colors")
 #if USECONFIG
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "-cf")
                         || !strcmp(argv[i], "--config-file")
@@ -704,8 +692,6 @@ void usage(int status) {
             "spmenu -scl,     --show-caps                                 Show caps lock indicator\n"
             "spmenu -xrdb,    --xrdb                                      Load .Xresources on runtime (X11 only)\n"
             "spmenu -nxrdb,   --no-xrdb                                   Don't load .Xresources on runtime (X11 only)\n"
-            "spmenu -gbc,     --global-colors                             Recognize global colors (such as *.color1) on runtime (X11 only)\n"
-            "spmenu -ngbc,    --no-global-colors                          Don't recognize global colors (such as *.color1) on runtime (X11 only)\n"
             "spmenu -m,       --monitor <monitor>                         Specify a monitor to run spmenu on (X11 only)\n"
             "spmenu -w,       --embed <window id>                         Embed spmenu inside <window id> (X11 only)\n"
             "spmenu -H,       --hist-file <hist file>                     Specify a file to save the history to\n"
diff --git a/libs/conf/config.c b/libs/conf/config.c
index fe24b54..7f2f831 100644
--- a/libs/conf/config.c
+++ b/libs/conf/config.c
@@ -672,8 +672,8 @@ void conf_init(void) {
                 config_setting_lookup_int(conf, "binds", &loadbinds); // spmenu.file.binds
             }
 
-            config_setting_lookup_int(conf, "global", &globalcolors); // spmenu.file.global
             config_setting_lookup_int(conf, "xresources", &xresources); // spmenu.file.xresources
+            config_setting_lookup_int(conf, "global", &xresources); // spmenu.file.global
 
             if (config_setting_lookup_string(conf, "themefile", &dest)) {
                 themefile = strdup(dest);
diff --git a/libs/options.h b/libs/options.h
index 03a9ee4..230108c 100644
--- a/libs/options.h
+++ b/libs/options.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ static char *class                     = "spmenu"; /* Class for spmenu */
 static int protocol                    = 1; /* Protocol to try first (0: X11, 1: Wayland) */
 static int fast                        = 0; /* Grab keyboard first */
 static int xresources                  = 1; /* Enable .Xresources support */
-static int globalcolors                = 1; /* Recognize global colors (such as colors generated by Pywal) */
 static int loadconfig                  = 1; /* Load configuration (~/.config/spmenu/spmenu.conf) on runtime */
 static int loadtheme                   = 1; /* Load theme (~/.config/spmenu/theme.conf) on runtime */
 static int loadbinds                   = 1; /* Load keybind file (~/.config/spmenu/binds.conf) on runtime */
diff --git a/libs/theme/theme.c b/libs/theme/theme.c
index 7730a9d..39c5b03 100644
--- a/libs/theme/theme.c
+++ b/libs/theme/theme.c
@@ -499,8 +499,7 @@ void theme_load(void) {
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < config_setting_length(file_setting); ++i) {
             config_setting_t *conf = config_setting_get_elem(file_setting, i);
 
-            // look up
-            config_setting_lookup_int(conf, "global", &globalcolors); // theme.file.global
+            config_setting_lookup_int(conf, "global", &xresources); // theme.file.global
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/x11/xrdb.c b/libs/x11/xrdb.c
index 083c0bb..8d6ea46 100644
--- a/libs/x11/xrdb.c
+++ b/libs/x11/xrdb.c
@@ -41,11 +41,8 @@ void load_xresources(void) {
         return;
     db = XrmGetStringDatabase(resm);
 
-    // recognize global colors
-    if (globalcolors) {
-        for (p = cols; p < cols + LENGTH(cols); p++)
-            resource_load(db, p->name, p->type, p->dst);
-    }
+    for (p = cols; p < cols + LENGTH(cols); p++)
+        resource_load(db, p->name, p->type, p->dst);
 
     XCloseDisplay(display);
 }