diff --git a/dwm/config.def.h b/dwm/config.def.h
index 84b891975c4b687ab9a4ed474ad3c530bc6bb206..2047ff50da2fff29dc5d34bd939aa85f75c8d829 100644
--- a/dwm/config.def.h
+++ b/dwm/config.def.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 };
 
 /* tagging */
-static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
+static const char *tags[] = { "", "", "", "", "5", "6", "7", "8", "" };
 
 static const Rule rules[] = {
 	/* xprop(1):