diff --git a/examples/data/scripts/load_url_from_bookmarks.sh b/examples/data/scripts/load_url_from_bookmarks.sh
index 1e9f9e7..ca49c2b 100755
--- a/examples/data/scripts/load_url_from_bookmarks.sh
+++ b/examples/data/scripts/load_url_from_bookmarks.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
 file=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/uzbl/bookmarks
 [ -r "$file" ] || exit
 COLORS=" -nb #303030 -nf khaki -sb #CCFFAA -sf #303030"
-if dmenu --help 2>&1 | grep -q '\[-rs\] \[-ni\] \[-nl\] \[-xs\]'
-then
-	DMENU="dmenu -i -xs -rs -l 10" # vertical patch
-	# show tags as well
-	goto=`$DMENU $COLORS < $file | awk '{print $1}'`
-else
-	DMENU="dmenu -i"
-	# because they are all after each other, just show the url, not their tags.
-	goto=`awk '{print $1}' $file | $DMENU $COLORS`
-fi
+
+DMENU="dmenu -i -l 10" # vertical patch
+# show tags as well
+goto=`$DMENU $COLORS < $file | awk '{print $1}'`
 
 #[ -n "$goto" ] && echo "uri $goto" > $4
 [ -n "$goto" ] && echo "uri $goto" | socat - unix-connect:$5
diff --git a/examples/data/scripts/load_url_from_history.sh b/examples/data/scripts/load_url_from_history.sh
index 62e02ac..756c962 100755
--- a/examples/data/scripts/load_url_from_history.sh
+++ b/examples/data/scripts/load_url_from_history.sh
@@ -6,19 +6,10 @@ history_file=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/uzbl/history
 # choose from all entries, sorted and uniqued
 # goto=`awk '{print $3}' $history_file | sort -u | dmenu -i`
 COLORS=" -nb #303030 -nf khaki -sb #CCFFAA -sf #303030"
-if dmenu --help 2>&1 | grep -q '\[-rs\] \[-ni\] \[-nl\] \[-xs\]';
-then
-        DMENU="dmenu -i -xs -rs -l 10" # vertical patch
-        # choose an item in reverse order, showing also the date and page titles
-        # pick the last field from the first 3 fields. this way you can pick a url (prefixed with date & time) or type just a new url.
-        goto=`tac $history_file | $DMENU $COLORS | cut -d ' ' -f -3  | awk '{print $NF}'`
-else
-        DMENU="dmenu -i"
-	# choose from all entries (no date or title), the first one being current url, and after that all others, sorted and uniqued, in ascending order
-	current=`tail -n 1 $history_file | awk '{print $3}'`;
-  goto=`(echo $current; awk '{print $3}' $history_file | grep -v "^$current\$" \
-      | sort -u) | $DMENU $COLORS`
-fi
+DMENU="dmenu -i -l 10" # vertical patch
+# choose an item in reverse order, showing also the date and page titles
+# pick the last field from the first 3 fields. this way you can pick a url (prefixed with date & time) or type just a new url.
+goto=`tac $history_file | $DMENU $COLORS | cut -d ' ' -f -3  | awk '{print $NF}'`
 
 [ -n "$goto" ] && echo "uri $goto" > $4
 #[ -n "$goto" ] && echo "uri $goto" | socat - unix-connect:$5
--- Dieterbe-uzbl-4994115/examples/data/scripts/instance-select-wmii.sh~	2009-12-22 18:07:54.000000000 +0100
+++ Dieterbe-uzbl-4994115/examples/data/scripts/instance-select-wmii.sh	2010-01-04 08:43:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -13,12 +13,7 @@
 
 COLORS=" -nb #303030 -nf khaki -sb #CCFFAA -sf #303030"
 
-if dmenu --help 2>&1 | grep -q '\[-rs\] \[-ni\] \[-nl\] \[-xs\]'
-then
-        DMENU="dmenu -i -xs -rs -l 10" # vertical patch
-else
-        DMENU="dmenu -i"
-fi
+DMENU="dmenu -i -l 10" # vertical patch
 
 if [ "$1" == 'list' ]
 then