diff --git a/modules/backlight/backlight.fish b/modules/backlight/backlight.fish
deleted file mode 100755
index 313e9b1..0000000
--- a/modules/backlight/backlight.fish
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/fish
-#
-# Usage:
-#   backlight get
-#   backlight set [value]
-#   backlight max
-#
-# Returns:
-#	Set - nothing
-#	Get, max - Number between 0 and 100 (eg: 0, 25.445283, 100)
-#
-
-function backlight
-	switch $argv[1]
-		case "get"
-			xbacklight -get
-		case "max"
-			echo 100
-		case "set"
-			xbacklight -set $argv[2]
-		case "up"
-			xbacklight -inc $argv[2]
-		case "down"
-			xbacklight -dec $argv[2]
-		case "*"
-			echo "Unknown function \"$argv[1]\""
-			echo ""
-			echo "Usage:"
-			echo "  backlight get"
-			echo "  backlight set [value]"
-			echo "  backlight max"
-			return 0
-	end
-	return 1
-end
-
-backlight $argv
diff --git a/modules/backlight/util.lua b/modules/backlight/util.lua
index 79477e7..0661f10 100755
--- a/modules/backlight/util.lua
+++ b/modules/backlight/util.lua
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 local backlight = {}
 
--- The space at the end is important!
-local script = conf_dir .. "modules/backlight/backlight.fish"
-script = script .. " "
-
-
 backlight.get = function(callback)
 	awful.spawn.easy_async(
-		script .. "get",
+		"xbacklight -get",
 		function(stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
 			callback(tonumber(stdout))
 		end
@@ -15,12 +10,12 @@ backlight.get = function(callback)
 end
 
 backlight.set = function(value)
-	awful.spawn(script .. "set " .. value, false)
+	awful.spawn("xbacklight -set " .. value, false)
 end
 
 backlight.watch = function(timeout, callback, widget)
 	awful.widget.watch(
-		script .. "get",
+		"xbacklight -get",
 		timeout,
 		callback,
 		widget
@@ -30,7 +25,7 @@ end
 
 backlight.backlight_up = function(value)
 	awful.spawn.easy_async(
-		script .. "up " .. value,
+		"xbacklight -inc " .. value,
 		function(stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
 			awesome.emit_signal("module::backlight:update_read")
 		end
@@ -39,7 +34,7 @@ end
 
 backlight.backlight_down = function(value)
 	awful.spawn.easy_async(
-		script .. "down " .. value,
+		"xbacklight -dec " .. value,
 		function(stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
 			awesome.emit_signal("module::backlight:update_read")
 		end