diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index e474bc2a6..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "lib/clip"]
-	path = lib/clip
-	url = https://github.com/dacap/clip.git
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 516291592..064397e8c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -115,13 +115,6 @@ ifeq ($(THREADS),1)
 	override THREADS := auto
 endif
 
-#? Pull in the clipboard library
-CLIPDIR		:= lib/clip
-override ADDFLAGS += -L$(CLIPDIR) -lclip
-ifeq ($(PLATFORM_LC),linux)
-	override ADDFLAGS += -lxcb
-endif
-
 #? The Directories, Source, Includes, Objects and Binary
 SRCDIR		:= src
 INCDIR		:= include
@@ -141,7 +134,7 @@ OPTFLAGS			:= -O2 -ftree-vectorize -flto=$(THREADS)
 LDCXXFLAGS			:= -pthread -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS $(GOODFLAGS) $(ADDFLAGS)
 override CXXFLAGS	+= $(REQFLAGS) $(LDCXXFLAGS) $(OPTFLAGS) $(WARNFLAGS)
 override LDFLAGS	+= $(LDCXXFLAGS) $(OPTFLAGS) $(WARNFLAGS)
-INC					:= -I$(INCDIR) -I$(CLIPDIR) -I$(SRCDIR)
+INC					:= -I$(INCDIR) -I$(SRCDIR)
 SU_USER				:= root
 
 ifdef DEBUG
@@ -175,11 +168,6 @@ P := %%
 #? Default Make
 all: $(PRE) directories btop
 
-clip:
-	@cd $(CLIPDIR)
-	@env CXXFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" cmake -DCLIP_X11_WITH_PNG=OFF .
-	@env CXXFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" make
-
 info:
 	@printf " $(BANNER)\n"
 	@printf "\033[1;92mPLATFORM   \033[1;93m?| \033[0m$(PLATFORM)\n"
@@ -273,7 +261,7 @@ uninstall:
 
 #? Link
 .ONESHELL:
-btop: $(OBJECTS) | directories clip
+btop: $(OBJECTS) | directories
 	@sleep 0.2 2>/dev/null || true
 	@TSTAMP=$$(date +%s 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
 	@$(QUIET) || printf "\n\033[1;92mLinking and optimizing binary\033[37m...\033[0m\n"
diff --git a/lib/clip b/lib/clip
deleted file mode 160000
index 3433235c7..000000000
--- a/lib/clip
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 3433235c7faa86d28507558cf07ffa0d933ffd72
diff --git a/src/btop_config.cpp b/src/btop_config.cpp
index 8afa1cbe0..1743b673a 100644
--- a/src/btop_config.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_config.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ namespace Config {
 		{"vim_keys",			"#* Set to True to enable \"h,j,k,l,g,G\" keys for directional control in lists.\n"
 								"#* Conflicting keys for h:\"help\" and k:\"kill\" is accessible while holding shift."},
 
+		{"copy_command",		"#* Command to copy to the system clipboard. Clipboard contents are piped into stdin."},
+
 		{"rounded_corners",		"#* Rounded corners on boxes, is ignored if TTY mode is ON."},
 
 		{"graph_symbol", 		"#* Default symbols to use for graph creation, \"braille\", \"block\" or \"tty\".\n"
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ namespace Config {
 		{"shown_boxes", "cpu mem net proc"},
 		{"graph_symbol", "braille"},
 		{"presets", "cpu:1:default,proc:0:default cpu:0:default,mem:0:default,net:0:default cpu:0:block,net:0:tty"},
+		{"copy_command", ""},
 		{"graph_symbol_cpu", "default"},
 		{"graph_symbol_mem", "default"},
 		{"graph_symbol_net", "default"},
diff --git a/src/btop_input.cpp b/src/btop_input.cpp
index 02dcf21b0..1000540e6 100644
--- a/src/btop_input.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_input.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ tab-size = 4
 #include <thread>
 #include <mutex>
 
-#include <clip.h>
-
 #include <btop_input.hpp>
 #include <btop_tools.hpp>
 #include <btop_config.hpp>
@@ -441,7 +439,19 @@ namespace Input {
 				}
 				else if (key == "x") {
 					atomic_wait(Runner::active);
-					clip::set_text(Config::getS("selected_cmd"));
+
+					auto copy_command = Config::getS("copy_command");
+					if (copy_command.empty()) {
+						vector<string> cont_vec;
+						cont_vec.emplace_back("`copy_command` is empty");
+						Menu::msgBox messageBox = Menu::msgBox{45, 0, cont_vec, "error"};
+						Global::overlay = messageBox();
+					} else {
+						FILE *p_copy_stdin = popen(copy_command.c_str(), "w");
+						auto selected_cmd = Config::getS("selected_cmd");
+						fwrite(selected_cmd.c_str(), selected_cmd.length(), selected_cmd.length(), p_copy_stdin);
+						pclose(p_copy_stdin);
+					}
 				}
 				else keep_going = true;