diff --git a/.config/i3/config b/.config/i3/config
index c387c8b..95fa837 100644
--- a/.config/i3/config
+++ b/.config/i3/config
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace number $ws9
 bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace number $ws10
 
 # next/prev workspace
-bindsym $mod+Control+Left exec ~/.config/i3/i3next.sh -1
-bindsym $mod+Control+Right exec ~/.config/i3/i3next.sh 1
+bindsym $mod+Control+Left workspace prev
+bindsym $mod+Control+Right workspace next
 
 # reload the configuration file
 bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload
diff --git a/.config/i3/i3next.sh b/.config/i3/i3next.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 177c15b..0000000
--- a/.config/i3/i3next.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-wsNext=$(( $( i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused).num' ) + $1))
-i3-msg workspace $wsNext