diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 3afd28e..46de1af 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ MIT/X Consortium License
 © 2010-2012 Connor Lane Smith <cls@lubutu.com>
 © 2014-2020 Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
 © 2015-2019 Quentin Rameau <quinq@fifth.space>
+© 2021 Alexander Weinhold <me dot dmenu at gutmet dot org>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
index 323f93c..8b16142 100644
--- a/dmenu.1
+++ b/dmenu.1
@@ -160,10 +160,7 @@ Delete line left
 .B C\-w
 Delete word left
 .TP
-.B C\-y
-Paste from primary X selection
-.TP
-.B C\-Y
+.B C\-v
 Paste from X clipboard
 .TP
 .B M\-b
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 65f25ce..15e16aa 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -354,10 +354,8 @@ keypress(XKeyEvent *ev)
 			while (cursor > 0 && !strchr(worddelimiters, text[nextrune(-1)]))
 				insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
 			break;
-		case XK_y: /* paste selection */
-		case XK_Y:
-			XConvertSelection(dpy, (ev->state & ShiftMask) ? clip : XA_PRIMARY,
-			                  utf8, utf8, win, CurrentTime);
+		case XK_v:
+			XConvertSelection(dpy, clip, utf8, utf8, win, CurrentTime);
 			return;
 		case XK_Left:
 			movewordedge(-1);