diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index 5b6e90cc..f8f24e4c 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -601,3 +601,8 @@ void print_cached(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 	(void)obj;
 	human_readable(info.cached * 1024, p, p_max_size);
 }
+
+void print_evaluate(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
+{
+	evaluate(obj->data.s, p, p_max_size);
+}
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 779332b2..ae957be1 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -102,4 +102,6 @@ void print_threads(struct text_object *, char *, int);
 void print_buffers(struct text_object *, char *, int);
 void print_cached(struct text_object *, char *, int);
 
+void print_evaluate(struct text_object *, char *, int);
+
 #endif /* _COMMON_H */
diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index 6ba9feac..2b9dd8ed 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -889,9 +889,6 @@ void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size,
 				cimlib_add_image(obj->data.s);
 			}
 #endif /* IMLIB2 */
-			OBJ(eval) {
-				evaluate(obj->data.s, p, p_max_size);
-			}
 			OBJ(if_empty) {
 				char buf[max_user_text];
 				struct information *tmp_info =
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index 863260fc..0c2ce224 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
 		obj_be_ifblock_endif(ifblock_opaque, obj);
 	END OBJ(eval, 0)
 		obj->data.s = strndup(arg ? arg : "", text_buffer_size);
+		obj->callbacks.print = &print_evaluate;
 		obj->callbacks.free = &gen_free_opaque;
 #if defined(IMLIB2) && defined(X11)
 	END OBJ(image, 0)