diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index 88e45f319..fcb5bcb90 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -96,18 +96,11 @@ base by `doom!' and for calculating how many packages exist.")
       package-user-dir (expand-file-name "elpa" doom-packages-dir)
       package-enable-at-startup nil
       package-archives
-      '(("gnu"          . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
-        ("melpa"        . "https://melpa.org/packages/")
-        ("melpa-stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/"))
+      '(("gnu"   . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
+        ("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/"))
       ;; I omit Marmalade because its packages are manually submitted rather
       ;; than pulled, so packages are often out of date with upstream.
 
-      ;; Don't gamble with these packages. Only retrieve stable versions. Quelpa
-      ;; is omitted because it isn't on melpa-stable.
-      package-pinned-packages
-      '((use-package     . "melpa-stable")
-        (persistent-soft . "melpa-stable"))
-
       ;; security settings
       gnutls-verify-error (not (getenv "INSECURE")) ; you shouldn't use this
       tls-checktrust gnutls-verify-error
@@ -118,7 +111,6 @@ base by `doom!' and for calculating how many packages exist.")
 
       use-package-always-defer t
       use-package-always-ensure nil
-      use-package-debug nil
       use-package-verbose doom-debug-mode
       use-package-minimum-reported-time (if doom-debug-mode 0 0.1)