diff --git a/core/core-os.el b/core/core-os.el
index 2bcc2fb91..52825051c 100644
--- a/core/core-os.el
+++ b/core/core-os.el
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 ;; clipboard
 (setq x-select-request-type '(UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT TEXT STRING))
 
+;; fewer opts to process for systems that don't need them
+(unless IS-MAC   (setq command-line-ns-option-alist nil))
+(unless IS-LINUX (setq command-line-x-option-alist nil))
+
 ;; stop copying each visual state move to the clipboard:
 ;; https://bitbucket.org/lyro/evil/issue/336/osx-visual-state-copies-the-region-on
 ;; grokked from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15873346/elisp-rename-macro
diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index d2eadd3c2..8365ba3a8 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@
 (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(tool-bar-lines . 0))
 (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(menu-bar-lines . 0))
 (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(vertical-scroll-bars))
+
+;; One less file to load at startup
+(setq site-run-file nil)