diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5a77a2859..44a068dd8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ update: autoloads _update init.elc
 autoloads:
 	@$(EMACS) --batch -l init.el --eval '(doom-reload-autoloads)' 2>&1
 
-compile: autoloads
-	@$(EMACS) --batch -l init.el --eval '(doom-byte-compile)' 2>&1
-
 snippets:
 	@[ -d private/snippets ] || git clone $(REPO_URL)/emacs-snippets private/snippets
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ea6626a5..a047fd6e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@ brew install emacs --with-cocoa --with-imagemagick
 git clone https://github.com/hlissner/.emacs.d ~/.emacs.d
 cd ~/.emacs.d
 make          # installs plugins via cask and generates autoloads
-```
 
-And to optionally:
-
-```
-make compile  # optionally byte-compiles everything
+# Optional
 make snippets # install hlissner/emacs-snippets into private/snippets
 ```
 
+To byte compile, run `(doom-byte-compile)`
+
 ## Features
 
 To get a picture of what's in here, check out:
diff --git a/core/core-defuns.el b/core/core-defuns.el
index ed9b310b9..675973e6d 100644
--- a/core/core-defuns.el
+++ b/core/core-defuns.el
@@ -342,11 +342,11 @@ e.g. (doom-fix-unicode \"DejaVu Sans\" '(?⚠ ?★ ?λ ?➊ ?➋ ?➌ ?➍ ?➎
 (defun doom-byte-compile ()
   "Byte compile the core and library .el files in ~/.emacs.d"
   (interactive)
-  (mapc (lambda (f) (packed-byte-compile-file (concat doom-emacs-dir "/" f)))
+  (mapc (lambda (f) (byte-compile-file (concat doom-emacs-dir "/" f)))
         '("init.el" "private/my-commands.el" "private/my-bindings.el"
           "core/core.el" "core/core-defuns.el" "core/core-ui.el"))
-  (byte-recompile-directory (concat doom-core-dir "/defuns") 0 t)
-  (byte-recompile-directory (concat doom-modules-dir "/defuns") 0 t)
+  (byte-recompile-directory doom-core-dir 0 t)
+  (byte-recompile-directory doom-modules-dir 0 t)
   (message "Compiled!"))
 
 (provide 'core-defuns)