diff --git a/core/packages.el b/core/packages.el
index 4dc671942..e1a3e9612 100644
--- a/core/packages.el
+++ b/core/packages.el
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 (when IS-MAC
   (package! ns-auto-titlebar :pin "1efc30d385"))
 (package! pcre2el :pin "0b5b2a2c17")
-(package! smartparens :pin "be8d5c9a63")
+(package! smartparens :pin "1f8857c5fe")
 (package! so-long
   :built-in 'prefer ; included in Emacs 27+
   ;; REVIEW so-long is slated to be published to ELPA eventually, but until then
diff --git a/modules/lang/rust/config.el b/modules/lang/rust/config.el
index 9e6e42254..1cc8046bd 100644
--- a/modules/lang/rust/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/rust/config.el
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@
 
   (setq rustic-indent-method-chain t
         ;; use :editor format instead
-        rustic-format-trigger nil
-        ;; REVIEW `rust-ordinary-lt-gt-p' is terribly expensive in large rust
-        ;;        buffers, so we disable it, but only for evil users, because it
-        ;;        affects `forward-sexp' and its ilk. See
-        ;;        https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-mode/issues/288.
-        rustic-match-angle-brackets (not (featurep! :editor evil)))
+        rustic-format-trigger nil)
 
   (add-hook 'rustic-mode-hook #'rainbow-delimiters-mode)