diff --git a/core/core-ui.el b/core/core-ui.el
index ea788cd97..d81625c91 100644
--- a/core/core-ui.el
+++ b/core/core-ui.el
@@ -306,6 +306,13 @@ windows, switch to `doom-fallback-buffer'. Otherwise, delegate to original
   (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(tool-bar-lines . 0))
   (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(vertical-scroll-bars)))
 
+;; These are disabled directly through their frame parameters, to avoid the
+;; extra work their minor modes do, but we have to unset these variables
+;; ourselves, otherwise users will have to cycle them twice to re-enable them.
+(setq menu-bar-mode nil
+      tool-bar-mode nil
+      scroll-bar-mode nil)
+
 (when! IS-MAC
   ;; Curse Lion and its sudden but inevitable fullscreen mode!
   ;; NOTE Meaningless to railwaycat's emacs-mac build