diff --git a/common/home-manager/emacs/default.nix b/common/home-manager/emacs/default.nix
index b2150c6..50a96c1 100644
--- a/common/home-manager/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/common/home-manager/emacs/default.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ in {
           counsel = {
             enable = true;
 
-            bind = {
+            bindStar = {
               "M-x" = "counsel-M-x";
               "C-x C-f" = "counsel-find-file";
               "C-x C-r" = "counsel-recentf";
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ in {
           swiper = {
             enable = true;
 
-            bind = { "C-s" = "swiper"; };
+            bindStar = { "C-s" = "swiper"; };
 
             general = ''
               (general-nmap
diff --git a/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init-defaults.nix b/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init-defaults.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f81c558..0000000
--- a/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init-defaults.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-# A collection of "uncontroversial" configurations for selected packages.
-
-{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
-
-{
-  programs.emacs.init.usePackage = {
-    all-the-icons = { extraPackages = [ pkgs.emacs-all-the-icons-fonts ]; };
-
-    cmake-mode.mode = [
-      ''"\\.cmake\\'"'' # \
-      ''"CMakeLists.txt\\'"''
-    ];
-
-    csharp-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.cs\\'"'' ];
-
-    cue-mode = {
-      package = epkgs:
-        epkgs.trivialBuild {
-          pname = "cue-mode.el";
-          src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-            url =
-              "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/russell/cue-mode/9c803ee8fa4a6e99c7dc9ae373c6178569583b7a/cue-mode.el";
-            sha256 = "0swhpknkg1vwbchblzrwynixf5grg95jy1bkc8w92yfpb1jch7m7";
-          };
-          preferLocalBuild = true;
-          allowSubstitutes = true;
-        };
-      command = [ "cue-mode" ];
-      mode = [ ''"\\.cue\\'"'' ];
-      hook = [ "(cue-mode . subword-mode)" ];
-    };
-
-    dap-lldb = {
-      config = ''
-        (setq dap-lldb-debug-program "${pkgs.lldb}/bin/lldb-vscode")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    deadgrep = {
-      config = ''
-        (setq deadgrep-executable "${pkgs.ripgrep}/bin/rg")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    dhall-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.dhall\\'"'' ];
-
-    dockerfile-mode.mode = [ ''"Dockerfile\\'"'' ];
-
-    elm-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.elm\\'"'' ];
-
-    emacsql-sqlite3 = {
-      enable =
-        lib.mkDefault config.programs.emacs.init.usePackage.org-roam.enable;
-      defer = lib.mkDefault true;
-      config = ''
-        (setq emacsql-sqlite3-executable "${pkgs.sqlite}/bin/sqlite3")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    ggtags = {
-      config = ''
-        (setq ggtags-executable-directory "${pkgs.global}/bin")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    idris-mode = {
-      mode = [ ''"\\.idr\\'"'' ];
-      config = ''
-        (setq idris-interpreter-path "${pkgs.idris}/bin/idris")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    kotlin-mode = {
-      mode = [ ''"\\.kts?\\'"'' ];
-      hook = [ "(kotlin-mode . subword-mode)" ];
-    };
-
-    latex.mode = [ ''("\\.tex\\'" . latex-mode)'' ];
-
-    lsp-eslint = {
-      config = ''
-        (setq lsp-eslint-server-command '("node" "${pkgs.vscode-extensions.dbaeumer.vscode-eslint}/share/vscode/extensions/dbaeumer.vscode-eslint/server/out/eslintServer.js" "--stdio"))
-      '';
-    };
-
-    markdown-mode = {
-      mode = [ ''"\\.mdwn\\'"'' ''"\\.markdown\\'"'' ''"\\.md\\'"'' ];
-    };
-
-    nix-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.nix\\'"'' ];
-
-    notmuch = {
-      package = epkgs: lib.getOutput "emacs" pkgs.notmuch;
-      config = ''
-        (setq notmuch-command "${pkgs.notmuch}/bin/notmuch")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    octave.mode = [ ''("\\.m\\'" . octave-mode)'' ];
-
-    ob-plantuml = {
-      config = ''
-        (setq org-plantuml-jar-path "${pkgs.plantuml}/lib/plantuml.jar")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    org-roam = {
-      defines = [ "org-roam-graph-executable" ];
-      config = ''
-        (setq org-roam-graph-executable "${pkgs.graphviz}/bin/dot")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    pandoc-mode = {
-      config = ''
-        (setq pandoc-binary "${pkgs.pandoc}/bin/pandoc")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    php-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.php\\'"'' ];
-
-    plantuml-mode = {
-      mode = [ ''"\\.puml\\'"'' ];
-      config = ''
-        (setq plantuml-default-exec-mode 'executable
-              plantuml-executable-path "${pkgs.plantuml}/bin/plantuml")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    protobuf-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.proto\\'"'' ];
-
-    purescript-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.purs\\'"'' ];
-
-    ripgrep = {
-      config = ''
-        (setq ripgrep-executable "${pkgs.ripgrep}/bin/rg")
-      '';
-    };
-
-    rust-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.rs\\'"'' ];
-
-    terraform-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.tf\\'"'' ];
-
-    yaml-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.\\(e?ya?\\|ra\\)ml\\'"'' ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init.nix b/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init.nix
index d32ac82..6121990 100644
--- a/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init.nix
+++ b/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init.nix
@@ -152,14 +152,6 @@ let
         '';
       };
 
-      general = mkOption {
-        type = types.lines;
-        default = "";
-        description = ''
-          Code to place in the <option>:general</option> section.
-        '';
-      };
-
       hook = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
         default = [ ];
@@ -222,7 +214,6 @@ let
           let mkMap = n: v: mkBindHelper "bind" ":map ${n}" v;
           in flatten (mapAttrsToList mkMap bs);
         mkBindKeyMap = mkBindHelper "bind-keymap" "";
-        extraAfter = optional (config.general != "") "general";
         mkChords = mkBindHelper "chords" "";
         mkHook = map (v: ":hook ${v}");
         mkDefer = v:
@@ -241,7 +232,6 @@ let
         ++ mkMode config.mode
         ++ optionals (config.init != "") [ ":init" config.init ]
         ++ optionals (config.config != "") [ ":config" config.config ]
-        ++ optionals (config.general != "") [ ":general" config.general ]
         ++ optional (config.extraConfig != "") config.extraConfig) + ")";
     };
   });
@@ -309,9 +299,6 @@ let
   # Whether the configuration makes use of `:chords`.
   hasChords = any (p: p.chords != { }) (attrValues cfg.usePackage);
 
-  # Whether the configuration makes use of `:general`.
-  hasGeneral = any (p: p.general != "") (attrValues cfg.usePackage);
-
   usePackageSetup = ''
     (eval-when-compile
       (require 'use-package)
@@ -333,11 +320,6 @@ let
     ;; For :chords in (use-package).
     (use-package use-package-chords
       :config (key-chord-mode 1))
-  '' + optionalString hasGeneral ''
-    ;; For :general in (use-package).
-    (use-package general
-      :config
-      (general-evil-setup))
   '';
 
   earlyInitFile = ''
@@ -513,7 +495,6 @@ in {
           src = pkgs.writeText "hm-init.el" initFile;
           packageRequires = [ epkgs.use-package ] ++ packages
             ++ optional hasBind epkgs.bind-key
-            ++ optional hasGeneral epkgs.general
             ++ optional hasDiminish epkgs.diminish
             ++ optional hasChords epkgs.use-package-chords;
           preferLocalBuild = true;