Don't use package.el

init.el

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 ;;; init.el --- user-init-file                    -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
 ;;; Early birds
 
-;; Added by Package.el.  This must come before configurations of
-;; installed packages.  Don't delete this line.  If you don't want it,
-;; just comment it out by adding a semicolon to the start of the line.
-;; You may delete these explanatory comments.
-(package-initialize)
-
 (progn ;     startup
   (defvar before-user-init-time (current-time)
     "Value of `current-time' when Emacs begins loading `user-init-file'.")