diff --git a/samples/personal-erc.el b/samples/personal-erc.el
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-;; Join the a couple of interesting channels whenever connecting to Freenode.
-(setq erc-autojoin-channels-alist '(("freenode.net"
-                                     "#emacs" "#ruby" "#lisp" "#clojure"
-                                     "#scala" "#haskell")))
-;; set your nickname
-(setq erc-nick "bozhidar")
-
-;; share your username (optional)
-(setq erc-user-full-name "Bozhidar Batsov")
-
-;; auto identify
-(when (file-exists-p (expand-file-name "~/.ercpass"))
-  (load "~/.ercpass")
-  (require 'erc-services)
-  (erc-services-mode 1)
-  (setq erc-prompt-for-nickserv-password nil)
-  (setq erc-nickserv-passwords
-        `((freenode ((erc-nick . ,erc-pass))))))
diff --git a/samples/personal.el b/samples/personal.el
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-
-;; example_el  -- Rename to example.el to activate, and restart emacs
-
-;; Here are some examples of how to override the defaults for the
-;; various prelude-emacs settings.  To *append* to any of the
-;; configurations attached to prelude-*-hooks, you can attach a
-;; function to the appropriate hook:
-
-(add-hook 'prelude-prog-mode-hook
-          (lambda ()
-            (prelude-turn-off-whitespace)
-            (remove-hook 'before-save-hook 'whitespace-cleanup)) t)
-
-;; For other global settings, just run the appropriate function; all
-;; personal/*.el files will be evaluate after prelude-emacs is loaded.
-
-(global-hl-line-mode -1)
-(blink-cursor-mode t)