diff --git a/core/prelude-core.el b/core/prelude-core.el
index a9da450..71b8ffe 100644
--- a/core/prelude-core.el
+++ b/core/prelude-core.el
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ there's a region, all lines that region covers will be duplicated."
   (interactive)
   (if (/= (count-windows) 2)
       (message "You need exactly 2 windows to do this.")
-    (let* ((w1 (first (window-list)))
-           (w2 (second (window-list)))
+    (let* ((w1 (car (window-list)))
+           (w2 (cadr (window-list)))
            (b1 (window-buffer w1))
            (b2 (window-buffer w2))
            (s1 (window-start w1))
diff --git a/core/prelude-packages.el b/core/prelude-packages.el
index 74dedfd..c6c8732 100644
--- a/core/prelude-packages.el
+++ b/core/prelude-packages.el
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@
 
 (-each prelude-auto-install-alist
   (lambda (entry)
-    (let ((extension (first entry))
-          (package (second entry))
-          (mode (third entry)))
+    (let ((extension (car entry))
+          (package (cadr entry))
+          (mode (cadr (cdr entry))))
       (unless (package-installed-p package)
         (prelude-auto-install extension package mode)))))
 
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index ea95286..e6d9121 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ ELPA (or MELPA).")
 (unless (file-exists-p prelude-savefile-dir)
   (make-directory prelude-savefile-dir))
 
-(require 'cl)
-
 (defun prelude-add-subfolders-to-load-path (parent-dir)
  "Adds all first level `parent-dir' subdirs to the
 Emacs load path."