diff --git a/emacs.org b/emacs.org
index ca6ee6c..ebdbfea 100644
--- a/emacs.org
+++ b/emacs.org
@@ -86,23 +86,6 @@ This configuration is using *use-package* extensively. Install it earlyso we can
 (use-package auto-package-update :ensure t :defer t)
 #+END_SRC
 
-*** TODO test diminish updates                                   :validation:
-
-Keep the mode line less cluttered with crap from modes I don't care about.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package diminish
-  :ensure t
-  :config
-  (diminish 'flyspell-mode)
-  (diminish 'whitespace-mode)
-  (diminish 'visual-line-mode)
-  :hook ((prog-mode . whitespace-mode)
-         (prog-mode . hl-line-mode)
-         (prog-mode . visual-line-mode))
-  )
-#+END_SRC
-
 *** match end of string function
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
@@ -527,7 +510,6 @@ If editorconfig is around use it.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package editorconfig
   :ensure t
-  :diminish
   :config
   (editorconfig-mode 1))
 #+END_SRC
@@ -587,7 +569,6 @@ oomph with all the crap it did.
 (use-package mini-modeline
   :ensure t
   :after quelpa-use-package
-  :diminish
   :quelpa (mini-modeline :repo "kiennq/emacs-mini-modeline" :fetcher github)
   :config
   (mini-modeline-mode)
@@ -628,7 +609,6 @@ oomph with all the crap it did.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package yasnippet
-  :diminish yas-minor-mode
   :ensure t
   :init
   (setq yas-snippet-dirs
@@ -675,7 +655,6 @@ Switching to ivy mode+swiper
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package projectile
-  :diminish projectile-mode
   :ensure t
   :init
   (projectile-global-mode))
@@ -694,7 +673,6 @@ Switching to ivy mode+swiper
 
 (use-package swiper
   :ensure t
-  :diminish ivy-mode
   :bind (("C-s" . swiper)
          ("M-x" . counsel-M-x))
   :config
@@ -713,7 +691,6 @@ Make git not ass to use. At least in emacs. magit is the best git interface... i
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package magit
-  :diminish magit-mode
   :ensure t
   :commands (magit-init
              magit-status
@@ -742,7 +719,6 @@ Save workgroup layouts. Similar..ish to desktop-save.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle no
 (use-package workgroups2
   :ensure t
-  :diminish (workgroups-mode . "")
   :custom
   (wg-session-file "~/.emacs.d/workgroups")
   (wg-prefix-key (kbd "C-c C-w"))
@@ -773,7 +749,6 @@ validate the agenda changes.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package org
-  :diminish
   :ensure t
   :bind (("C-c a" . org-agenda)
          ("C-c b" . org-iswitchb)
@@ -886,8 +861,7 @@ Validate that this installs from scratch fine, blocking babel executions is ass.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package ob-async
   :after org
-  :ensure t
-  :diminish)
+  :ensure t)
 #+END_SRC
 
 **** TODO org-habit customization                                   :testing:
@@ -897,7 +871,6 @@ Figure out the customization needed here.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package org-habit
   :after org
-  :diminish
   :custom
   (org-habit-graph-column 44)
   (org-habit-preceding-days 31)
@@ -911,7 +884,6 @@ https://github.com/integral-dw/org-superstar-mode
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package org-bullets
   :after org
-  :diminish
   :ensure t
   :custom
   (org-bullets-bullet-list '("◉" "○" "✸" "✿" "✜" "◆" "▶"))
@@ -1005,7 +977,6 @@ Auto complete functionality is nice to have.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package auto-complete
-  :diminish auto-complete-mode
   :ensure t
   :init
   (require 'auto-complete-config)
@@ -1020,7 +991,6 @@ Helpfully inserts matching parens, can be a pita too.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package smartparens
-  :diminish smartparens-mode
   :ensure t
   :hook (prog-mode . smartparens-mode))
 #+END_SRC
@@ -1074,7 +1044,6 @@ Saves buffers like with auto-save but on focus loss, when idle etc...
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package super-save
-  :diminish super-save-mode
   :ensure t
   :config
   (super-save-mode +1)
@@ -1097,7 +1066,6 @@ Highlight TODO/FIXME type messages in comments.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package git-gutter
-  :diminish git-gutter-mode
   :ensure t
   :config
   (global-git-gutter-mode t)
@@ -1212,7 +1180,6 @@ Need to make haskell source be all pretty.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package haskell-mode
   :defer t
-  :diminish haskell-mode
   :config
   (add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'interactive-haskell-mode)
   (add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'turn-on-haskell-indentation)
@@ -1248,13 +1215,11 @@ Need to make haskell source be all pretty.
   )
 (use-package dante
   :after haskell-mode
-  :diminish dante-mode
   :config
   (add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'dante-mode)
   )
 (use-package hindent
   :if (executable-find "hindent")
-  :diminish hindent-mode
   :after haskell-mode
   :config
   (add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'hindent-mode)
@@ -1316,7 +1281,6 @@ Make undo more useful, and treelike.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package undo-tree
   :ensure t
-  :diminish
   :config
   (global-undo-tree-mode)
   (defadvice undo-tree-visualize (around undo-tree-split-side-by-side activate)
@@ -1338,7 +1302,6 @@ everything opened in prog-mode-hook.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle no
 (use-package color-identifiers-mode
   :defer t
-  :diminish color-identifiers-mode
   :hook (prog-mode . color-identifiers-mode))
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -1349,7 +1312,6 @@ where it exists.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle no
 (use-package idle-highlight-mode
-  :diminish
   :hook (prog-mode . idle-highlight-mode))
 #+END_SRC