diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 040662e..bec63df 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ Configure the look and feel of Emacs
     :functions (doom-modeline-mode)
     :hook (after-init . (lambda () (doom-modeline-mode +1)))
     :custom
-    (doom-modeline-checker-simple-format nil)
-    (doom-modeline-enable-word-count nil)
     (doom-modeline-env-version t)
     (doom-modeline-github nil)
     (doom-modeline-gnus t)