diff --git a/conf.el b/conf.el
index 6a79645..13efc93 100644
--- a/conf.el
+++ b/conf.el
@@ -262,15 +262,6 @@
               ("HOLD" :foreground "violet" :weight bold)
               ("CANCELLED" :foreground "deep sky blue" :weight bold))))
 
-(setq org-todo-state-tags-triggers
-      (quote (("CANCELLED" ("CANCELLED" . t))
-              ("WAITING" ("WAITING" . t))
-              ("HOLD" ("WAITING") ("HOLD" . t))
-              (done ("WAITING") ("HOLD"))
-              ("TODO" ("WAITING") ("CANCELLED") ("HOLD"))
-              ("NEXT" ("WAITING") ("CANCELLED") ("HOLD"))
-              ("DONE" ("WAITING") ("CANCELLED") ("HOLD")))))
-
 (setq  org-tag-alist (quote ((:startgroup)
                             ("@errand" . ?e)
                             ("@work" . ?o)
diff --git a/conf.org b/conf.org
index a9aeafe..5f2e4e7 100644
--- a/conf.org
+++ b/conf.org
@@ -405,26 +405,6 @@ vim is all about escape, not...ctrl+g???
               ("HOLD" :foreground "violet" :weight bold)
               ("CANCELLED" :foreground "deep sky blue" :weight bold))))
 #+END_SRC
-*** triggers
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(setq org-todo-state-tags-triggers
-      (quote (("CANCELLED" ("CANCELLED" . t))
-              ("WAITING" ("WAITING" . t))
-              ("HOLD" ("WAITING") ("HOLD" . t))
-              (done ("WAITING") ("HOLD"))
-              ("TODO" ("WAITING") ("CANCELLED") ("HOLD"))
-              ("NEXT" ("WAITING") ("CANCELLED") ("HOLD"))
-              ("DONE" ("WAITING") ("CANCELLED") ("HOLD")))))
-#+END_SRC
-*** subtask autocomplete
-+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
-    "Switch entry to DONE when all subentries are done, to TODO otherwise."
-    (let (org-log-done org-log-states)   ; turn off logging
-      (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
-
-  (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
-#+END_SRC
 ** tag selection keys
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (setq  org-tag-alist (quote ((:startgroup)