diff --git a/core/core-defuns.el b/core/core-defuns.el
index 9073bed38..ed9b310b9 100644
--- a/core/core-defuns.el
+++ b/core/core-defuns.el
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ e.g. (doom-fix-unicode \"DejaVu Sans\" '(?⚠ ?★ ?λ ?➊ ?➋ ?➌ ?➍ ?➎
   "Byte compile the core and library .el files in ~/.emacs.d"
   (interactive)
   (mapc (lambda (f) (packed-byte-compile-file (concat doom-emacs-dir "/" f)))
-        '("init.el" "bootstrap.el" "private/my-commands.el" "private/my-bindings.el"
+        '("init.el" "private/my-commands.el" "private/my-bindings.el"
           "core/core.el" "core/core-defuns.el" "core/core-ui.el"))
   (byte-recompile-directory (concat doom-core-dir "/defuns") 0 t)
   (byte-recompile-directory (concat doom-modules-dir "/defuns") 0 t)