diff --git a/lua/misc-utils.lua b/lua/misc-utils.lua
index 40f27cc..c3bd7fd 100644
--- a/lua/misc-utils.lua
+++ b/lua/misc-utils.lua
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ opt("b", "expandtab", true)
 opt("b", "shiftwidth", 2)
 opt("b", "smartindent", true)
 
+-- disable builtin vim plugins
+
+vim.g.loaded_gzip = 0
+vim.g.loaded_tar = 0
+vim.g.loaded_tarPlugin = 0
+vim.g.loaded_zipPlugin = 0
+vim.g.loaded_2html_plugin = 1
+vim.g.loaded_netrw = 0
+vim.g.loaded_netrwPlugin = 0
+vim.g.loaded_matchit = 1
+vim.g.loaded_matchparen = 1
+vim.g.loaded_spec = 1
+
 local M = {}
 
 function M.is_buffer_empty()
@@ -46,6 +59,7 @@ function M.has_width_gt(cols)
     -- Check if the windows width is greater than a given number of columns
     return vim.fn.winwidth(0) / 2 > cols
 end
+
 -- file extension specific tabbing
-vim.cmd([[autocmd Filetype python setlocal expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4]])
+-- vim.cmd([[autocmd Filetype python setlocal expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4]])
 return M