diff --git a/init.org b/init.org
index 5c9afc1..9777471 100644
--- a/init.org
+++ b/init.org
@@ -5204,8 +5204,11 @@ Potentially useful - https://www.draketo.de/software/emacs-javascript.html
                           "\\.mp4$"
                           "\\.etc"
                           "\\.umstuff"))
-  :hook
-  (kill-emacs . recentf-cleanup))
+  ;; I'd rather run cleanup manually, if ever required; running this
+  ;; automatically is a recipe for periodically losing your recentf
+  ;; entries when your disk happens to be unmounted.
+  ;; :hook (kill-emacs . recentf-cleanup)
+  )
 #+END_SRC
 
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