FYI. If put (package-initialize) before custom-set-variables, >>> before custom-set-variables : 3.637 sec <<< Loading image-file...done Loading time...done Loading completion...done Loading elec-pair...done Loading icomplete...done Loading ido...done Loading avoid...done Loading savehist...done Loading paren...done >>> custom-set-variables time: 10.080 sec <<< Don't know whether autoloads being triggered. It is hard to test one by one. On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Noam Postavsky wrote: > Shuguang Sun writes: > > > Thank you for your patient explaination. I put the (setq > > package-enable-at-startup nil) in the early-init.el and the load time > > of .emacs is the same to the emacs Feb version. > > Oh, interesting. I guess the slowdown of the custom-set-variables must > have been caused by autoloads getting triggered then? >