@@ -177,14 +177,10 @@ ((eq system-type 'darwin)
       (ap/set-fonts "Source Code Pro" 14 "Input Sans" 14))))
 #+END_SRC
 
-Allow font-lock-mode to do background parsing.  I’m not really sure if
-these settings are particularly useful
+Reduce font locking in dired mode in particular.  I might want to
+re-increase it in other places, but in dired the maximum is too high
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (setq jit-lock-stealth-time 2
-        jit-lock-stealth-load 100
-        jit-lock-chunk-size 1000
-        jit-lock-defer-time 1
-        font-lock-maximum-decoration '((dired-mode . 1)
+  (setq font-lock-maximum-decoration '((dired-mode . 1)
                                        (t . 1)))
 #+END_SRC