diff --git a/init.org b/init.org
index ef8cad0..534ecb7 100644
--- a/init.org
+++ b/init.org
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ Maybe turn it on again at some point before the next major emacs upgrade
   (defconst MY--PATH_ORG_JOURNAL      nil)  ;; hacky way to prevent "free variable" compiler error
   (defconst MY--PATH_START            "p:/Eigene Dateien/Notizen/"))
 (setq recentf-save-file (concat MY--PATH_USER_LOCAL "recentf"))
+(add-to-list 'recentf-exclude "\\elpa")  ;; don't spam recentf with downloaded packages
 (setq custom-file (concat MY--PATH_USER_LOCAL "custom.el"))  ;; don't spam init.e with saved customization settings
 (setq abbrev-file-name (concat MY--PATH_USER_GLOBAL "abbrev_defs"))
 (setq backup-directory-alist `((".*" . ,temporary-file-directory)))