diff --git a/default.xml b/default.xml
index d4fe5f8..91518aa 100644
--- a/default.xml
+++ b/default.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
   </project>
   <project path="art" name="platform/art" groups="pdk" />
   <project path="bionic" name="platform/bionic" groups="pdk" />
+<!--
   <project path="bootable/recovery" name="platform/bootable/recovery" groups="pdk" />
+-->
   <project path="cts" name="platform/cts" groups="cts,pdk-cw-fs,pdk-fs" />
   <project path="dalvik" name="platform/dalvik" groups="pdk-cw-fs,pdk-fs" />
   <project path="developers/build" name="platform/developers/build" />
diff --git a/remove-minimal.xml b/remove-minimal.xml
index b4b31ff..bf2bad8 100644
--- a/remove-minimal.xml
+++ b/remove-minimal.xml
@@ -402,9 +402,7 @@
      but syncing a 1GB repo for 4 to 5MB is not worth
      it for me.
 -->
-<!--
     <remove-project name="android_frameworks_base" />
--->
 
     <remove-project name="android_frameworks_opt_net_ims" />
     <remove-project name="android_frameworks_opt_telephony" />
diff --git a/twrp-extras.xml b/twrp-extras.xml
index cb902af..bc84e42 100644
--- a/twrp-extras.xml
+++ b/twrp-extras.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 <manifest>
 
 <!-- TWRP lives in omnirom android-8.0 (not AOSP!) -->
+<!--
     <remove-project name="platform/bootable/recovery" />
     <project path="bootable/recovery" name="android_bootable_recovery" remote="omnirom" revision="android-8.0" />
+-->
 
 
 <!-- FBE libs (using AOSP tag android-8.0.0_r34) -->