Various enhancements in garbage collection, file-name-handler-alist, and recentf

init.el

@@ -208,15 +208,7 @@
 ;; recently.
 (setq recentf-max-saved-items 300) ; default is 20
 (setq recentf-max-menu-items 15)
-(setq recentf-auto-cleanup (if (daemonp) 300 'never))
-
-(defun minimal-emacs--cleanup-hook ()
-  "Run `recentf-cleanup' if `recentf' is loaded and `recentf-mode' is enabled."
-  (when (and (featurep 'recentf)
-             recentf-mode
-             (fboundp 'recentf-cleanup))
-    (recentf-cleanup)))
-(add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'minimal-emacs--cleanup-hook)
+(setq recentf-auto-cleanup (if (daemonp) 300 'mode))
 
 ;; Update recentf-exclude
 (setq recentf-exclude (list "^/\\(?:ssh\\|su\\|sudo\\)?:"))