diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.elc
 *.pyc
 *.stackdump
+*.flycheck_packages.el
 /*.zip
 .DS_Store
 .ac-php-conf.json
diff --git a/layers/+source-control/github/README.org b/layers/+source-control/github/README.org
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-#+TITLE: GitHub layer
-
-#+TAGS: layer|versioning
-
-[[file:img/github.png]]
-
-* Table of Contents                     :TOC_5_gh:noexport:
-- [[#description][Description]]
-  - [[#features][Features:]]
-- [[#install][Install]]
-  - [[#layer][Layer]]
-  - [[#grip-mode][grip-mode]]
-- [[#key-bindings][Key bindings]]
-  - [[#grip-mode-1][Grip-mode]]
-
-* Description
-*This layer is deprecated*.
-
-The layer had support searching for and cloning [[http://github.com][GitHub]] repositories,
-although that did not provide a secure way to store an access token
-to connect to GitHub.
-
-The git layer provides interaction with GitHub and can securely
-store the access token using PGP.
-
-** Features:
-- [[https://github.com/seagle0128/grip-mode][grip-mode]] Github-flavored Markdown/Org preview using [[https://github.com/joeyespo/grip][Grip]].
-
-* Install
-** Layer
-To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
-add =github= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this
-file.
-
-** grip-mode
-Grip-mode [[https://github.com/seagle0128/grip-mode#prerequisite][requires python and the python package grip]] to be installed on the
-system. Grip can usually be installed with the command =pip install grip=,
-on debian based systems make sure you use the python 3 version
-of pip, it is normally called =pip3=.
-
-* Key bindings
-** Grip-mode
-
-| Key binding | Description                                                 |
-|-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
-| ~SPC g p~   | toggle github flavored mb/org buffer preview in web-browser |
diff --git a/layers/+source-control/github/img/github.png b/layers/+source-control/github/img/github.png
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diff --git a/layers/+source-control/github/layers.el b/layers/+source-control/github/layers.el
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-;;; layers.el --- GitHub layer layers File for Spacemacs
-;;
-;; Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Sylvain Benner & Contributors
-;;
-;; Author: Sylvain Benner <sylvain.benner@gmail.com>
-;; URL: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs
-;;
-;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
-;;
-;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-;; (at your option) any later version.
-;;
-;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;
-;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-
-
-(configuration-layer/declare-layer-dependencies '(version-control))
diff --git a/layers/+source-control/github/packages.el b/layers/+source-control/github/packages.el
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-;;; packages.el --- Github Layer packages File for Spacemacs
-;;
-;; Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Sylvain Benner & Contributors
-;;
-;; Author: Sylvain Benner <sylvain.benner@gmail.com>
-;; URL: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs
-;;
-;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
-;;
-;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-;; (at your option) any later version.
-;;
-;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;
-;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-;; Package deprecation notice shown at startup
-(warn "`github' layer is deprecated. See layer README.org for details.")
-
-
-(defconst github-packages
-  '(
-    grip-mode
-    ;; this package does not exits, we need it to wrap
-    ;; the call to spacemacs/declare-prefix.
-    (spacemacs-github :location built-in)))
-
-(defun github/init-grip-mode ()
-  (use-package grip-mode
-    :defer t
-    :init
-    (progn
-      (spacemacs/set-leader-keys
-        "ghp" 'grip-mode))))
-
-(defun github/init-spacemacs-github ()
-  (spacemacs/declare-prefix "gh" "github"))