diff --git a/core/core-spacemacs-buffer.el b/core/core-spacemacs-buffer.el
index 67cf5696a..13ac69b79 100644
--- a/core/core-spacemacs-buffer.el
+++ b/core/core-spacemacs-buffer.el
@@ -1297,9 +1297,10 @@ LIST-SIZE is specified in `dotspacemacs-startup-lists' for recent entries."
                          ;; to load `org-agenda' to process the list. If org is
                          ;; already loaded, then we assume that the user has
                          ;; already called org-agenda-files.
-                         (when (and (not (featurep 'org))
-                                    (y-or-n-p "`org-agenda-files' is a string and \
-not a list. Load `org' and continue?"))
+                         (when (not (featurep 'org))
+                           (warn "`org-agenda-files' is a string and \
+not a list. This requires us to load `org' to process the org agenda files in \
+startup list.")
                            (require 'org)
                            (org-agenda-files))))))
            (mapcar #'expand-file-name files)))