weird load bug

init.el

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ;;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
-(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp"))
-
 ;; supress nativecomp warnings
 (setq native-comp-async-report-warnings-errors 'silent)
 
@@ -131,6 +129,6 @@
    (quote
     (face tabs spaces trailing space-before-tab newline indentation empty space-after-tab tab-mark))))
 
-(require 'packages)
+(load "~/.emacs.d/packages")
 
 

packages.el

@@ -321,5 +321,3 @@
                           (c-mode . "linux")
                           (c++-mode . "llvm.org")
                           (other . "stroustrup"))))
-
-(load "~/.emacs.d/packages")