clean up

lua/core/utils.lua

@@ -89,11 +89,13 @@ end
 -- remove plugins defined in chadrc
 nvchad.remove_default_plugins = function(plugins)
    local removals = nvchad.load_config().plugins.remove or {}
+
    if not vim.tbl_isempty(removals) then
       for _, plugin in pairs(removals) do
          plugins[plugin] = nil
       end
    end
+
    return plugins
 end
 
@@ -101,16 +103,6 @@ end
 nvchad.plugin_list = function(default_plugins)
    local user_plugins = nvchad.load_config().plugins.user
 
-   -- require if string is present
-   local ok
-
-   if type(user_plugins) == "string" then
-      ok, user_plugins = pcall(require, user_plugins)
-      if ok and not type(user_plugins) == "table" then
-         user_plugins = {}
-      end
-   end
-
    -- merge default + user plugin table
    default_plugins = vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", default_plugins, user_plugins)
 
@@ -127,10 +119,12 @@ end
 
 nvchad.load_override = function(default_table, plugin_name)
    local user_table = nvchad.load_config().plugins.override[plugin_name]
+
    if type(user_table) == "table" then
       default_table = vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", default_table, user_table)
    else
       default_table = default_table
    end
+
    return default_table
 end