diff --git a/core/autoload/packages.el b/core/autoload/packages.el
index 51fb31d3c..0e4ce857a 100644
--- a/core/autoload/packages.el
+++ b/core/autoload/packages.el
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ appropriate."
                (error
                 (message "Error (%s): %s" (car pkg) ex))))
 
-           (message "Finished!")))))
+           (message "Finished!")
+           (when noninteractive
+             (message "Restart emacs for these changes to take effect."))))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom/packages-update ()
@@ -275,7 +277,9 @@ appropriate."
                (error
                 (message "Error installing %s: %s" (car pkg) ex))))
 
-           (message "Finished!")))))
+           (message "Finished!")
+           (when noninteractive
+             (message "Restart emacs for these changes to take effect."))))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom/packages-autoremove ()
@@ -305,7 +309,9 @@ appropriate."
                (error
                 (message "Error deleting %s: %s" pkg ex))))
 
-           (message "Finished!")))))
+           (message "Finished!")
+           (when noninteractive
+             (message "Restart emacs for these changes to take effect."))))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defalias 'doom/install-package 'package-install)
diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index ed81d3b35..498f9ee10 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -370,13 +370,6 @@ SUBMODULE is a symbol."
 ;; Commands
 ;;
 
-(defun doom/reload ()
-  "Reload `load-path' by reinitializing package.el and reloading autoloads."
-  (interactive)
-  (doom-initialize t)
-  (doom/reload-autoloads)
-  (message "Reloaded %s packages" (length package-alist)))
-
 (defun doom/reload-autoloads ()
   "Refreshes the autoloads.el file, which tells Emacs where to find all the
 autoloaded functions in enabled modules or among the core libraries, e.g.