diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d872fc..8ffa2e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -459,3 +459,11 @@ If you'd like to ignore certain branches from being saved as a session:
   end
 }
 ```
+
+<!-- panvimdoc-ignore-start -->
+
+## :clap: Acknowledgements
+
+- [persistence.nvim](https://github.com/folke/persistence.nvim) for the origin of this plugin and the continued good ideas that I implement
+
+<!-- panvimdoc-ignore-end -->
diff --git a/lua/persisted/init.lua b/lua/persisted/init.lua
index da0edc1..dc7ac2c 100644
--- a/lua/persisted/init.lua
+++ b/lua/persisted/init.lua
@@ -218,20 +218,6 @@ end
 ---Setup the plugin
 ---@param opts? table
 function M.setup(opts)
-  -- Account for old config options
-  if opts and opts.autosave then
-    opts.autostart = opts.autosave
-  end
-  if opts and opts.should_autosave then
-    opts.should_save = opts.should_autosave
-  end
-  if opts and opts.allowed_dirs == nil then
-    opts.allowed_dirs = {}
-  end
-  if opts and opts.ignored_dirs == nil then
-    opts.ignored_dirs = {}
-  end
-
   config = vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", require("persisted.config"), opts or {})
   M.config = config