diff --git a/compiler/main.nim b/compiler/main.nim
index 3404adf14c58f..e573f77cb5b10 100644
--- a/compiler/main.nim
+++ b/compiler/main.nim
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ proc mainCommand*(graph: ModuleGraph) =
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimdoc")
       commandDoc2(graph, false)
   of "rst2html":
-    conf.setNoteDefaults(warnRedefinitionOfLabel, false) # issue #13218
+    conf.setNoteDefaults(warnRedefinitionOfLabel, false) # similar to issue #13218
     when defined(leanCompiler):
       quit "compiler wasn't built with documentation generator"
     else:
diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index 41d0ae59e3677..78d04f1072f2c 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ type
     modifiedyNotes*: TNoteKinds # notes that have been set/unset from either cmdline/configs
     cmdlineNotes*: TNoteKinds # notes that have been set/unset from cmdline
     foreignPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds
-    notesImpl*: TNoteKinds # notes after resolving all logic(defaults, verbosity)/cmdline/configs
+    notes*: TNoteKinds # notes after resolving all logic(defaults, verbosity)/cmdline/configs
     mainPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds
     mainPackageId*: int
     errorCounter*: int
@@ -287,26 +287,6 @@ type
                                 severity: Severity) {.closure, gcsafe.}
     cppCustomNamespace*: string
 
-# proc notesImpl
-var first = true
-template fun(conf) =
-  if warnLockLevel notin conf.notesImpl:
-    first = true
-  elif first:
-    first = false
-    if warnLockLevel in conf.notesImpl:
-      # echo0b getStackTrace()
-      discard
-
-template `notes`*(a: ConfigRef): untyped =
-  fun(a)
-  a.notesImpl
-
-template `notes=`*(a: ConfigRef, val) =
-  fun(a)
-  a.notesImpl = val
-  fun(a)
-
 proc setNoteDefaults*(conf: ConfigRef, note: TNoteKind, enabled = true) =
   template fun(op) =
     conf.notes.op note
@@ -318,7 +298,6 @@ proc setNote*(conf: ConfigRef, note: TNoteKind, enabled = true) =
   # see also `prepareConfigNotes` which sets notes
   if note notin conf.cmdlineNotes:
     if enabled: incl(conf.notes, note) else: excl(conf.notes, note)
-  fun(conf)
 
 proc hasHint*(conf: ConfigRef, note: TNoteKind): bool =
   optHints in conf.options and note in conf.notes
@@ -385,8 +364,7 @@ proc newConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
     cppDefines: initHashSet[string](),
     headerFile: "", features: {}, legacyFeatures: {}, foreignPackageNotes: {hintProcessing, warnUnknownMagic,
     hintQuitCalled, hintExecuting},
-    # notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1],
-    notesImpl: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1],
+    notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1],
     configVars: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
     symbols: newStringTable(modeStyleInsensitive),
     packageCache: newPackageCache(),
@@ -440,8 +418,7 @@ proc newPartialConfigRef*(): ConfigRef =
     globalOptions: DefaultGlobalOptions,
     foreignPackageNotes: {hintProcessing, warnUnknownMagic,
     hintQuitCalled, hintExecuting},
-    # notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1])
-    notesImpl: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1])
+    notes: NotesVerbosity[1], mainPackageNotes: NotesVerbosity[1])
 
 proc cppDefine*(c: ConfigRef; define: string) =
   c.cppDefines.incl define