diff --git a/customizations.el b/customizations.el
index cb8ccbe..e857aeb 100644
--- a/customizations.el
+++ b/customizations.el
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
      diminish
      dired-k
      drag-stuff
-     easy-kill
      electric-case
      electric-spacing
      emamux
      eshell-fringe-status
      eshell-prompt-extras
+     expand-region
      fill-column-indicator
      flycheck
      flycheck-pkg-config
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 4cc8db8..af07fd1 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -836,12 +836,6 @@
   (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms
         `((".*" ,temporary-file-directory t))))
 
-(use-package easy-kill
-  :ensure t
-  :demand t
-  :config
-  (global-set-key [remap kill-ring-save] 'easy-kill))
-
 (use-package helm-c-yasnippet
   :ensure t
   :demand t
@@ -884,6 +878,12 @@
   (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'highlight-indent-guides-mode)
   (setq highlight-indent-guides-method 'character))
 
+(use-package expand-region
+  :ensure t
+  :bind
+  (:map ctl-x-map
+   ("*" . er/expand-region)))
+
 ;; Load my own functions
 (load "gnu-c-header.el")
 (load "toggle-window-split.el")