diff --git a/.vim/vimrc b/.vim/vimrc
index 1692f4f..0c78781 100644
--- a/.vim/vimrc
+++ b/.vim/vimrc
@@ -851,6 +851,15 @@ nmap <silent> <leader>g :TestVisit<CR>
 
 " partially superseded by jasonccox/vim-wayland-clipboard (for "+)
 " still keeping the "* mappings
+" it however breaks <c-r>
+augroup wlclfixes
+  autocmd!
+  autocmd BufEnter * nunmap <C-R>+
+  autocmd BufEnter * nunmap <C-R><c-O>+
+  autocmd BufEnter * nunmap <C-R><C-P>+
+  autocmd BufEnter * nunmap <C-R><C-R>+
+augroup END
+
 " ------ wayland copy and pasting
 let s:env = toupper(substitute(system('uname'), '\n', '', ''))
 if s:env =~# 'LINUX' && executable('wl-copy')