diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugin/autopairs.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugin/autopairs.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d275f..0000000
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/plugin/autopairs.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
----@type LazySpec
-return { {
-	'windwp/nvim-autopairs', -- automatically inserts closing brackets
-	event = { 'BufReadPre', 'BufNewFile' },
-	opts = {
-		enable_moveright = true, -- moves the cursor over existing pairs instead of inserting duplicates
-		check_ts         = true, -- whether to check treesitter for specific nodes
-		ts_config        = {}
-	},
-	config = function(_, opts)
-		local autopairs = require 'nvim-autopairs'
-		autopairs.setup(opts)
-
-		-- customise the rule for [] brackets so it doesn't close when typing ANSI escape codes
-		local rule = autopairs.get_rule '['
-		if rule then
-			rule:with_pair(function(opt)
-				local ei = math.max(1, opt.col - 1) -- get the end-index
-				local prev_oct = opt.line:sub(math.max(1, opt.col - 4), ei) -- get the range of an octal escape code
-				local prev_hex = opt.line:sub(math.max(1, opt.col - 4), ei) -- get the range of a hexadecimal escape code
-				local prev_cha = opt.line:sub(math.max(1, opt.col - 2), ei) -- get the range of a character escape code
-
-				-- check whether we can't match any of the patterns,
-				-- if so return true, otherwise return false (whether to insert a pair)
-				return (prev_oct ~= [[\033]] and prev_hex ~= [[\x1b]] and prev_cha ~= [[\e]])
-			end)
-		else
-			vim.notify('could not add a rule for not auto-closing [ when typing an ANSI escape code',
-				vim.log.levels.WARN)
-		end
-	end,
-} }
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugin/mini.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugin/mini.lua
index 2ad5973..56f7d5f 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/plugin/mini.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/plugin/mini.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require('mini.align').setup()     -- utility to align text in various ways
 require('mini.comment').setup()   -- for toggling comments inline
 require('mini.move').setup()      -- moving lines
 require('mini.operators').setup() -- duplicating lines and evaluating equations inline
+require('mini.pairs').setup()     -- automatic closing pairs
 require('mini.surround').setup()  -- surround stuff
 require('mini.clue').setup({      -- shows available keybinds when performing keybind actions
 	window = { delay = 50 },