diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f7d197e..3c40f6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [4.x] - 2017-08-16
+## Added
+- Adds progress indicator to the `Toggle File Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleFileBlame`) icon
+  - Icon pulses while annotations are computed
+- Adds active state to the `Toggle File Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleFileBlame`) icon
+  - Icon turns orange while the annotations are visible
+
+## Changed
+- Changes chat links from Gitter to [Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/vscode-gitlens/shared_invite/MjIxOTgxNDE3NzM0LTE1MDE2Nzk1MTgtMjkwMmZjMzcxNQ)
+
+## Removed
+- Removes unneeded `gitlens.stashExplorer.enabled` configuration setting since users can add or remove custom views natively now
+- Removes unneeded `Toggle Git Stashed Explorer` command (`gitlens.stashExplorer.toggle`) since users can add or remove custom views natively now
+
 ## [4.3.3] - 2017-07-28
 ## Added
 - Adds progress indicator for when computing annotations takes a while
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df47cd5..d2cde4e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ GitLens is highly customizable and provides many configuration settings to allow
 
 |Name | Description
 |-----|------------
-|`gitlens.stashExplorer.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to show the `Git Stashes` explorer
 |`gitlens.stashExplorer.stashFormat`|Specifies the format of stashed changes in the `Git Stashes` explorer <br />Available tokens<br /> ${id} - commit id<br /> ${author} - commit author<br /> ${message} - commit message<br /> ${ago} - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago)<br /> ${date} - formatted commit date (format specified by `gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat`)<br /> ${authorAgo} - commit author, relative commit date<br />See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
 |`gitlens.stashExplorer.stashFileFormat`|Specifies the format of a stashed file in the `Git Stashes`  explorer <br />Available tokens<br /> ${file} - file name<br /> ${path} - file path
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 292fcdd..df2802d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -407,11 +407,6 @@
                     "default": null,
                     "description": "Specifies how all absolute dates will be formatted by default\nSee https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats"
                 },
-                "gitlens.stashExplorer.enabled": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "default": false,
-                    "description": "Specifies whether or not to show the `Git Stashes` explorer"
-                },
                 "gitlens.stashExplorer.stashFormat": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "default": "${message}",
@@ -1011,11 +1006,6 @@
                 "command": "gitlens.stashExplorer.openFileInRemote",
                 "title": "Open File in Remote",
                 "category": "GitLens"
-            },
-            {
-                "command": "gitlens.stashExplorer.toggle",
-                "title": "Toggle Git Stashes Explorer",
-                "category": "GitLens"
             }
         ],
         "menus": {
@@ -1172,10 +1162,6 @@
                     "command": "gitlens.gitExplorer.refresh",
                     "when": "gitlens:enabled"
                 },
-                {
-                    "command": "gitlens.stashExplorer.toggle",
-                    "when": "gitlens:enabled"
-                },
                 {
                     "command": "gitlens.stashExplorer.refresh",
                     "when": "gitlens:enabled"
@@ -1552,7 +1538,7 @@
                 {
                     "id": "gitlens.stashExplorer",
                     "name": "Git Stashes",
-                    "when": "gitlens:enabled && config.gitlens.stashExplorer.enabled"
+                    "when": "gitlens:enabled"
                 }
             ]
         }
diff --git a/src/views/stashExplorer.ts b/src/views/stashExplorer.ts
index e086db6..ca8de0d 100644
--- a/src/views/stashExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/views/stashExplorer.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 // import { Functions } from '../system';
-import { commands, Event, EventEmitter, ExtensionContext, TreeDataProvider, TreeItem, Uri, workspace } from 'vscode';
+import { commands, Event, EventEmitter, ExtensionContext, TreeDataProvider, TreeItem, Uri } from 'vscode';
 import { Commands, DiffWithPreviousCommandArgs, openEditor } from '../commands';
-import { ExtensionKey, IConfig } from '../configuration';
 import { ExplorerNode, StashCommitNode, StashNode } from './explorerNodes';
 import { GitService, GitUri } from '../gitService';
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ export class StashExplorer implements TreeDataProvider<ExplorerNode>  {
 
     constructor(private context: ExtensionContext, private git: GitService) {
         commands.registerCommand('gitlens.stashExplorer.refresh', this.refresh, this);
-        commands.registerCommand('gitlens.stashExplorer.toggle', this.toggle, this);
         commands.registerCommand('gitlens.stashExplorer.openChanges', this.openChanges, this);
         commands.registerCommand('gitlens.stashExplorer.openFile', this.openFile, this);
         commands.registerCommand('gitlens.stashExplorer.openStashedFile', this.openStashedFile, this);
@@ -62,16 +60,9 @@ export class StashExplorer implements TreeDataProvider<ExplorerNode>  {
     // }
 
     refresh() {
-        if (!this.git.config.stashExplorer.enabled) return;
-
         this._onDidChangeTreeData.fire();
     }
 
-    private toggle() {
-        const cfg = workspace.getConfiguration().get<IConfig>(ExtensionKey)!;
-        workspace.getConfiguration(ExtensionKey).update('stashExplorer.enabled', !cfg.stashExplorer.enabled, true);
-    }
-
     private openChanges(node: StashCommitNode) {
         const command = node.getCommand();
         if (command === undefined || command.arguments === undefined) return;